Re: Copying Apple Diskettes

[Hans Otten <nobody@yahoo.com>]

"Timbley" <timhaynes@no.spam.please.alumni.uwaterloo.ca> wrote:

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>"Supertopcheckerbunny" <remove-this-lotek64-and-this@aon.at> wrote in
>message news:409b3784$2@e-post.inode.at...
>> > The quick and painless answer is that you should copy
>> > the _800K_ Apple disks on an Apple machine.  There is
>> > (currently) no software solution to writing Apple disk with
>> > a PC.
>>
>> The Catweasel MK3 is hardware solution for all computers with a PCI (or
>> Zorro) slot.  It's an advanced disk controller I used to archive Amiga
>> and C64 disks with standard PC 3,5 / 5,25 " drives. I'm not sure if
>> drivers for Apple (II) computers exist. http://www.jschoenfeld.com
>>
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>Now THAT is interesting as heck.  Never even heard of the CatWeasle before,
>but it seems to support Apple IIe and Mac formats.  Can anybody more
>tehnically inclined comment on the suitability of using this for
>transferring disks to PC?
>
>http://www.jschoenfeld.com/products/catweasel_e.htm
>
>Cheers
>Tim
>
Indeed it is interesting. The MK3 is sold out, a new production may be made
soon, as i was told by Jens today. The C64 support is for sure, the Atari
support is not there yet, and i did ask again about the Apple support.

Hans http://www.hansotten.com