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From: BAXTER_A@wehi.dn.mu.oz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Emulator Mechanics
Message-ID: <24245@wehi.dn.mu.oz>
Date: 31 Mar 91 19:35:00 GMT
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> 
>>I also wonder why readysoft used a special disformat for Mac disks
>>instead of reading Amiga disks.
> 
> 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!!
> 
>                                                             Kurt


I't isn't really a special format. It's just ignoring the format. The AMiga
drive does its best with the signals it gets. It can't change speeds, so it
doesn't. No smart file system, no tricky program, just nice quick, clean,
BODGE!

Regards Alan