[Info-vax] OT: For MAC Lovers Only :-)

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

Stephen Hoffman <seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> wrote:

(snip)
>> Mac diskettes do not have "ANSI" structure that /Foreign expects.

> MOUNT will issue a diagnostic for the missed labels, but 
> will otherwise work.

Apple HD disk format uses the standard low-level format, such
that you should be able to read the blocks on other systems.

The DD format is completely unlike anything anyone else uses.

> And MOUNT /FOREIGN intentionally doesn't care.  It's explicitly 
> coded to OpenVMS software to access a foreign-format disk.

-- glen