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from: Charlie
date: 2009-02-03 19:12:30
subject: Re: annc: GS/OS AppleDisk5.25 Project

"Steven Hirsch"  wrote in message 
news:YdKdnWEBU6Dx5RXUnZ2dnUVZ_h2WnZ2d{at}giganews.com...
> Alex Freed wrote:
>> sicklittlemonkey wrote:
>>>
>>> Are you talking about reading actual Apple II disks, a la FDI etc, or
>>> just reading and writing to modern HD media via an emulation
of 5.25 &
>>> 3.5 GCR formats?
>>
>> After posting I remembered that the Apple 3.5" disks were
"special".
>> AFAIK they use variable speed to using a PC drive to read/write Apple
>> 3.5" disks is at least difficult.
>
> Wouldn't it be possible to cleverly emulate the variable speed zones in 
> software by playing with the data rate?  (For some value of cleverness at 
> any rate).
>
> Steve

Yes, Disk2FDI manages to read Apple 3.5" disks in PC type (single speed) 
3.5" drives.

Charlie
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