16 Jun
2003
16 Jun
'03
7:18 a.m.
On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Hans Franke wrote:
Except
you use a Turnover in a real PC/XT.
The PC controller won't handle them.
Additonal hardware (Turnover, Option, Catweasel) will.
I won't go into my opinion of the reliability of the Turnover. (Nor the
mediocre software)
Depends.
Turnover and Option board are ISA.
Can the PCI version of the Catweasel be used in a Mac?
Is there any comparable unit available for the Mac to read diskettes at a
flux transition level?
The PC hardware is so crude and simple that even with MY soldering skills,
it is possible to do mods such as for single density. The Mac hardware is
much more integrated, and is full of surface mout chips, etc. that I'm not
skilled enough to work with.
Acorn BBC / BBC Master / Cambridge Workstation (I
believe these are all the
same low-level format even if filesystem structure is different)
Apple (Apple ][, //e and /// - again I believe low-level structure is the
same for all 3?)
The PC controller won't handle those either. (the couple of Macs I do have might be a better bet
for this job, but
No, it is a lot easier to modify the disk controller hardware on
a PC than
on a Mac.