![]() ![]() >more sectors onto some tracks than others resulting in more storage. >depending on which track was being written to. >level Apple used some variable speed drives and varied the speed of the drive >Is there even a project ongoing to support it? I thought that at least at some Cummings Peritus Software Services, article writes: ![]() Software (floppy disk driver, and whether or not it can recognize and support Whether you can or not will depend on the system If your PB is using a fixed speed floppy drive, then it should be possible Making it near impossible to read Apple formatted floppies (never mind Theįloppy drives found in most "IBM-compatible" PCs are fixed speed drives More sectors onto some tracks than others resulting in more storage. Level Apple used some variable speed drives and varied the speed of the driveĭepending on which track was being written to. Is there even a project ongoing to support it? I thought that at least at some There is currently no support for MAC format floppies under Linux. The MSDOS files system support (or use the mtools on a system without it). You can then mount the floppy directly on a Linux system compiled with I think that you need to have the PB write them out to an MSDOS formattedįloppy. ![]() ![]() Mounter) so there are many choices to accomplish this task. (It deosn't mount the DOS disk,īut allows you to copy files off it and onto it from the mac.)Īlternately, I use ACCESS PC (does basicly the same thing as dos >Mac, write ascii files, then mount on Unix, etc. >the Dayna product DOSMOUNTER for Mac lets me mount Dos floppies on the But when I do flopppy exchange, I use a DOS formatted floppy. >to exchange data between Mac, PC, VAX, Unix, and use FTP for most of >format why not make the Mac understand a format Linux does! I have >Well, my solution is, instead of making Linux understand the Mac >: read the ascii text (and do some other stuff). >: to the PB floppy and then mount the floppy on my linux box and >: Got some ASCII text files on my Powerbook. >Tim Bass (Network Systems Engineer) ( wrote: ![]()
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