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From: FTWILSON@pucc.Princeton.EDU (Frederick Todd Wilson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: MS/DOS Mounter
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Date: 2 May 89 23:18:04 GMT
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Some people might call this little tid-bit of info trivial, but I think
it's pretty important.

It was written in the Mac the Knife section of MacWeek some time ago that
Apple had discontinued work on an init that would allow SuperDrive (FDHD)
users to open MS/DOS disks directly from the Finder (Desktop). MK wondered
why. Well, this week's Mac Week explains in it's coverage of the Apple
external SuperDrive.

Apparently, Dayna manufactures such an init and it will be bundled with
the SuperDrive. Apparently, it will allow users to access MS/DOS and OS/2
disks without having to use Apple's FileExchange. Essentially, this brings
the Mac one step closer to interoperability. Being able to open MS-DOS
files from compatible Mac software (i.e. MS Word) may now be possible.

Anyone with real experience with this?

   Tx.

F. Todd Wilson. "My opinions are my own. Besides, who'd want 'em?"