> > > > Acorn BBC / BBC Master / Cambridge Workstation (I believe these are all the
> > > > same low-level format even if filesystem structure is different)
> > > > Apple (Apple ][, //e and /// - again I believe low-level structure is the
> > > > same for all 3?)
> > > The PC controller won't handle those either.
> > Except you use a Turnover in a real PC/XT.
> The PC controller won't handle them.
> Additonal hardware (Turnover, Option, Catweasel) will.
> I won't go into my opinion of the reliability of the Turnover. (Nor the
> mediocre software)
:)) We had this already. I was satisfied when I got my hands on
a turnover, back when the A2 was still my main machine and I had
to do some (turbo Pascal) programming for clients using IBM-PCs.
> > > > (the couple of Macs I do have might be a better bet for this job, but
> > > No, it is a lot easier to modify the disk controller hardware on a PC than
> > > on a Mac.
> > Depends.
> Turnover and Option board are ISA.
> Can the PCI version of the Catweasel be used in a Mac?
> Is there any comparable unit available for the Mac to read diskettes at a
> flux transition level?
I was rather thinking about either using a 3 1/2 drive on an A2
to write GSOS disks (readable with older Macs), or better, using
an LC with the IIe card, and a 5 1/4 drive connected. From there
on it's a childs play to copy any A2/3 disk to the Mac side, and
from there onto the net or at least PC 3 1/2s.
> The PC hardware is so crude and simple that even with MY soldering skills,
> it is possible to do mods such as for single density. The Mac hardware is
> much more integrated, and is full of surface mout chips, etc. that I'm not
> skilled enough to work with.
only the newer ones. I don't know if he said anything about new
Macs. And, beside that, actual PCs are as 'solderning friendly'
as any Mac.
Gruss
H.
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