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From: rb@ccird2.UUCP (Rex Ballard)
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari16
Subject: Re: disk drive compatibility
Message-ID: <765@ccird2.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Apr-86 12:27:41 EST
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Posted: Wed Apr 16 12:27:41 1986
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Summary: Mac or Mac+

In article <1315@unc.unc.UUCP> hultquis@unc.UUCP (Jeffrey P. Hultquist) writes:
>
>   Is there some way to convince a 1040 to read a MacIntosh disk,
>   and vice-versa?

On the regular Macs, which use the "Incredible Woz Machine" drive,
the chances are very slim, each ten or so tracks, the density changes.
This was originally done to improve reliability on inner tracks and
improve density on outer tracks.  Appearantly, the Mac Plus drives
are a little more "conventional" and may be easier to use under some
sort of standard interchange mode.  You might be able to hack up the
Mac OS to write ST format disks.

The best way to get bytes between the two machines is to use a
serial link or modem and kermit or xmodem.  Perhaps, when Atari
comes out with their SCSI interface, you will be able to transfer
disks between those drives.  Other problems such as directory
formats, "resource" (file) formats, and meanings of data would
have to be handled via software.  It probably wouldn't be too
hard to write a program that enables the mac to read ST disks.
Going the other way might not be so easy.

Hope that helps a little.