Re: Reading 5.25" Pascal 1.3 on a Mac

[phenix@interpath.com (John Moreno)]

Sheldon Simms <sheldon@atlcom.net> wrote:

] In article <199701010738012226980@roxboro-185.interpath.net>,
] phenix@interpath.com (John Moreno) wrote:
] 
] > For the last week or so I've been working on a program, similar
] > Apple File Exchange, that allow me to read Pascal 1.3 3.5" disk.
] > What I'd like to know is if anybody knows if something similar might
] > be possible with the 5.25" disk?
] > 
] > Is there anybody out there with a 5.25 drive hooked up to their mac
] > that would be willing to see if you can read the disk with a disk
] > editor?
] > 
] > What 5.25 drives is there for the Mac?
] 
] None.
] 
] Well actually, Apple did make a PC-compatible 5.25 drive for the Mac
] specifically for the purpose of reading MS-DOS disks, but that
] wouldn't help your project since the PC-style 5.25 drive couldn't read
] an Apple Pascal disk.

How sure are you of this?  That's what I thought at first about the 3.5
disk, until I tried - now it's working quite well. What's the difference
between a disk for the Apple II and a PC disk?  I've used 5.25 disk out
of the same box on both.  I'm not SURE that it can be done, and I would
appreciate hearing from somebody that would be willing to try.  All they
would need to do is email me their address and I would send them a
diskette which they could try to read with a disk editor - FEdit, Norton
Util. or something similar.

--
John Moreno