Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!dali.cs.montana.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!ukc!edcastle!hwcs!neil From: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st.tech Subject: Re: Spectre Questions Message-ID: <2910@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> Date: 7 May 91 15:26:09 GMT References: <1991May3.141023.18062@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> <2896@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk> <1991May6.143909.6030@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> Sender: news@cs.hw.ac.uk Reply-To: neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) Organization: Computer Science, Heriot-Watt U., Scotland Lines: 27 In article <1991May6.143909.6030@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd) writes: >In article <2896@odin.cs.hw.ac.uk>, neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) writes: >>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. > >But this would mean that any Mac software purchased would have to be >modemed or null-modemed over, which was my original point. No, no, no! The point is that you can use DOS disk to transfer programs and data between Spectre 128 and genuine Macs at normal disk access speeds. > By the way, do you know how much this DOS Mounter costs? Well I dunno for sure but word is about 60 UK pounds. I have played with a demo version and it sure does work. +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ! 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 disks!" ! +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+