Re: Reading apple disks on PC

[Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz>]

In <bf43io$j8r$1@merope.saaf.se> Paul Schlyter wrote:
> In article <FTaRa.1576$KZ.854103@news1.news.adelphia.net>,
> Steven N. Hirsch <shirsch@adelphia.net> wrote:
>  
>> sean wrote:
>> 
>>> Paul Schlyter wrote:
>>> 
>>>> PC floppy drives have
>>>> never been able to read GCR disks and will never be.
>>>  
>>> Unless of course you are lucky enough to get your hands on an old 
>>> Central Point Copy II option board.
>> 
>> Hmm.  I have one of these.  However, I'm not aware that the support 
>> software lets you read files from, e.g. a IIgs 3.5" disk.  Wasn't it 
>> just intended for full-disk copying?
>  
> I think he meant the capability of the hardware and not necessarily
> the accompanying software.  You can always write your own software,
> but it's much harder to build your own hardware.... :-)
> 

It could copy Apple GCR disks, but it also came with software for 
reading files from Mac 400KB and 800KB disks, so you should be able to 
use it for transferring files to a IIgs as long as you use the HFS 
format.

More info at http://retro.icequake.net/dob/

-- 
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

Apple II - FutureCop:LAPD - iMac Game Wizard
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