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From: ran@doc.ic.ac.uk (Robert A Nicholls)
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Subject: Re: Writing Macintosh-format disks on a PC?
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Date: 10 Sep 90 12:29:23 GMT
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Subject: Re: Writing Macintosh-format disks on a PC?
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In article <9396@ur-cc.UUCP> dsew@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (David Sewell) writes:
>In article <20557.26e57083@psuecl.bitnet> bpm@psuecl.bitnet writes:
>>
>>Is there any way to write files to my 3.5" floppy drive (IBM compatible)
>>so that they can be read by a Macintosh?  If not, why not?
>>
>>Also, are there any utilities which convert PC text files into Mac files
>>(physically, onto another disk for example)?
>
>I don't believe there is a pure software method for doing it.  But you
>can purchase an add-on board, the Deluxe Option Board, from Central
>Point (maker of PC-Tools and CopyII PC).  It allows you to read and
>write Mac formatted disks, and has software for file translation.
>Latest prices I've seen, discounted, are slightly over $100.  Central
>Point info # is 1-800-888-8199.
>-- 
>David Sewell, English Dep't, University of Rochester, New York USA 
>dsew@uhura.cc.rochester.edu || dsew%uhura.cc.rochester.edu@uorvm.BITNET 



Does anyone know whether there is a supplier for this Deluxe Option Board
here in the UK? I might have read something about this board or CopyIIPC
being banned in the UK because of pirates. Is this correct?

Thanks,

   Bob.