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- From: S_TILLENBURG@iravcl.ira.uka.de (|S| Stephan Tillenburg)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.acorn
- Subject: Reading Mac disks (low density)
- Message-ID: <1eiviiINNd7g@iraul1.ira.uka.de>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 15:17:38 GMT
- Organization: University of Karlsruhe (FRG) - Informatik Rechnerabt.
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- The Mac emulator SPECTRE GCR on the ATARI ST is a piece of hardware fitted to
- the ROM PORT. If you want to read Mac disks, you have to fit a cable from the
- SPECTRE - Hardware to the Floppy-Out ( no bug, OUT believe it or not ) of the
- ST. As the speed of rotation in of the drive is fixed in the ST, the transfer
- rate to the floppy is modified, the GCR - coding may be done by hardware or
- software, don't know. ( Speed of rotation differs in Mac drives depending
- which track you are accessing, but the transferrate is constant ).
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- What does that mean to Archimedes ?
- You can't read Mac - Disks ( 400K or 800K ) with the original Floppy
- Controller ( WD 1772 or so ), but you need some supporting hardware.
-
- Bye, hope that helps Stephan
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