NFH101@URIMVS.BITNET (10/04/87)
I have some questions about about floppy drives
for PC-ditto and Magic Sac and about these emulators.
1) How fast (resp. slow is PC-ditto emulation)?
Has anyone tried to use it extensively?
2) The IBM-compatible floppy disk drive sold with it
(able to read 5 1/4" disks) is pretty expensive (~$250).
Is there ANY SIMPLE WAY OF CONNECTING SOME IBM-PC DRIVE
(that I have seen advertized for less than $100) to the
ATARI 1040ST? Do I need a controller to do that, or just
a special cable? If the latter is true, could someone
provide a detailed info?
3) MAGIC SAC emulator: Is there any drive, or adapter
available that would permit to read/write MAC disks directly?
4) Has anyone compared the latest versions of MAC
emulators: ALADIN (from West Germany, very impressive!)
and MAGIC SAC?
5) Does the current version of MAGIC SAC support other
printers than Imagewriter? Could I print on laserprinter
using the serial port (since the Apple Talk port is missing).
6) Would any of these Emulators also work with the MAC+ ROM's
to get HFS support?
Jan Zeman, Dept. of EE, URI, Rhode Island.
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