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From: user_442@dayton.saic.com (J.C. Kelly)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: MAC disks on an AT
Message-ID: <1026.2608bd86@dayton.saic.com>
Date: 22 Mar 90 16:56:53 GMT
References: <1990Mar17.131553.25385@stretch.cs.mun.ca> <2517@ultb.isc.rit.edu>
Organization: Science Applications Intl. Corp., Dayton, Ohio
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In article <2517@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, cms2839@ultb.isc.rit.edu (C.M. Stuntz) writes:
> In article <1990Mar17.131553.25385@stretch.cs.mun.ca> tony4@stretch.cs.mun.ca (Anthony H. Galway) writes:
>>
>>	I have a 386 clone and want to be able to work with disks for 
>>a Macintosh. I would appreciate any help that you have to offer. I need
>>to know what kind of hardware and software is necessary, and what the 
>>most reliable way is. 
> 
> 				all you need is a Central Point Software
> Deluxe Option card , which is a 1/2 length 8-bit card that installs
> between your drive and disc controller . it will read Mac 3-1/2" discs
> directly ( assuming that you have a 3-1/2" drive , that is , without the
> need for any additional software purchase . as a bonus , it will let you
> back up _any_ copy-protected disc ( although i did see an ad for a copy
> -protection scheme that claimed to defeat it , but i've never heard of a
> program which it could not handle . )
> 
Another approach is to use your MAC to create AT-readable files. The Apple
File Transfer utility, which comes on the MAC utility disk,
can translate a MAC file to IBM format and write directly to an IBM formatted
disk that you shoveinto the MAC internal drive. 
Yesterday, for example,  we created a MAC MS Word file, ran it through Apple 
File Transfer, and wrote it to an AT formatted (720K) diskette. We then put 
that same diskette into an AT, and read in the file to MS/DOS MS Word. 
NO PROBLEM! The AT read the disk without whining and MS Word displayed the
file with no garbage or complaining.