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From: royce@scor_az.resp-sci.arizona.edu (Royce Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Writing Macintosh-format disks on a PC?
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Date: 6 Sep 90 18:32:22 GMT
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Central Pointe Software, the makers of PCTOOLS have a product called the 
Deluxe Option Board that will sits between your standard IBM floppy controller
and your 3.5" floppy and will read and write Mac disks.  Retail is ~$150.

Micro Solutions, Inc. 132 West Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb, IL 60115 (815) 756-3411
makes a board/software/drive combination that would be an external drive to
your existing system.

Apple has in its newer Macs (IIfx, IIcx??) what it calls a "SuperDrive" that can
read and write DOS disks--I think it comes standard with the Mac.  

Course there is always the problem of translating file formats between the two
machines, but there are some packages out there that will do that, and there
are some packages that have been implemented on both platforms and can read
each others formats (MS WORD, EXCEL, WordPerfect, etc.)

If you want more than just file transfer, you might look into TOPS or AppleShare
which provide full file/printer sharing, mail and the benefits of networking.  
To connect 1 Mac and 1 IBM you'll need a copy of TOPS for each, and an AppleTalk
connector for each and an AppleTalk or TOPS FlashCard board for the IBM.  Total
solution would be ~$600.

Good Luck!
						--Royce Robbins
						Div Resp Sciences
						UofArizona