1 Dec
2005
1 Dec
'05
5:30 p.m.
>For the record: It is impossible to write 800K
mac floppies (and 880K
>Amiga disks) if you have a traditional NEC-based floppy controller.
On Thu, 1 Dec 2005, Chuck Guzis wrote:
You know, I told someone that 10 years ago and was
called a liar. I
I've been "lying" for 20+ years.
But there is ALWAYS somebody who has heard about some program that "will
do it", reading PC disks with an Apple][, reading the inner tracks of an
8" by cutting it down to 5.25", etc.
wonder if the parallel-port kludge will let the Mac
800K format
through--though that's not using the NEC controller to do anything but move
the heads and select the drive, something that the parallel port could also
do easily.
Disk2fdi does claim specifically that. But it is NOT included in the free
"demo" version.
--
Grumpy Ol' Fred cisin at xenosoft.com