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From: jnmoyne@lbl.gov (Jean-Noel MOYNE)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Amiga/Mac File Exchange
Message-ID: <10499@dog.ee.lbl.gov>
Date: 2 Mar 91 01:25:41 GMT
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         AmigaDOS and MS/Dos file-formats are quite differents, but 
depending on what Apple's disk drive can do, it might be possible to read 
Amiga disks off an Apple HD disk.

        But for the moment they are other ways to transfer files between 
the two machines: you can write very easily (no hardware required) MS/Dos 
disks on an Amiga (720 Ko 3.5' format disks), and if you own AMax (the 
Amiga Mac emulator) you can hook up a Mac drive to the Amiga, and write 
Mac 800k disks.

        Amiga's disk format has nothing special: 80 cylinders, 9 
sectors/track. The only big difference with IBM disks is that there's no 
gap between sectors, but only one gap at the beginning of the track, then 
all the sectors stick together. If your drive can cope with that, then it 
could be possible. But I'm not a disk specialist.

        JNM

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These are my own ideas (not LBL's)