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From: 252u3130@fergvax.unl.edu (Phil Dietz)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Mac and Amiga floppy sizes
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Date: 20 Nov 90 17:08:00 GMT
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In article <183c1119.ARN0dd5@pilhuhn.uucp> hwr%pilhuhn@bagsend.ka.sub.org writes:
>In article <yorkw.658880855@stable.ecn.purdue.edu>, Willis F York writes:
>
>>bheil@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu (Brian Heil) writes:
>            [some stuff deleted]
>>Can a MAC drive read IBM disks?
>
>Yes,but only the new models
>
>-Heiko
By this one can see the FAULT the Apple has made.  They realized that
their mechanical and non-conformist drives were not all to compatible
with anything.  They now are trying to accomplish both by changing their
drives from mechanically variable-speed to electronically non-speed.
Now they can program what type of disk they want to read.....but these
drives cost a pretty penny!  Apple should have just stuck with the standard
speed drives like IBM, Amiga, and the rest of the world uses!
 
(Aside: although the Floppy speed that MAC's attain sure would be AWESOME
        compared to Amiga's CHUGGIN method....)
 
Phil Dietz

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