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Re: GS/OS for xgs emulator?
Sheldon Simms <sheldon@atlcom.net> wrote in article
<sheldon-1203970033330001@lpm2-17.atlcom.net>...
> In article <01bc2e89$b89e2360$c95092cf@system1>, "Dan Yertzell"
> <Dan-Yertzell@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
>
> > So many problems could have been avoided if Apple had followed the
standard
> > for disk drives and formats, instead of going their own way.
> >
> > <sigh> . . . .
>
> Say what? Apple's formats preceeded PC formats for both 5.25 and 3.5 inch
> disks. Apple didn't ignore any "standard".
>
But PC formats followed the already established standard of *digital*
recording. Apple's is analog, and *that* is the incompatibility. There
was a standard (though not a "PC" standard) and Apple ignored it.
Dan