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From: wsinkees@lso.win.tue.nl (Kees Huizing)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: MS-DOS floppies on a Mac Plus
Keywords: MS-DOS,Macintosh,disk format
Message-ID: <712@tuewsd.lso.win.tue.nl>
Date: 16 Nov 89 12:02:55 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
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Question from a Macintosh pre-novice:
Is there a way to read and write floppy disks on a MS-DOS computer in
Macintosh format or the other way round (on a Macintosh in MS-DOS format)?
Not necessarily MS-DOS 1.44 Mbyte (HD) floppies.

I intend to buy a Mac Plus and I want to exchange ASCII files with the MS-DOS
computers at my office.

I know that the second option can be achieved with the super drive, but
the Mac SE is beyond my budget.  My Apple dealer told me that the super
drive is not available in the Mac Plus nor as a separate drive.  Is
this true, or can one get additional drives from other brands that do
the job?  The other option is to get some MS-DOS software that makes
the local drive read and write Macintosh disks.  Or are there others
ways to achieve what I want?

Thanks in advance for your answer, either by net or by e-mail (below).

						Kees
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Kees Huizing - Eindhoven Univ of Techn - Dept Math & Comp Sc - The Netherlands
DOMAIN: wsinkees@win.tue.nl    BITNET: wsdckeesh@heitue5    FAX: +31-40-436685 
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Kees Huizing - Eindhoven Univ of Techn - Dept Math & Comp Sc - The Netherlands
DOMAIN: wsinkees@win.tue.nl    BITNET: wsdckeesh@heitue5    FAX: +31-40-436685