Subject: Re: Apple IIGS PC disk access idea....
From: "Peter Watson" <paw77@NOhotmailSPAM.com>
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"Al Leitch" <al_team2k@3*&hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8p68hc$tqh$2@slb6.atl.mindspring.net...
> What's Mugg?
>
> Sandra Warnken wrote:
> > Try Mugg!
> >
> > On Tue, 5 Sep 2000, Al Leitch wrote:
> > > Has anybody actually tried making a File System Translator that can
> > > read/write PC disks?  I read on an Apple II history page that Apple
said
> > > they were going to integrate at least PC disk read capability into the
> > > next System disk update via an FST.  Of course they probably never
did.

Actually, Apple did release a read-only MSDOS FST with system 6.01. Of
course,
it doesn't particularly like Windows 95 disks with their long filenames.
:-(

MUG! (MSDOS Utilities Graphical !nterface) is a IIgs NDA which allows you
to read, write and format MSDOS disks. It does require that you have some
sort of
hardware that can access MSDOS-formatted disks. For example, Apple's
SuperDrive
and Controller card, or a SCSI card with a Zip or SyQuest drive, or a
PC-Transporter
with a 5.25" diskette drive.
--
Peter Watson
-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
-- Impossible!  ;-)