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Re: System 6.0.1 MS-DOS FST

Subject: Re: System 6.0.1 MS-DOS FST
From: goble@gtech (David. E. Goble)
Date: Mon, 14 May 2001 09:45:54 GMT
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On Tue, 08 May 2001 23:45:47 GMT, mark.REMOVE.percival@videotron.ca
(Mark Percival) wrote:
>
>It isn't possible to read/write MS-DOS disks on an Apple 3.5 Drive
>with the standard built in Smartport on the Apple IIGS.  The short
>reason is that Apple II DSDD 3.5 disks are 800KB GCR encoded disks.
>MS-DOS DSDD disks are 720KB MFM encoded disks.  They are totally
>incompatible with each other.
>
The Apple 3.5 drive can read and write to 3.5' disks formatted in
msdos (720k) when attached to a Pc-Transporter.

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