Re: CRC for Apple IIe

[Ted de Castro <tdc@ehssun.lbl.gov>]

jolomo@netcom.com (Joe Morris) wrote:
>On 5 Jan 1996 20:30:12 GMT Ted de Castro wrote:
>
>> I am not doing the transfer via modem!  I am actually reading the ProDos disks on an 
>> MSDOS machine.
>
>Is this possible? Are you using a standard 5 1/4 floppy drive or
>something special?
>
>Cautiously optimistic in Atlanta
>--
>  Joe Morris, SysAdmin and Not Insane
>  "Honey, they're in *everybody's* eggs"  --firesigns

Yes this IS possible!  I am using a card called Match Point made by a company called 
Micro Solutions that allows  5 1/4 Apple II disks to be read on a MS DOS machine.  
It works with older normal floppy drives but newer models may require a component 
change.  I can go into this more later if you prefer!

Fortuantely the drives already on the spare PC I decided to put the card into worked 
just fine - but I also had other compatible drives and found a source of some others 
VERY CHEAP!

BTW - the same company also makes a card called Match Maker that apapts and MAC lo 
density 3.5 drive to a PC.  In this case it really is a matter of different drives.

For the 5 1/4's - its only a question of bandwidth.