Trackstar can use IBM 360K floppy drives to R/W Apple disks?

["Frank Townsend" <ftownsen@iamdigex.net>]

Looking at the Trackstar E manual, I read the following:

"The Trackstar Disk Adapter Cable connects your Trackstar E to the 360k
MS-DOS disk drive(s).  Its presence allows the 360k drives to read and write
Apple floppy diskettes.  This will in no way interfere with the operation of
the 360k dives(s) under MS-DOS."

"Note: 1.2 Mb 5.25" disk drives cannot read Apple diskettes- even if they
are capable of reading MS-DOS 360k software."


Could some wise person explain this to me?  I thought, obviously
incorrectly, that  MFM drives could not decode GCR encoded diskettes?  But
is this untrue for 360k drives?  I'm confused.