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Re: Apple2e<->Ibmpc emulators?

Subject: Re: Apple2e<->Ibmpc emulators?
From: gebhartj@cuug.ab.ca (Jeff Gebhart 291-0018)
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 1994 17:55:49 GMT
Newsgroups: comp.emulators.apple2, comp.sys.apple2, comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Organization: Calgary UNIX User's Group
References: <94160.163554IO10677@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> <mobrienCr5q1L.Iny@netcom.com>
Xref: nntp.gmd.de comp.emulators.apple2:303 comp.sys.apple2:44215 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:31099

In article <mobrienCr5q1L.Iny@netcom.com>,
Michael O'Brien <mobrien@netcom.com> wrote:
>Apple ][ disks use a different encoding mechanism than PC's, and since
>the PC's implement disk I/O in hardware it's impossible to write a
>program that will read an Apple disk.
>

Central Point put out a board a while back to allow use of Mac Disks in
PC Drives - called the Central Point PC Option Board.  Could Apple II 
disks be read if you had such a board?

Jeff

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