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From: JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Naive question about Mac-emulators
Message-ID: <90292.194952JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 19 Oct 90 23:49:52 GMT
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I tried to e-mail this to both "de at cs.glasgow.ac.uk" and
"plangsha at spam.ua.oz"; one bounced, so I gotta post it:

Yes, you can actually read and write Macintosh disks with an Amiga;
no you do not need an actual Macintosh attached.  You *do* need an
actual Macintosh external floppy attached.  The A-Max II package
comes with a converter box that lets you connect the Mac drive
right up.  The converter box is also where you plug in the 128K
Mac ROM chips to run the emulation.  The other poster who mentioned
the A-Max II+ board was also correct - when this board is released
(due date: November) it will plug into a 2000 and let you read
and write Mac disks directly in the Amiga drives, thereby no longer
requiring an actual Mac drive.

A-Max II works *wonderfully*   It is one of the most useful products
I own for my Amiga.  We use Macs at work daily, and I can run EVERY
piece of productivity software we run on the Mac II's at work on
my Amiga with A-Max.  It is, for all intents and purposes, a Mac.
I highly recommend this product.

                                                            Kurt
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