Folks:
It's summary time again.
Two responses:
1). Can't be done
2). Check the following ftp archives.
My own schedule has gotten manic, so I have not been able to
check out answer 2 yet...If it works when I get around to it, I'll let
the list know.
Thanx to:
Kevin.Sheehan@uniq.com.au (Kevin Sheehan {Consulting Poster Child})
japeters@dal.mobil.com (J.A. Peters)
Regards,
b c++'ing u,
%-) sjs
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Does anybody out there know of a Public Domain utility that will
allow a SunOS 4.1.x Sparc II to read and write Mac diskettes???
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From: Kevin.Sheehan@uniq.com.au (Kevin Sheehan {Consulting Poster Child})
[ Regarding "R/W of Mac Diskettes on SunOS 4.1.x", sjs@sunthing.sjsinc.com writes on Aug 6: ]
> Does anybody out there know of a Public Domain utility that will
> allow a SunOS 4.1.x Sparc II to read and write Mac diskettes???
You can't if they have been done in Mac format. Have the Mac create
PC disks if you can.
The problem is the recording format - PC and Sun floppies do CAV (constant
angular velocity - same number of sectors per track on whole disk) and Mac
floppies by default do CLV (constant linear velocity - number of sectors
per track varies as you go in, but linear oxide per bit stays the same)
which can't be read.
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Subject: Re: Mac Diskette R/W PD Software for SunOS-4.1.x
Date: 8 Aug 1995 17:07:04 GMT
From: japeters@dal.mobil.com (J.A. Peters)
Organization: MEPTEC - Mobil Oil Corporation
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.admin
References: 1
In article <3vtpdd$dje@kadath.zeitgeist.net>, Stefan Jon Silverman <sjs@sjsinc.com> writes:
> I'm looking for some Public Domain software that will allow me to
> read and write Mac diskettes for SunOS-4.1.x on a Sparc II.
>
> Any ideas....
Check out the Usenet newsgroup comp.compression FAQ. Available at the
following URL's:
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.compression/
OR
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/compression-faq/
The most common format for Mac's is Stuffit available via Aladdin System's:
http://www.aladdinsys.com/
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That's all folks.........
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