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From: macman@wpi.WPI.EDU (Chris Silverberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: superdrive reads PC floppies?
Message-ID: <1990Nov12.191023.7978@wpi.WPI.EDU>
Date: 12 Nov 90 19:10:23 GMT
References: <1990Nov12.042100.17863@hoss.unl.edu>
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
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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.
>When I insert an IBM floppy into the mac id does not recognize it!!!
>Can anybody help??
>Did I get an old Mac that was sitting in a warehouse for some time?

You need Apple File Exchange which comes with the system to translate files
back and forth. But there are better ways like using AccessPC or DosMounterInit
to put an MS-DOS disk on the desktop.

However, this brings up a question that I have for the net.  I heard from
someone directly that System 7 supports MS-DOS formatted disks within the
Finder. Yet, I had someone else try it, and it didn't work under b1.

Any clarification on this rumor?

 
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