Re: Apple disks on a PC?

[nathan@visi.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <56d7av$39i@login.freenet.columbus.oh.us>,
Joseph Pettibone <jpettibo@freenet.columbus.oh.us> wrote:
>I recently got an apple disk (I think.. it is not MAC or IBM, so I imagine
>it is an apple disk).. Is there any dos or windows shareware that I can
>use to read these files?  I have one for mac disks, but It couldn't read
>this either.

   Apple II and IBM PC 5.25" disk formats are different at a hardware
level. Without (rare) addon hardware, you will not be able to read it.
Same thing goes for 800K 3.5" disks on IBM PCs, but 1.44MB 3.5" disks
can be read on both sides if you have appropriate hardware.

   Your best bet is to read find a real Apple II and read it from
there.  For more information on Apple IIs, file transfer, etc, I
invite you to read the comp.sys.apple2 Frequently Asked Questions
posting at http://www.visi.com/~nathan/a2/faq/csa2.html

Nathan Mates

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