mikael@luth.UUCP (05/12/87)
A few weeks ago I posted a question if it was possible for an Atari ST to read MacIntosh discs or a Mac to read ST discs. The answer I got was: Atari reads Mac *NO*: An Atari ST can't read MacIntosh discs because the mac varies the rotating speed depending on which track the reading head is on. There might be an solution in sight though: >The company which produces the Magic Sac for David Small (Data Pacific >I believe) is coming out with an interface which will allow the exist- >ing ST drives to read/write Mac disks. I think the interface is very >near to distribution but do some checking. It's hardware but you won't ->have to worry about loading any kind of program to get the job done. -> -> -> I\ /I ____________________________________ ->Martin Zyla I \/ I / ->Big Electric Cat I I / {allegra,philabs,cmc12}!phri\ ->New York, NY, USA I I / {bellcore,harpo,cmc12}!cucard!dasys1!mzyla -> I I / {philabs}!tg/ ->__________________________/____ If anyone want to read IBM 3.5" discs this might be of interest. ->The ST _can_ read and write to IBM 3.5" disks when formatted with ->a public-domain formatting program. If you cannot obtain this ->program, send me mail and I will try to get it to you. ->Greg Onufer -> ->| Greg Onufer (EXODUS) ->| Mail: University of the Pacific, Casa Jackson #311, Stockton, CA 95211 ->| UUCP: ...ucdavis!uop!exodus GEnie: G.ONUFER ->| Voice: (209) 944-7484 Mac reads Atari *YES*: But you need software to do this. ->From: enea!batcomputer!othello (Michael Culbert) -> -> It is possible for the Mac to read/write Atari disks, as the hardware ->in the Mac is entirely software controlled.. I have seen a program that does ->just this.. I think that it was on Compuserve, but I am not sure. The Atari ->uses a very simple disk controller and a MUCH cheaper drive that is NOT multi ->speed, thus it is NOT POSSIBLE at all for the Atari to read/write mac disks. -> -> -Michael Culbert -> {Systems programmer: othello@tesla.ee.cornell.edu} Many thanks to you three and the others that answered my question. -- mikael (mikael@luth.UUCP) or ...mcvax!enea!luth!mikael ......... You are in error. 2+2=5 Thank you for your cooperation. The Computer.
hannu@tut.UUCP (Koivisto Hannu) (05/18/87)
> > > ->From: enea!batcomputer!othello (Michael Culbert) > -> > -> It is possible for the Mac to read/write Atari disks, as the hardware > ->in the Mac is entirely software controlled.. I have seen a program that does > ->just this.. I think that it was on Compuserve, but I am not sure. The Atari Interesting!! Does anyone out there know about this program ? hannu@tut.fi or ...!mcvax!tut!hannu
jpexg@mit-hermes.UUCP (05/20/87)
In article <791@luth.UUCP>, mikael@luth.UUCP (Mikael Eriksson) writes: > Atari reads Mac *NO*: > An Atari ST can't read MacIntosh discs because the > mac varies the rotating speed depending on which track > the reading head is on. > There might be an solution in sight though: > It is possible for the Mac to read/write Atari disks, as the hardware > in the Mac is entirely software controlled.. I have seen a program that does > just this.. I think that it was on Compuserve, but I am not sure. The Atari > uses a very simple disk controller and a MUCH cheaper drive that is NOT multi > speed, thus it is NOT POSSIBLE at all for the Atari to read/write mac disks. > -> -Michael Culbert > -> {Systems programmer: othello@tesla.ee.cornell.edu} > Many thanks to you three and the others that answered my question. > mikael (mikael@luth.UUCP) or ...mcvax!enea!luth!mikael OK, if that's true, then one could tell a Mac "Use your smart software controlled disk drive to put XXX files on a disk in THIS format". So it would still be true that an ST couldn't read Mac disks, but a Mac could be used to transfer data to the ST. Is that right?