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From: dinda@vms.macc.wisc.edu (Peter Dinda)
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Subject: Re: Looking for something to read Mac disks on  a PC
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Date: 29 Jul 89 16:23:12 GMT
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device called a Copy II PC Option Board.  The board's principle
purpose is to allow one to copy any copy-protected IBM software 
short of those disks that have been physically damaged.  As an added
benefit, the board allows one to read and write macintosh disks on
an IBM 3.5" disk drive.  This seems to me to be an ideal solution,
since the addition of an external Mac drive is far more expensive
and is useful for only one purpose.  The board lists for $180. 

OH, BTW, the board you want is called the Copy II PC Option Board
DELUXE - the non-deluxe DOES NOT read/write Mac disks.


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In article <8488@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu>, halp@batcomputer.tn.cornell.edu (Bruce P. Halpern) writes...

>IL, 40115. Tel:815-756-3411) plugs into a half-size slot in an IBM
>PC (I use it in an IBM AT 339), and provides a connector at the rear
>for a Mac 400K or 800K 3.5 drive. The software supplied with it
>allows one to read, write, format, and get directories on the Mac
>disks. ASCII files go between IBM and Mac just fine. If you have
>WordPerfect for both, WordPerfect 4.2 files (or saved as 4.2) can
>be used with WordPerfect for Mac if appropriate File Manager
>settings are employed. MatchMaker lists for $149; often advertised
>in InfoWorld.
> 
> 
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