In article <9212250633.AA10728 at net.bio.net>
SJJ at ICBR.IFAS.UFL.EDU ("JONG, SONG-MUH J") writes:
>There was a discussion about the need of reading and manipulating MAC disks
>on PCs. The following information from the Jauary issue of BYTE is rather
>informative:
>For high density disks:
> Mac-In-DOS from Pacific Microelectronics (800)628-3475; (415)948-6200
> $199 (DOS version), $249 (Windows version)
>For double-density disks:
> MatchMaker from MicroSolutions Computer products (815)756-3411
There are other options available. For HD disks, try the shareware program
Macette.exe -- available from a few FTP sites - try Archie for which ones.
For DD disks, Matchmaker requires you to already possess an external Mac
floppy drive -- which runs about $150 - $300, in addition to buying the
MatchMaker card -- which in trun costs about $100.
A much cheaper solution is to purchase the Copy II PC Deluxe Option Board
from Central Point which lets most PC 720K and 1.44 meg drives read, write
and format 800K Mac disks. It works rather well -- I use one myself. The
board runs about $100, and you can use your existing 3.5 inch drive.
Ashok
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Ashok Aiyar
Department of Biochemistry
CWRU School of Medicine
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