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Subject: Re: Read/Write discs in another format - answers
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Date: Wed, 20-May-87 00:27:43 EDT
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Posted: Wed May 20 00:27:43 1987
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Summary: Could a Mac write a constant-speed disk?

In article <791@luth.UUCP>, mikael@luth.UUCP (Mikael Eriksson) writes:
> Atari reads Mac *NO*:
>   An Atari ST can't read MacIntosh discs because the
> mac varies the rotating speed depending on which track
> the reading head is on.
> There might be an solution in sight though:

> It is possible for the Mac to read/write Atari disks, as the hardware
> in the Mac is entirely software controlled.. I have seen a program that does
> just this.. I think that it was on Compuserve, but I am not sure.  The Atari
> uses a very simple disk controller and a MUCH cheaper drive that is NOT multi
> speed, thus it is NOT POSSIBLE at all for the Atari to read/write mac disks.
> ->			-Michael Culbert
> ->			{Systems programmer: othello@tesla.ee.cornell.edu}
>   Many thanks to you three and the others that answered my question.
>    mikael  (mikael@luth.UUCP)  or  ...mcvax!enea!luth!mikael

OK, if that's true, then one could tell a Mac "Use your smart software
controlled disk drive to put XXX files on a disk in THIS format". So it
would still be true that an ST couldn't read Mac disks, but a Mac could
be used to transfer data to the ST. Is that right?