Re: Apple II <-> Commodore 64/128 disks?

[ab616@chebucto.ns.ca (Tony Cianfaglione)]

   There used to be an addon for the C64 called Trackstar 128 which
allowed you to run Apple II software.

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William McBrine (wmcbrine@clark.net) wrote:
> The Apple II FAQ states that Apple disks are incompatible with IBM PC
> drives, and vice versa, because Apple drives use GCR encoding, where PC
> drives use MFM. This got my attention, because the Commodore 64's 1541
> drive also uses GCR -- and the 128's 1571 drive is a dual mode drive, so
> it can exchange data with PC drives. (The MFM mode was originally meant
> for use with CP/M, but can work with MSDOS disks, too.)

> Is there any software for the Apple II OR C64/C128 to enable one system to
> read and/or write the others' disks?

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