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From: ravi@duke.cs.duke.edu (Ravi Subrahmanyan)
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Subject: Re: pc-DITTO and the Magic Sac
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Date: Wed, 31-Dec-69 18:59:59 EDT
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>   Now that I have the IBM emulator for the ST, I'd like to start thinking
>about getting the Magic Sac as well.  The only problem is that I need to
>transfer my Mac work to actual Macs and can't mess around with null modem
>cables all the time.  
	
	I usually go ST-->VAX-->Mac.   It's not so bad (really)

>Has anyone heard any juicy, but bordering on reality,
>rumors about the hardware that Data Pacific was working on to allow the ST
>to read and write Mac disks?  Will it be a second drive, or will it be some
>kind of hardware box that interfaces with current ST drives?  

	I know Dave's been working his tail off on it all summer and
that it is _in production_ now; it ought to be available soon.  It is
a box that attaches to the midi port and between the ST and a normal
ST disk drive, and the Magic Sac switches it on as needed.  

>Any thoughts
>on what the cost for a complete Magic Sac system (Magic Sac Plus, ROMS, and
>drive hardware) will be?  All information extremely welcome, though it would
>be nice if people posted it so everyone could read the news!
>

	MagicSac+ :	$120
	ROMs	  :	This is variable: $50 max.

	Drive adapter:  No idea.  May be $150 to $200 ???
	
	
								-ravi