Central Point Option Board

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net>
Date: Mon Mar 1 18:52:26 1999

>Mike Ford <mikeford_at_netwiz.net> wrote:
>> I have a Central Point Option Board, still in the box though, I haven't
>> tried it yet. It says 400k and 800k all formats, but I thought that was
>> just Mac formats. Anybody know if this board had later software to handle
>> 1.44 MB floppies?
>
>If you want to know whether the Option Board works with a 1440K *drive*,
>I don't know, but it might. I'm pretty sure the "Deluxe" model does.
>
>If you want to know whether the Option Board works with 1440K Macintosh
>diskettes, the answer is that you don't need an Option Board for that.
>The Macintosh 1440K media format (known as SuperDrive or FDHD) is exactly
>the same as the PC 1440K format. All you need is suitable software.
>
>There is free HFS support for Linux.
>
>Maybe there might also be freeware or shareware to use Macintosh 1440K
>diskette under DOS or Windows, but I haven't looked.

Thanks, and mine is a Deluxe model. This is a good week for toys. ;)
Received on Mon Mar 01 1999 - 18:52:26 GMT