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From: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Are there any programs that allow reading Apple ][ disks?
Summary: Want to read text file that came from an Apple][ or Apple//
Keywords: disk encoding, MFM, GCR, 13-sector, 16-sector, ProDOS, 5.25, 3.5
Message-ID: <495@tardis.Tymnet.COM>
Date: 7 Aug 89 21:28:44 GMT
Reply-To: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith)
Organization: McDonnell Douglas Field Service Co, San Jose CA
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A while back, I saw an ad for "Fruit2Friend", but lost the address.  It's
supposed to be a utility for reading disks created on an Apple][ or an
Apple//.  I need more info, such as the company's phone number, how well
it works, any good or bad experiences.  Does it handle AppleDOS 13-sector, 
16-sector, and ProDOS-8bit formats?

I haven't come across any other programs (commercial or PD) that read/write
disks for the Apple2.  I can understand one obstacle - Apple uses GCR while
everybody else uses MFM encoding.  (I have not yet determined whether the
Amiga hardware is flexible enough to allow the software to do GCR or not.)

I am only concerned about 5-1/4 inch disks for now, since that's what my
wife's friends have.  I expect A-MAX can handle 3-1/2 inch disks from an
Apple//c+ since it uses the same format as the Macintosh.

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