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From: knotts@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com (Tom Knotts)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Deluxe Board 5.4; PC-MAC disk interface
Message-ID: <80330011@hpl-opus.hpl.hp.com>
Date: 23 Jan 91 01:45:52 GMT
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Organization: HP Labs, High Speed Electronics Dept., Palo Alto, CA
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>I have a PC and have the need to read and write files to/from a MAC. I
>have come across the Deluxe Option Board 5.4, which purports to allow
>the 1.44M 3.5" PC disk to read/format/write a MAC disk. The board is
>inserted between the drive and drive controller.  To use the drive as a
>MAC, an `m' is inserted before the DOS command - `mformat' formats the
>disk in MAC format, etc.

Let me add one more question. What does this hardware do, anyway? What
exactly is the difference between a MAC disk and a PC disk? Can a PC
disk drive be used in a MAC, or are the drives manufactured differently?

thanks,

tom