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From: xdab@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Baird)
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Subject: Re: superdrive reads PC floppies?
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Date: 12 Nov 90 14:33:52 GMT
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In article <1990Nov12.042100.17863@hoss.unl.edu> rdonis@crcvms.unl.edu writes:

>I got a new IIci a couple of days ago. I was told that the MacIIci superdrive 
>was capable of reading IBM PC DOS diskettes.

It is, but you must be running Apple File Exchange when you insert the
DOS disk. Or you can buy DOS Mounter from Dayna Corporation. This is an
init that allows the MAC to recognize a DOS disk from the finder. I
find this init very helpful.

>Did I get an old Mac that was sitting in a warehouse for some time?

No. But the manual does explain how to use this feature.




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