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From: postmaster@mailcom.UUCP (Bernard Aboba)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Mac_DOS Connectivity
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Date: 21 Aug 88 08:33:13 GMT
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Some other MS-DOS:Mac connectivity options that haven't been mentioned 
are Vano Associates' MacChuck, Central Point's floppy controller card, 
and SoftPC.  MacChuck connections a PC and Mac serially, and lets you 
view the PC screen on the Mac.  This only simulates monochrome graphics 
though, but is written  as a genuine device driver on the PC side.  This 
means you can give commands like:  dir >mac  and the Mac will prompt you 
with a file name to receive the DOS directory.  For $75, it's not a bad 
value.  Central point has a floppy controller that allows PC 3.25" drives 
to read Mac Diskettes.  Another vendor has a controller card that lets 
you connect an Apple 800K drive to it, and read Mac diskettes that way. 
Both these options are cheaper than options to read PC disks on a 
diskette, such as the Dayna File, Infinity Drive from Peripheral Land, 
and Apple PC card and drive.  The Apple Drive does have the advantage 
that it works seamlessly with Soft PC, which is a PC simulator for the 
Mac II.  Soft PC works in CGA, and is quite compatible.  I use it, and 
have had to reserve 5 Megs on my drive for it (the program alone is over 
1 Meg).  The Infinity Drive does not mount on the desktop, nor does the 
Apple PC drive.  This is a disadvantage.  The Infinity also can double as 
a reader and writer of 10 MB floppies.  It only reads PC floppies.


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