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From: scott@blueeyes.kines.uiuc.edu (scott)
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Subject: Re: Read a 800K Macintosh disk on a pc
Message-ID: <1990Sep18.003414.6356@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Date: 18 Sep 90 00:34:14 GMT
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In article <1990Sep17.184304.9099@athena.mit.edu> acook@athena.mit.edu (Andrew R Cook) writes:
>In article <1990Sep17.160625@crazy.inria.fr>, lebastar@crazy.inria.fr (Franck Lebastard) writes:
>|> 
>|> Does any one know how to read a 800K Macintosh disk on a PC (3,5") to get ascii
>|> files?
>
>I could be wrong, but the drive controllers are enough different that you need
>some more hardware.  Try the Copyiipc option board deluxe from Central Point
>Software.  It will do what you want for about $70.  

Uh, I could be wrong, but I don't think the plain Option Board will do the 
trick. A DELUXE Option Board is required, I do believe. They sell for a bit 
more, around $110. I had one, and it worked PERFECTLY.


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Scott Coleman
University of Illinois 
scott@kines.uiuc.edu