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From: jww@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU (Joel West)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Disk format interchangeability.
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Date: Sun, 24-May-87 21:32:08 EDT
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Posted: Sun May 24 21:32:08 1987
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Re: reading/writing disks on a Mac.

1. Apple has a utility (Passport) to read Apple II 3.5" disks on
   the Mac.
2. At least two third parties make serial port IBM 360K drives & software
   for the Mac.
3. Apple has announced their own 360K 5.25" drive for the SE and II.
4. Apple plans a disk controller swap this year for the SE and II to be 
   able to read/write DG/1 (IBM Convertible) 720K 3.5" disks.  These
   disks can of course be used by the new IBM PS/2, although the preferred
   format is 1.44 Mb.

I cannot speak to Mac compability with Atari or Amiga, nor do I ever
expect that Apple will address this.
-- 
	Joel West
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