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From: RHOPGOOD@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA (Robert Hopgood)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Floppy drives and differing formats
Message-ID: <1178@vm.ucs.UAlberta.CA>
Date: 17 Dec 90 16:06:24 GMT
References: <5350@rex.cs.tulane.edu> <7167@chorus.fr>
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In article <7167@chorus.fr>, mir@opera.chorus.fr (Adam Mirowski) writes:
 
>Central Point Software manufactures an Copy II PC Option Board, which
>can read/create unusual formats on 5.25" diskettes, bypass copy
>protection etc. There could be a 3.5" version. Check with CPC.
>
We have CPS' Copy II PC Option Board here.
It has the capablility to copy Mac and Apple disks.  It can also convert these
disks to the IBM format.  I believe this will work for text files only, though.
 
I copied my mother's Apple Works disks for her (she only has 1 drive and still
isn't that confident with the machine).  The only question is that the Option
Board gave a warning about the reliability of the copy as it couldn't verify
the CRC properly.
 
Other than that it seems like a very nice product.