tony4@stretch.cs.mun.ca (Anthony H. Galway) (03/17/90)
I have a 386 clone and want to be able to work with disks for a Macintosh. I would appreciate any help that you have to offer. I need to know what kind of hardware and software is necessary, and what the most reliable way is. -- Tony Galway | tony4@stretch.cs.mun.ca | "How many observers?" tony4@stretch.mun.edu | "Five hundred, all armed to the teeth." uunet!stretch.cs.mun.ca!tony4 | - A Darkness at
bbesler@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Brent Besler) (03/20/90)
> I have a 386 clone and want to be able to work with disks for >a Macintosh. I would appreciate any help that you have to offer. I need >to know what kind of hardware and software is necessary, and what the >most reliable way is. The Central Point Deluxe Option Board will allow a PC clone 3.5" drive to read and write Mac disks in addition to copying just about any known copy protected PC disks. It can't of course allow a PC to run Mac software. Also you need a 1.44 Mbyte 3.5" drive to handle the new higher desnity Mac disks. Brent H. Besler
cms2839@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.M. Stuntz) (03/20/90)
In article <1990Mar17.131553.25385@stretch.cs.mun.ca> tony4@stretch.cs.mun.ca (Anthony H. Galway) writes: > > I have a 386 clone and want to be able to work with disks for >a Macintosh. I would appreciate any help that you have to offer. I need >to know what kind of hardware and software is necessary, and what the >most reliable way is. all you need is a Central Point Software Deluxe Option card , which is a 1/2 length 8-bit card that installs between your drive and disc controller . it will read Mac 3-1/2" discs directly ( assuming that you have a 3-1/2" drive , that is , without the need for any additional software purchase . as a bonus , it will let you back up _any_ copy-protected disc ( although i did see an ad for a copy -protection scheme that claimed to defeat it , but i've never heard of a program which it could not handle . ) -a.stranger -- @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ "Imagination keeps the shadows away - Xymox @ @~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~@ @ a.stranger - CMS2839%RITVAX.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu @
braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Moshe Braner) (03/20/90)
If I got the correct impression, the new Mac floppy drives, the 1.44 meg type, actually use the same track/sector layout, etc, as the rest of the world (e.g., MS-DOS). Thus, one would only need software to translate (on either end) between the two different file-system organizations of files on the sectors. Or is my impression of temporary sanity on the part of Apple only an illusion? - Moshe (former Apple II fan) Braner
kdq@demott.COM (Kevin D. Quitt) (03/20/90)
In article <9938@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu> braner@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Moshe Braner) writes: >If I got the correct impression, the new Mac floppy drives, the 1.44 meg >type, actually use the same track/sector layout, etc, as the rest of the >world (e.g., MS-DOS). Actually no, but the drive is capable of reading, writing, and formatting MS-DOS floppies, by using special (included) software. kdq -- Kevin D. Quitt Manager, Software Development DeMott Electronics Co. VOICE (818) 988-4975 14707 Keswick St. FAX (818) 997-1190 Van Nuys, CA 91405-1266 MODEM (818) 997-4496 Telebit PEP last 34 12 N 118 27 W srhqla!demott!kdq kdq@demott.com "Next time, Jack, write a God-damned memo!" - Jack Ryan - Hunt for Red October
user_442@dayton.saic.com (J.C. Kelly) (03/23/90)
In article <2517@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, cms2839@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.M. Stuntz) writes: > In article <1990Mar17.131553.25385@stretch.cs.mun.ca> tony4@stretch.cs.mun.ca (Anthony H. Galway) writes: >> >> I have a 386 clone and want to be able to work with disks for >>a Macintosh. I would appreciate any help that you have to offer. I need >>to know what kind of hardware and software is necessary, and what the >>most reliable way is. > > all you need is a Central Point Software > Deluxe Option card , which is a 1/2 length 8-bit card that installs > between your drive and disc controller . it will read Mac 3-1/2" discs > directly ( assuming that you have a 3-1/2" drive , that is , without the > need for any additional software purchase . as a bonus , it will let you > back up _any_ copy-protected disc ( although i did see an ad for a copy > -protection scheme that claimed to defeat it , but i've never heard of a > program which it could not handle . ) > Another approach is to use your MAC to create AT-readable files. The Apple File Transfer utility, which comes on the MAC utility disk, can translate a MAC file to IBM format and write directly to an IBM formatted disk that you shoveinto the MAC internal drive. Yesterday, for example, we created a MAC MS Word file, ran it through Apple File Transfer, and wrote it to an AT formatted (720K) diskette. We then put that same diskette into an AT, and read in the file to MS/DOS MS Word. NO PROBLEM! The AT read the disk without whining and MS Word displayed the file with no garbage or complaining.