D7314@UWAVM.BITNET (01/02/87)
Date: Fri, 2 Jan 87 09:40 PST From: Patrick Ryan <D7314@UWAVM> Subject: Re: Reading IBM disks on Apple To: Apple SIG Mailing List <INFO-APPLE@BRL.ARPA> ================================================================================ >Does anyone know of any software that would run on an Apple II and allow >it to read and/or write IBM PC format (5.25") disks (with a regular >Apple drive) or which would run on an IBM PC and allow it to read and/or >write Apple-formatted disks? (I'm talking about software, not a >hardware card, for instance.) (either Apple DOS or ProDOS format) Seems >like it ought to be possible on the Apple since the Apple drive is >driven at a very low-level by the 6502. CALL APPLE, the famous Apple Users group here in the Puget Sound area published a magazine with the source to a program to read IBM disks on apple drives. There was also a diskette included, as I recall.... The magazine was "Call APPLE in depth", and contained a lot of different utilities. Any apple users group should have the address, or I can look the address up if you wish. On the other side of the coin, there is an IBM card that allows you to read/write (and possibly use the software on... not sure, don't own an IBM) apple diskettes, but the first option is quite a bit cheaper. Hope that helps, Patrick Ryan
TMPLee@DOCKMASTER.ARPA (01/05/87)
OK, I now have something like three responses saying it is absolutely impossible to read/write an IBM disk on an Apple (or vice versa) without special hardware, and here is somebody saying it is possible. Who's right?