raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen) (06/19/91)
Question 4.7 of the Frequently Asked Questions file tells you to look
at the `convert' file in the comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc archives. For your
convenience, it is reproduced below.
$Id: convert 1.2 91/06/18 14:12:52 raymond Exp Locker: raymond $
A database of disk conversion questions
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Converting disks MS-DOS <-> Amiga
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Queries from:
hz241pi@unidui.uni-duisburg.de (Andreas Pietras) 15 Feb 91
wsineel@win.tue.nl (Eelco Vriezekolk) 18 Feb 91
bcarb@KSP.Unisys.COM (Brian Carb) [access Amiga disks from PC] 8 Mar 91
technews@iitmax.iit.edu (Kevin Kadow) 27 Apr 91
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jap@convex.cl.msu.edu (Joe Porkka) 18 Feb 91
I doubt that it is physically possible to read Amiga disks on an IBM.
The Amiga floppy controller in custom.
As for the reverse direction, you can run on the Amiga either
CrossDos (Commercial) or MessyDisk (or Messydos?) (PD/shareware)
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Converting disks MS-DOS <-> Apple // series
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Queries from:
tony4@stretch.cs.mun.ca (Anthony H. Galway) 17 Mar 90
v097pba8@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Ken F Morton) 2 May 90
rep@odin.icd.ab.com (Robert E. Pappenhagen) 29 Jun 90
JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (Kurt Tappe) 25 Oct 90
johnk@cygnus.la.locus.com (JOHN KIM) 5 Dec 90
miyaoka@afcsa.af.mil (Les Miyaoka) 8 Feb 91
jwm712@unhd.unh.edu (Jonathan W Miner) [followup promised] 21 Feb 91
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fordke@ingr.com (Keith Ford) 7 May 90, 2 Jul 90, 25 Feb 91
The Trackstar board would do it for you.
I have two new Trackstar boards that plug into your pc and give you complete
Apple //e coprocessing abilities. More info available upon request.
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drp@vpnet.chi.il.us (Douglas Pokorny) 20 Jul 90
berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu (Mike Berger) 10 Jan 91
The Central Point Systems Copy II PC Options Board lets you read Apple disks.
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pitonyak@navajo.cis.ohio-state.edu (Andrew Pitonyak) 28 Jul 90
Beware that the Central Point board supports only 800K disks.
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akm@spencer.cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal) 25 Jul 90
Micro Solutions, DeKlab Illinios makes a card that sits between the
original floppy drive card and the floppy drive, and allows the floppy
to read and write Apple II disks.
[ Also, don't forget that Macs with FDHD drives can use Apple File
Exchange to convert the data. ]
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ebergman@isis.cs.du.edu (Eric Bergman-Terrell) 25 Feb 91
There is an apple mac drive that reads MS-DOS 3.5" disks.
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SRPDBRS@trev.dsir.govt.nz (Bruce Sinclair) 8 Mar 91
The PC transporter ($400) plugs into your apple II to downgrade it to
an IBM style machine. You do (I think) need extra floppy drives however.
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kgallagh@digi.lonestar.org (Kevin Gallagher) 16 Mar 91
Cross-Works claims `You can exchange AppleWorks data files with the most
popular MS-DOS programs: Microsoft Works, Lotus 1-2-3, WordPerfect,
dBase III & IV.' For $100, you get a 19.2K cable which can connect to a
//e, //c, //cPlus, or a //gs on one end and a IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 &
compatibles. SoftSpoken, P.O. Box 18343, Raleigh, NC 27619. (919)870-5694
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Converting disks MS-DOS <-> C64/C128
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Queries from:
zavdi@ctt.bellcore.com (Zavdi Lichtman) 14 Mar 90
zoroaster@oak.circa.ufl.edu 22 Jan 91
w165045@rosie.ucdavis.edu 19 Feb 91
roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) [3.5" disks] 27 Apr 91
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srt@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Scott Turner) 8 May 90
C64 uses a different encoding scheme that cannot be read by a PC.
Alternatives: (1) use a modem connection and (2) use a C128, a 1571
drive, and a program called Big Blue Reader.
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hau@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Robert Piskac) 9 May 90
I have a C64 with a 1581, 1571 disk drive. I have no problems
converting from IBM to CBM or CBM to IBM format.
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mfrohman@digi.lonestar.org (Matthew Frohman) 10 May 90
The Commodore 1571 disk drive (double sided drive) has the ability to
recognize over 150 different disk formats. I found a program that
will read an write to a disk that has been formatted on an IBM.
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mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) 30 Aug 90
[Big Blue Reader] requires either a 1571 or 1581 disk drive.
(It WILL NOT work with the 1541.)
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cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) 31 Aug 90
[Big Blue Reader has] 2 versions, one for the 64 and one for the 128.
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krey@i30fs1.ira.uka.de (Andreas Krey) 19 Feb 91
IBM disk drives can only read FM/MFM. Commodore's formats require special
designs. You can read IBM from C128, though.
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mark@urz.unibas.ch (G. Mark) 21 Feb 91
There exist a package for PC consisting of a special cable and
program. With this package you can connect your PC to a VC-1541 (C64)
disc drive. One end of the cable goes to the PC parallel port other end goes
to the VC-1541 (C64) disc serial port. The program reads/writes C64 discs.
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Converting disks MS-DOS <-> Coleco Adam
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Queries from:
asw@mbunix.mitre.org (Wong) 19 Jun 90
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Converting disks MS-DOS <-> CP/M
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Queries from:
gcw20877@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (George Wang) [Epson CP/M80] 29 Jan 91
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broy@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Barbara Roy) 4 May 90
UNIFORM converts in either direction. Micro Solutions,
125 South 4th St, Dekalb, Illinois 60115. (815)756-3411.
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Converting disks MS-DOS <-> DEC Rainbow RX50
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Queries from:
MAUKONEN@ucf1vm.cc.ucf.edu (Chris Maukonen) 21 Jun 90
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Converting disks MS-DOS <-> HP (9153)
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Queries from:
paz@mlb.dmt.csiro.au (Paul Zemancheff) 21 Oct 90
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dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) 22 Oct 90
FILE/SWAP-PC from:
A Gentle Wind, 186 Partridge St, Albany, NY 12203; 518-482-9023
Oswego Software, 507 North Adams, Oswego, Illinois 60543, 312-554-3567
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S: Converting disks MS-DOS <-> IBM System 36
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Queries from:
joe@acmis.cmis.co.at (Johannes Rupp) 24 Apr 91
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S: Converting disks MS-DOS <-> Macintosh
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Queries from:
bpm@psuecl.bitnet 6 Sep 90
sland@motcid.UUCP (Stephen Shortland) 28 Jan 91
pgt@hpfcso.FC.HP.COM (Paul G. Tobin) 21 Feb 91
6500boo@ucsbuxa.ucsb.edu (William Bushing) 20 Mar 91
noring@vaxr.llnl.gov (Jon Noring) 21 Mar 91
mjl@unix.cis.pitt.edu (Michael J Lewinter) [read Mac from PC] 22 Mar 91
kline@unix.cis.pitt.edu (William E Kline) 4 Apr 91
magid@sandstorm.Berkeley.EDU (Paul Magid) 8 Apr 91
glennm@rover.enet.dec.com (Glenn Meyer) 21 Apr 91
khioe@mona.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Kent Hioe) 9 Apr 91
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akm@spencer.cs.uoregon.edu (Anant Kartik Mithal) 25 Jul 90
Micro Solutions, DeKlab Illinios makes a card that lets you connect
a standard Mac drive, and you can then read and write mac disks on a pc.
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dsew@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (David Sewell) 6 Sep 90
Deluxe Option Board, from Central Point Software allows you to read and
write Mac formatted disks, and has software for file translation.
1-800-888-8199.
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royce@scor_az.resp-sci.arizona.edu (Royce Robbins) 6 Sep 90
Micro Solutions, Inc. 132 West Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb, IL 60115 (815) 756-3411
makes a board/software/drive combination that would be an external drive to
your existing system.
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umcarls9@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Charles Carlson) 7 Sep 90
[Deluxe Option Board] will read/write Mac 800k disks, but not 1.44.
If you have a Mac with the 1.44 Superdrives, you can get an init called
DOS Mounter which supposedly allows you to insert a PC DOS disk and use
it just as if it were a Mac disk.
[See also the Apple File Exchange program that comes with your Mac.]
Failing that, there is a program by Data Viz called MacLink Plus.
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justinlh@idsvax.ids.com (Justin Langseth) 9 Sep 90
You need the Copy II PC Option Board.
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dan@rna.UUCP (Dan Ts'o) 9 Jan 91
Central Point Software's COPY II PC Deluxe Option Board can read and
write 800K (and 400K I think) MAC disks using the PC's 3.5" drive.
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garrison@zodiac.rutgers.edu [summary] 10 Jan 91
Apple File Exchange (AFE) comes free with all new Macs; you need a SuperDrive.
DOS Mounter (Dayna Design) mounts PC disks directly to the desktop.
IBM disks look just like Macs with directories turned into folders etc.
a working demo version of the program is on vega.hut.fi (FREE!!).
PC Access: sounds similar to DOS Mounter (but costs money).
MacLink Plus: translates application formats for AFE.
DataViz ($135) translates loads of stuff.
COPY-II-CARD (Central Point) driver/controller package ($120). Expensive
but nice. Does more than just read Mac disks.
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pwilliam@axion.bt.co.uk (Philip Williams) 14 Jan 91
I use dyna file; it plugs into the SCSI drive and makes
IBM disks appear on the Mac desktop. works just fine...
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dewhirst@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Peter) 23 Mar 91
A Mac with "SuperDrive" can read/write MS-DOS (720K) disks with Apple File
Exchange. Or you could just hook up the serial ports.
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berger@atropa.stat.uiuc.edu (Mike Berger) 23 Mar 91
The easiest way with standard equipment is to buy a Central Point Systems
Copy-II-PC Options Board for around $ 100.
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Aaron.Roydhouse@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Aaron Roydhouse) 5 Apr 91
CopyIIPC Deluxe Option Board, Central Point Software Inc., 9700 S.W.
Capitol Highway, Portland, Oregon 97219. (503)244-5782.
NOTE: It does not read high density Mac II disks, nor does it work on all
brands of 3.5" drive. Notably it does not work with the Mitsubishi
mechanism.
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gmurray@ibmpcug.co.uk (G Murray) 6 Apr 91
If the MAC disks are the newer high density type then the PC should be
able to read them directly. Or you can get a board/software by
MicroSolutions called either MatchMaker or MatchPoint. One of these allows
a PC to access an Apple II disk, the other allows reading/writing of MAC
disks, but I can't remeber which is which.
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nyet@nntp-server.caltech.edu (n liu) 7 Apr 91
If your Mac has a superdrive, there's an init called initPC (i think) that
allows the Mac to do the writing in PC format for either HD or 720.
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c60b-1eq@web-1e.berkeley.edu (Noam Mendelson) 7 Apr 91
If your Mac has superdrive, you can use the Apple File Exchange.
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S: Converting disks MS-DOS <-> Sinclair Spectrum
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Queries from:
p515dfi@mpifr-bonn.mpg.de (Daniel Fischer) 9 May 90
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S: Converting disks MS-DOS <-> TRS-80 Model I
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Queries from:
rwolkoys@megatek.UUCP (Ron Wolkoys) 14 Jan 91
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S: Converting disks MS-DOS <-> whatever
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Queries from:
uunet!frith!upba!tssi!nolan (Michael Nolan) 9 May 90
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