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Subject: Re: Mac disk read/write
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Date: 29 Jun 90 15:35:13 GMT
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In article <31@sunrise.ec.usf.edu>, stelmack@sunrise.ec.usf.edu (Gregory Stelmack) writes:
> All right, guys, here's the situation:
> 
> Here at USF, we have a computer lab available for all students, most of whom
> do word processing. It contains LOTS of Macs, and 2 Amiga 2500s. For some
> as yet unexplained reason, the Amigas are not totally functional (not hooked
> to the printers). Seems the lab has some sort of network setup, and the stuff
> to hook the Amigas to it hasn't come yet. I think the machines were donated
> (maybe by C=), and whoever gave them is slow on the rest of the hardware.
> 
> Anyway, we have two perfectly good 2500s just sitting there. Now, if I had a
> PD Mac disk reader/writer, students could use the Amiga WP (Excellence! -- I
> THINK it does PostScript), save their file to disk, and take it to the main
> Mac that controls laser output for printing. This would be a cheap, quick
> way to get interest going on the Amiga while the lab waits for the rest if the
> stuff.
> 
> Anybody want to help the Amiga cause?
> 
> -- Greg Stelmack
> -- Email: stelmack@sol.csee.usf.edu or stelmack@sunrise.ec.usf.edu
> -- USmail: USF Box 1510, Tampa, FL 33620-1510
The Amiga's STOCK drives CAN'T read/write Mac disks.  Neither can STANDARD Mac
drives read/write Amiga or MS-DOS.  The Mac drives are variable speed drives,
ours are not.  AppleTalk is OUT I hear for the Amiga...  I think I read it in
AmigaWorld.  I'm SURE that's the protocol they're using...


> -- Amiga: the only way to compute!