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From: tope@enea.se (Tommy Petersson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: AMAX disk format. Was: Re: Emulator Mechanics
Keywords: AMAX
Message-ID: <2806@enea.se>
Date: 13 Mar 91 11:34:34 GMT
References: <19749@cbmvax.commodore.com- <1991Mar12.011418.24768@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu> <91070.232339JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu>
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In article <91070.232339JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu- JKT100@psuvm.psu.edu (JKT) writes:
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->I also wonder why readysoft used a special disformat for Mac disks
->instead of reading Amiga disks.
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-ReadySoft did a lot of things that may seem strange, but they did
-them in the name of speed and compatibility.  With the disks, you
-have to understand that the Mac uses a mighty strange disk format.
-Mac drives are even variable speed.  ReadySoft created a special
-disk format for compatiblity with disk I/O routines that expected
-a Mac floppy.  And I congratulate ReadySoft on their achievement.
-I have been able to sector-edit A-Max format floppies and run
-Norton Utilities on them, all without ANY problem.  Kudos!!
-

I've asked this question before, but here seems like I've found a
person who might be able to give an answer. The question:

Is an AMAX emulator for Macintosh possible? No kidding, what I want
is a program (maybe similar to Apple File Exchange that permits a
SuperDrive equipped Mac to write MS-DOS disks) that can read/write
AMAX format disks. We have a Mac ci and a Mac si, both with SuperDrives.

Tommy Petersson
tope@enea.se