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Re: Reading apple disks on PC
- Subject: Re: Reading apple disks on PC
- From: pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)
- Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2003 17:55:36 +0000 (UTC)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: Svensk Amat|rAstronomisk F|rening
- References: <yLtQa.13001$D%1.10374@nwrddc01.gnilink.net> <betttj$1b9n$1@merope.saaf.se> <3F12E0F8.3000301@snerts-r-us.org> <FTaRa.1576$KZ.854103@news1.news.adelphia.net>
- Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.sys.apple2:32971
In article <FTaRa.1576$KZ.854103@news1.news.adelphia.net>,
Steven N. Hirsch <shirsch@adelphia.net> wrote:
> sean wrote:
>
>> Paul Schlyter wrote:
>>
>>> PC floppy drives have
>>> never been able to read GCR disks and will never be.
>>
>>
>> Unless of course you are lucky enough to get your hands on an old
>> Central Point Copy II option board.
>
> Hmm. I have one of these. However, I'm not aware that the support
> software lets you read files from, e.g. a IIgs 3.5" disk. Wasn't it
> just intended for full-disk copying?
I think he meant the capability of the hardware and not necessarily
the accompanying software. You can always write your own software,
but it's much harder to build your own hardware.... :-)
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