On Tue, 9 Jun 1998, Bob Nestor wrote:

> Dr. Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu> wrote:
> 
> >I'm not sure. Can PC's read 1.44 MB Mac (MFM-format) floppies? If so, then
> >someone somewhere in the world would need a mac to generate 1.44 MB
> >install floppies, then generate gzip'd images of those disks. Then you FTP
> >them to a MacOS-less place, make floppies, and you're set.
> 
> Yes, the hardware on the PC is capable of reading and writing a 1.44 Meg 
> Mac floppy, although it requires special software. (There are some 
> freeware apps that work though.)

Does it require special software to read the secotrs, or just to interp.
the data? I.E. couldn't we dd a 1.44 MB floppy to a disk file?

>                                   However, the PC is NOT capable of 
> handing the 800K Mac floppy. The recording format used on the Mac uses a 
> recording technique that varies with track position which requires 
> hardware not present in non-Mac floppy drives.

Thus my mentioning of this ONLY for 1.44 MB floppies. :-)

Take care,

Bill