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From: hshiffma@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA (Hank Shiffman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Converting between Mac and MS-DOS
Message-ID: <19893@teknowledge-vaxc.ARPA>
Date: 29 Dec 87 22:05:41 GMT
References: <446@sdics.ucsd.EDU> <283@dbase.UUCP>
Reply-To: hshiffma@teknowledge-vaxc.UUCP (Hank Shiffman)
Organization: Teknowledge Inc., Thousand Oaks CA
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In article <283@dbase.UUCP> drc@dbase.UUCP (Dennis Cohen) writes:
>One of the things you'll find when and if you come across documentation for 
>Apple File Exchange is that the MS-DOS translation requires one of the
>5.25 inch drive options.  The fact that it doesn't work with the 3.5" drives
>has something to do with different recording techniques between the Apple and
>DOS worlds (I was told this, don't know it firsthand).  I hope this helps.

Recalling something which was published a few months ago, Apple was
planning a ROM upgrade which would permit the Mac to understand the
disk format used on PCs.  This would allow a 3.5" MS-DOS diskette to
be read using a standard Mac drive.  I believe the intention was to
have the upgrade available some time in the early part of 1988.
Anyone else remember this?