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From: rberlin@birdlandEng.Sun.COM (Rich Berlin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.misc
Subject: Re: Reading Sun formatted Disks
Keywords: DOS SPARC MAC (in no particular order)
Message-ID: <11678@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>
Date: 17 Apr 91 00:14:11 GMT
References: <50576@nigel.ee.udel.edu> <621@cronos.metaphor.com>
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In article <621@cronos.metaphor.com>, arends@yosemite.metaphor.com (Dale M. Arends) writes:
|> In article <50576@nigel.ee.udel.edu> tigger@freezer.it.udel.edu (david faust) writes:
|> >My favorite computer lab will soon be upgrading to Sparc stations (at least
|> >that is the rumor) soon. I was wondering if there was anyway that a Mac can
|> >read a floppy disk formatted by one of those beasts. Somehow I doubt it, but
|> >you never know. If anyone can give me any pointers I would appreciate it very
|> >much. Thanks,
|> >Dave
|> >-- 

|> And lastly, write a device driver for the SPARC that can read and write 
|> Mac disks directly.  This solution, as some sources have informed me, may
|> not be possible.

My understanding is that it's not possible with 880K or lower disks,
but if your Mac writes 2DHD, there's a program that runs on the Sun
called Common-Link.  The phone numbers on the blurb are 1-800-628-3475
and 415-948-6200.

DISCLAIMER: I CANNOT ENDORSE THIS PRODUCT, because I haven't tried it.

-- Rich