Path: utzoo!censor!geac!yunexus!xrtll!mark
From: mark@xrtll.UUCP (Mark Vange)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: reading Mac format disks on Amiga
Keywords: mac
Message-ID: <361@xrtll.UUCP>
Date: 2 Oct 89 00:27:11 GMT
References: <4770@cps3xx.UUCP>
Organization: Wcom, Toronto, Ont
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In article <4770@cps3xx.UUCP>, usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) writes:
> Does anyone know if it is possible to read a Macintosh format disk
> using the built-in Amiga drive?  If so, what software is available to
> do this?  I have read about the mac-2-dos package available, but it 
> indicates that a mac drive is required.

Well, it could be really tricky!  Unfortunately, the Mac uses three
different speeds to write the disk.  These speeds vary according to the
cylinder number that is currently being accessed.  This means that there is
variable density information, and the width of the bit cell (the ammount of
time that valid data is under the read head, effectively) is not readily
understood by our hardware.

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