Re: Reading 5.25" Pascal 1.3 on a Mac

[sheldon@atlcom.net (Sheldon Simms)]

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.

-Sheldon

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