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From: etxtomp@eos.ericsson.se (Tommy Petersson)
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Subject: Re: Amiga <-> A-Max Transfers
Keywords: AMAX
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Date: 2 Mar 91 14:21:03 GMT
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In article <91057.210846JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu> JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes:
>I've said it before and I will say it again.  The only GOOD way to
>transfer files between AmigaDOS and Mac disks if you only have an
>Amiga is to get a Mac drive.  Too expensive?  Get it anyway, unless
>you have stock in an aspirin company.
>
>Now if you have an Amiga and access to a Mac with a superdrive,
>that's another matter.  You can use your Amiga in conjunction with
>CrossDOS or MSH to copy files to MS-DOS format disks, then use
>AppleFileExchange on the Mac to read those disks and copy them to
>Mac format disks.
>
>                                                            Kurt
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How about this: an AMAX EMULATOR FOR MACINTOSH!

Is it possible for a Mac with superdrive to write disks in AMAX format,
providing a program exists to do it, of course. If possible, could it
really be so much work for ReadySoft to do the program?

The problem is that it's probably not possible :-( I suspect that the
Mac's are using a disk controller that's impossible to program to
the AMAX format.

What does someone who knows anything say?

Tommy Petersson
tope@enea.se <----