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- From: digbyj@cix.compulink.co.uk (Digby L. James)
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- Subject: Re: 800k disks possible at all?
- Date: Tue, 07 May 1996 15:05:31 +0100
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- > is there anyway through additional hardware that i can read these
- > disks? my former Mac system was a Plus (long time ago) and for some
- > reason i oddly want to get at all my old font diskettes..
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- The Mac 800k format uses variable speed drives, so you need a variable
- speed drive, with suitable software, to be able to read these disks on
- non-Mac machines. Central Point used to sell their Copy II Option Board
- for the PC which did this on a standard PC drive, but I believe it was
- withdrawn because it also allowed copy-protected software to be copied.
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- Digby James
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