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From: b_haughey@ccvax.ucd.ie (Brian J Haughey)
Newsgroups: comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d
Subject: Re: Yes, you *can* read PC disks on a MAC
Message-ID: <6709.26eb7624@ccvax.ucd.ie>
Date: 10 Sep 90 11:16:51 GMT
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In article <391@tygra.UUCP>, dave@tygra.UUCP (David Conrad) writes:
> In article <6708.26e785cc@ccvax.ucd.ie> b_haughey@ccvax.ucd.ie (Brian J Haughey) writes:
>>Virtually all new Mac's come with a new floppy disk drive, called the
>>"superdrive". A free program called "Apple File Exchange", when used
>>on these new disks, will allow you to read 3.5" IBM P[iece of] C[rap]
>>disks. *NO* other hardware is needed.
> 
> Probably a dumb question, but you can WRITE to the pc/ps/2 disks also,
> correct?  I need a way to transfer MacPaint files to a pc (Don't ask why).
> --
> Dave Conrad

Yep, you can.

-- bjh