Re: Apple 3.5" drive questions

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

In article <qhn0k8aure.fsf@ruckus.brouhaha.com>, Eric Smith
<eric-no-spam-for-me@brouhaha.com> writes:

>Scarlet Otter <SecretaryBird@MYTAILFEATHERSSoftHome.net> writes:
>> Is there a possibility that Apple II disks could be read from and written 
>> to on a Commodore VIC-20, 64, or 128?  I _think_ that both the 
>> Commodore 1571 (5.25" Double-sided) and 1581 (3.5") disk drives can do both
>
>> GCR and MFM.
>
>Not really.  They do Commodore GCR, which is not the same as Apple GCR.

However, the Commodore drives are programmable, so there may be
hope for a real hacker.  ;-)

-michael

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