mikey@NRC.COM (Mikey Goodglick) (09/22/89)
I need a cable to convert the bus on the back of DF1: to a cable that
will run a Mac drive. Similar to the on that ReadySoft uses on the AMAX.
I just want to experiment with the mac without haveing to by Amax.
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------------------------------------portuesi@tweezers.esd.sgi.com (Michael Portuesi) (09/25/89)
In article <355@nrcvax.NRC.COM> mikey@NRC.COM (Mikey Goodglick) writes:
I need a cable to convert the bus on the back of DF1: to a cable that
will run a Mac drive. Similar to the on that ReadySoft uses on the AMAX.
I just want to experiment with the mac without haveing to by Amax.
Central Coast Software (the makers of Dos-2-Dos, Quarterback and other
such disk utilities) makes just such an adaptor. It's called
"Mac-2-Dos" and is bundled with an application that allows you to
connect a Mac-compatible 400 or 800K drive to your Amiga to read and
write Mac files on Mac format disks. It can also transfer MacPaint
files to and from IFF, and can handle CR<-->LF translation when
transferring text files.
The adaptor is the size of a standard gender-bender. One end plugs
into the disk port of the Amiga. The Mac drive cable plugs into the
other end.
I have been using Mac-2-Dos on my A1000 with a standard Apple 400K
drive for a few weeks now. It works fine for reading files created on
a Mac, but when I try writing files, the IIcx in the next room claims
the disk isn't formatted. More than likely this is because the 400K
drive is out of alignment, and not due to a problem with the Mac-2-Dos
package itself.
Suggested retail is $99. I am not affiliated with Central Coast
Software in any way except as a satisfied customer.
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