Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!gatech!uflorida!beach.cis.ufl.edu!jma From: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga floppy sizes Message-ID: <25486@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU> Date: 18 Nov 90 07:37:38 GMT References: <3242@ns-mx.uiowa.edu> Sender: news@uflorida.cis.ufl.EDU Reply-To: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John 'Vlad' Adams) Distribution: usa Organization: UF CIS Department Lines: 33 In article yorkw@stable.ecn.purdue.edu (Willis F York) writes: >bheil@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Brian Heil) writes: >>Can somebody explain quickly and briefly why Macs use that weird variable >>speed deal on the floppies? >>Any comments? > >Yea they did it so Amiga drives coulden't read Mac Disks. >(Or they was afraid IBM would sue them.) >Or for the Reason APPLE does all the stupid things they do. >Stupidity. Survey sez -- BUZZZZ you are the one exhibiting stupidity. Apple used variable-speed drives *BEFORE* the 1000 came out. It has to do with keeping the density of data the same over the entire disk surface. >Can a MAC drive read IBM disks? Where have you been? You honestly don't know about the SuperDrive. You should do youself a REAL favor and read some Sun Tsu (SP?). It is essential that one knows his enemy. >Macintosh... Proof that a Person can use a Computer all day and still >not know ANYTHING about computers. Or knows that there are SOME things the mac STILL does better. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE my Amiga. But the Mac cannot be beat for DTP work. -- John M. Adams --**-- Professional Student on the eight-year plan! /// Internet: jma@beach.cis.ufl.edu -or- vladimir@maple.circa.ufl.edu /// "We'll always be together, together in electric dreams" Moroder & Oakey \\V// Sysop of The Beachside. FIDOnet 1:3612/557. 904-492-2305 (Florida) \X/