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From: ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (ac08@vaxb.acs.unt.edu (C. Irby))
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: running apple software on a mac
Message-ID: <27244.267b770a@vaxb.acs.unt.edu>
Date: 17 Jun 90 12:26:50 GMT
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In article <1990Jun16.183653.28419@agate.berkeley.edu>
>, c60a-3hu@e260-1g.berkeley.edu (Howard Jones) writes:

> You don't need an FDHD... it's only needed to read the MFM formatting on
> MS-DOS disks. In fact, the Apple II doesn't support the HD floppy at the
> moment, that APple marketing folks say that only the FDHD reads/writes
> APple II ProDOS/GSOS disks is a bunch of marketing creb because the Apple
> File Exchange program then didn't come with ProDOS translator and not becoz
> the hardware doesn't exist.

Uhhh... the Apple File Exchange program has been able to read ProDos disks
since it was first released... the Apple marketing folks have *never* said
you needed the FDHD disk to read ProDOS disks.

Maybe you just misunderstood... 


C Irby
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