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From: 6105530@PUCC.BITNET (Daniel Kimberg)
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: Re: Mac Readables
Message-ID: <1178@PUCC.BITNET>
Date: Sat, 11-Oct-86 22:23:20 EDT
Article-I.D.: PUCC.1178
Posted: Sat Oct 11 22:23:20 1986
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Organization: Princeton University Computing Center, Princeton, New Jersey
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In article <300@pttesac.UUCP>, vanam@pttesac.UUCP (Marnix van Ammers) writes:
>From what I know, the MAC has a variable speed drive.  The drive
>turns faster when the head is on the outside tracks.  This makes
>it impossible to write MAC disks with an Amiga.
 
Oops.  Can't believe I did that.  Sorry 'bout that blank message.
Anyhow, I was thinking more along the lines of the Amiga being able to
just write data where the Mac can read it, not have anything resembling
interchangeable disks.  So if the Mac does indeed do that little bit at
the outside tracks [I know pitifully little about the Mac myself,
unfortunately, or I'd take this one on myself], then I'm hoping the
Amiga can at least write at that density.  In other words [I'm having a
hard time expressing this, but] since the disk doesn't know what speed
it was written at, if the Amiga can write in the same places on the same
tracks, at any speed, that might be a long way towards doing the job.
The reason I need this is that I have access to plenty of laserwriters
hooked up to Macs, and also occasionally need to submit articles on
macs, and would rather not have to transfer my files by phone.  Thanks,
 
                                             -Dan