Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!uwvax!daffy!cat23.cs.wisc.edu!carter From: carter@cat23.cs.wisc.edu (Gregory Carter) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: Spectre Questions Message-ID: <1991May7.033716.19897@daffy.cs.wisc.edu> Date: 7 May 91 03:37:16 GMT References: <1991May3.141023.18062@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> <2896@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> Sender: news@daffy.cs.wisc.edu (The News) Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept Lines: 35 In article <2896@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) writes: >In article <1991May3.141023.18062@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes: >]In article ]]I have been considering buying Spectre, but I have a few questions. >]]First, what's the difference between GCR and 128? >] >]The 128 gives you a Mac, but with a non-standard floppy drive. You will have >]to transfer all of your Mac software via modem or direct-connect. This is >]because the Mac's use a strange floppy protocol that cannot be emulated on >]the ST without additional hardware. > >But there is a program called DOS Mounter that can be run on both Spectre 128 >with version 3 software and a real Mac (with a high density drive) that will >allow DOS disks to be used instead of GCR ones. >No need to upgrade to GCR if you don't want to. > >+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ >! DISCLAIMER:Unless otherwise stated, the above comments are entirely my own ! >! ! >! Neil Forsyth JANET: neil@uk.ac.hw.cs ! >! Dept. of Computer Science ARPA: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk ! >! Heriot-Watt University UUCP: ..!ukc!cs.hw.ac.uk!neil ! >! Edinburgh, Scotland, UK "That was never 5 DOS disks!" ! >+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ The only problem here is that 90% of Macs out there don't have the new Super Drives. So, at this point in time, and probably for the next year or so, a GCR would be a very viable option. That is, if you can get it, or the ROMS. I can help you out, if you need ROMS I am selling them for $500. --Gregory