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From: jem@hpisod2.HP.COM (Jim McCauley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: 800K drives read MS-DOS???
Message-ID: <26390001@hpisod2.HP.COM>
Date: 2 May 90 22:36:37 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett Packard, Cupertino
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> Is there a plug or something that you can jack into a port that lets
> you read/write MS-DOS disks with the normal Mac drives?

Kennect Technology makes the Rapport, which plugs into the Mac's
floppy port.  With it in place, the internal Mac drive can read 720K
MS-DOS disks.  An 800K external Mac drive plugged into the Rapport can
read, write and format 720K MS-DOS disks.  If you buy Kennect's Drive
2.4 external drive and connect it to the Rapport, you can read, write
and format both 720K and 1.44M disks, as well as use a variety of
special formats.

You can get Rapport from MacWarehouse for $199; they also sell Drive
2.4 (without Rapport) for $329.

By the way, Rapport works with Dayna's DOS Mounter software, but it's
pretty slow.

Jim McCauley          jem@hpulpcu3.hp.com       (408) 447-4993
Learning Products Engineer
Hewlett Packard Company, General Systems Division
MS 48SO, 19447 Pruneridge Avenue, Cupertino CA  95014
Disclaimer: My opinions are my own, not my employer's.