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- Subject: Re: mac 800k disks
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- From: "Jon Hall" <jmah@isvr.soton.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 13:01:19 +0000
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- >This fabled hardware device was called the "MatchPoint" adapter from
- >MicroSolutions. They make the BackPack External CD-ROM and Tape Drives for
- >IBM Compatibles.
- >
- >I don't think they make them anymore.
- >
- >I still have a Central Point Software "Deluxe Option Board" which does the
- >same thing. But this is also no longer made.
- >
- >I think buying an old Mac Plus or SE and using a Mac to PC Transfer
- >program is the only option left for people who want to read 800k Disks.
-
- I've just thought of another possible way round this, though I don't know
- if it's any more practical.
-
- A few years ago Apple (and one or two third-party outfits - I think Dayna
- was one of them but I can't remember) produced a SCSI version of the
- Superdrive, intended I believe for machines without the external floppy
- port. Since the drive should also have been able to read 800k disks, it
- seems at least possible that hooking one up to a PC with a SCSI
- controller might do the trick, and should work with Executor without any
- additional software support.
-
- The catch, of course, is that Apple don't seem to make these any more
- (at least I can't find one on any current price lists I have) and I
- don't have one so I can't even test the theory. Does anyone else have
- any ideas for getting hold of one?
-
-