Re: PC -> Mac file transfer via 800K floppy?

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Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net> wrote:

>In comp.sys.apple2 rmorgan1@uswest.net wrote:
>
>: Okay, this is an easy one.  First with 7.5 you got a control panal called
>: PC Exchange.  This will allow you to read those 800K PC floppies on your
>: MacPlus.
>
>Nope nopers. First there is no 800K PC floppy, they're 720K. Apple's 800K
>drives won't read MFM disks at all, not even when connected to a superdrive
>equipped Mac or superdrive card. If you want to read MFM, gotta use a
>superdrive.

No prize for Randy!  ;-)

Actually, Apple's 800k drives CAN read MFM disks.  It is just no
controller manufactured by Apple for any Apple II or any Mac
can make it do this.

However, the PC Transporter by Applied Engineering contains
a SWIM chip (by agreement between Apple and PCT) which is
programmed to read and write 720k MFM disks USING A
STANDARD 800K APPLE 3.5" DISK DRIVE!

Cool, eh?

But you are correct.  It won't work with PC Exchange.