for your consideration: once a 1.44 Mb disk is made (or an 800Kb with the special ISA card that would let your PC read/write 400/800k disks) or the program is transfered on to a Mac with the PC disk read/write program (are disks the only way to get a program from one computer into another?) - save the program to the PC formatted disk in the Mac and then shouldn't the disk be useable in an IBM PC or clone with an appropriate emulator?
The problem with "outside of the box" thinking is that it is still "box" thinking. The box is merely a container, independent of the elements that it serves to contain - to place limits on. Maximum use of the elements takes place when one contemplates the use of the elements, not as "in the box", not as "outside the box" but as there is no box. Jennifer Mari Worgan 8/27/2004 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Antonio Rodr�guez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Apple2list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 5:58 AM Subject: Re: Reading Apple IIgs 3.5" Disks on PC > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ha escrito: > > > Antonio Rodr?guez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Almost all Apple II computers use the 800 Kb disk format, which is > > > propetary of Apple, and can not be read/written without specially modified > > > drives. > > > > My understanding is that the problem is with the drive controller, not the > > drive itself. > > The problem is not only the disk controller (of course, it uses a different > schema of low-level encoding, GCR versus MFM), but also with the drive itself. > In Apple IIs and Macs, DD 3.5" disks achieve a 800 Kb capacity where the same > disks only get to 720 Kb on the PC because Apple stores more data on the outer > (and longer) tracks. -- Apple2list is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... / Buy books, CDs, videos, and more from Amazon.com \ / <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/redirect-home/lowendmac> \ Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Apple2list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/apple2.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/apple2list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
