Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!perch.cis.ohio-state.edu!gaynor From: gaynor@perch.cis.ohio-state.edu (james e gaynor) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: A-Max Drives Keywords: Amiga Drives Mac Message-ID: <45564@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 27 Apr 89 02:17:34 GMT References: <4341@alvin.mcnc.org> <366@nadia.UUCP> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Reply-To: james e gaynor Organization: Ohio State University Computer and Information Science Lines: 32 In article <366@nadia.UUCP> agnus@nadia.UUCP (Matthias Zepf) writes: >In article <4341@alvin.mcnc.org> raw@mcnc.org (Russell Williams) writes: >> Can anybody tell me what the problem is with not having a mac drive to >>hook up with A-Max? From what I have read, although the amiga drive can only >>read 1/3 of the Mac disk, you can transfer a mac disk to an amiga disk by >>copying it in three passes. Then you have a whole mac disk on an amiga disk. > >I think this was a joke of you, wasn't it? You must the mac is writing >(and reading) a disk at three diffent rotating speeds (depending on >the track number). The amiga drive can only simulate one of this three >speeds. So you can only read 1/3 of the mac disk, but it will every >time the same 1/3 of the mac disk!! 2/3 are absolut unreadable! Without a Macintosh drive, Amaxx con only read 1/3 of a disk that was formatted on such a drive. The solution: a program that comes with Amaxx that will format disks only at the Amiga-readable speeds. This, of course, lowers the storage capability drastically, but allows those whose only access to Macs is far from their Amiga to copy software for their Amaxx emulator. Once the disks are on the Amiga drives, the files can be copied to 800k Amaxx format drives. Latest word from Readysodt - Amaxx shipping the week of May 8th. I'm on the list. My ROMs are coming (just ordered from Pre-Owned today). -=- | Jim Gaynor..."The Vampire Lestat" UseNet: gaynor@cis.ohio-state.edu | | The Ohio State University - Dept. of Philosophy, Dept. of Computer Science | >> "There's a shortage of perfect breasts in the world. It'd be a pity << >> to damage yours." -The Dread Pirate Roberts, "The Princess Bride" <<