Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!UWAVM.BITNET!D7314 From: D7314@UWAVM.BITNET Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple Subject: Re: Reading IBM disks on Apple Message-ID: <8701021249.aa15463@SPARK.BRL.ARPA> Date: Fri, 2-Jan-87 12:46:00 EST Article-I.D.: SPARK.8701021249.aa15463 Posted: Fri Jan 2 12:46:00 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 2-Jan-87 20:54:32 EST Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 29 Date: Fri, 2 Jan 87 09:40 PST From: Patrick RyanSubject: Re: Reading IBM disks on Apple To: Apple SIG Mailing List ================================================================================ >Does anyone know of any software that would run on an Apple II and allow >it to read and/or write IBM PC format (5.25") disks (with a regular >Apple drive) or which would run on an IBM PC and allow it to read and/or >write Apple-formatted disks? (I'm talking about software, not a >hardware card, for instance.) (either Apple DOS or ProDOS format) Seems >like it ought to be possible on the Apple since the Apple drive is >driven at a very low-level by the 6502. CALL APPLE, the famous Apple Users group here in the Puget Sound area published a magazine with the source to a program to read IBM disks on apple drives. There was also a diskette included, as I recall.... The magazine was "Call APPLE in depth", and contained a lot of different utilities. Any apple users group should have the address, or I can look the address up if you wish. On the other side of the coin, there is an IBM card that allows you to read/write (and possibly use the software on... not sure, don't own an IBM) apple diskettes, but the first option is quite a bit cheaper. Hope that helps, Patrick Ryan