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Date: Thu, 18 May 1995 13:24:13 +0200
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From: ernstoud@euronet.nl (Ernst_J._Oud)
Subject: Re: Using MAC low-density disks.
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>>>>>> "Jesse" == g sightler <g.sightler@genie.geis.com> writes:
>
> Jesse> Actually, it would be possible to do this without the MAC
> Jesse> floppy drive, if someone was willing to put the many hours
> Jesse> necessary into it. <g> Seriously, it is VERY timing
> Jesse> sensitive (which rules out the possibility of running it
> Jesse> under any mulitasking OS), but it can be done with the
> Jesse> right amound of hacking/patience.
>
> Jesse> In fact, the early MAC emulators for the Amiga did this
> Jesse> rather well (of course, they had to shut off multitasking
> Jesse> to do it :).
> Clifford T. Matthews replied:
>
>Well it certainly won't happen between now and when 2.0 comes out.
>Even then I'm not sure that the PC has the same sort of control over
>the floppy disk that the Amigas did. After 2.0 comes out we'd
>probably be willing to pay some $$ to get this functionality, but I'd
>also guess that just a simple program to read 800k Mac disks on a PC
>would also generate some revenue, which then begs the question "if