Apple File Exchange
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Apple File Exchange (AFE) is a
Apple File Exchange could read
This utility enabled Macs to read PC disks, but only if they were inserted after launching Apple File Exchange. If Apple File Exchange was not launched while inserting PC-formatted floppy, the Mac would complain that the disk inserted "was not a Macintosh disk" and requested initialisation.
Apple File Exchange was a file content translator, in contrast to the File System Translator of
Bugs
A high-density diskette in DOS format formatted as a 720K disk would not function correctly; the Mac assumed that any high-density disk has been formatted as an HD disk. To solve this problem, a user could cover the square hole with a piece of tape opposite the write-protect tab, and re-insert the disk. (This square hole identifies the disk as a high-density disk.) Covering the square hole will make it appear to disk drive as a DD disk.
References
- ^ "Apple File Exchange: Contrasted to File System Translators". Apple Support. 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-09-13. Retrieved 2010-12-15.
External links
- Apple File Exchange on WikiMac, the Mac wiki
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