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From: philip@pescadero.Stanford.EDU (Philip Machanick)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Apple file exchange
Message-ID: <1990Sep11.175832.13343@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 11 Sep 90 17:58:32 GMT
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In article <1990Sep10.211033.15098@eng.umd.edu>, russotto@eng.umd.edu
(Matthew T. Russotto) writes:
> In article <11907@chaph.usc.edu> gupthaba@aludra.usc.edu (Suresha
Guptha B. A) writes:
> >Hi there,
> >	I have a problem using apple file exchange. Whenever I insert a disk 
> >with MS DOS format, apple file exchange won't recognize the disk format.  
> >However if I use the same disk with an IBM, I have no problem in
reading the 
> >contents of that disk.  Any help in this matter would be highly appreciated.
> 
> My guess would be that you have a computer lacking a SuperDrive (FDHD).
> The Superdrive is included with the Mac IIx, IIcx, IIci, SE/30, and IIfx.  It
> is not included with the Mac Plus or Mac II, and newer SEs have it.
Another possibility: most IBM clones will allow you to format a HD diskette
as 360K or 720K. Apple File Exchange will refuse to accept that such a
diskette can be formatted at anything less than 1.4M.

Philip Machanick
philip@pescadero.stanford.edu