Re: ProDOS and System 8.1

[Phil Beesley <pb14@le.ac.uk>]

In article <GlfB7.196721$K6.94201100@news2>, william strutts
<wrstrutts1@nospam.home.com> wrote:

> "Phil Beesley" <pb14@le.ac.uk> wrote in message
> pb14-231020010938283566@mac180.cc.le.ac.uk">news:pb14-231020010938283566@mac180.cc.le.ac.uk...
> > In article <fO3B7.337$7l1.256817@news.uswest.net>, Bart
> > <stopspam@thesource.gs> wrote:
> >
> > > Thanks guys, but what I meant to say is: IS there a way to read a ProDOS
> > > floppy on a 8.1 Mac WITHOUT turning off file sharing?
> >
> > There is no official fix to the problem from Apple. The inability to
> > work with ProDOS floppies persists right through to OS 9.1. Older Macs
> > using 400K MFS disks are totally unsupported and 800K HFS system disks
> > become unbootable. I just avoid using old floppies with Macs running
> > anything after System 7.6.
> >
> > Phil
> 
> Has that something to do with the adoption of HFS+?

HFS+ is a format for large volumes (hard disks) only so it is unlikely
to affect floppies.

The ProDOS problem is the final manifestation of the various glitches
associated with removable media and file sharing. Others will no doubt
recall the inability to eject CDs when file sharing was enabled with
System 7.0. The removal of support for 400K MFS floppies was a policy
decision by Apple.

Phil