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Re: 800k vs 1.44k floppy drives

Subject: Re: 800k vs 1.44k floppy drives
From: aurejac.gilles@wanadoo.fr (Gilles AUREJAC)
Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2001 11:09:13 +0200
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
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John Zielke <jzielke@twmi.rr.NOSPAM.com> wrote:

> What MAC do you have?  The newer IMacs and PowerMac have a hard time
> creating the GS system disks.  I had to get out my old IIsi to the disks.  I
> was getting an Unable To Load Prodos error with the diskettes created on my
> PowerMac.  The SI created fine the first time.  From what I understand it is
> a hardware issue that prevents the newer macs to create the diskettes.

USB floppy drives don't support the 800 Ko Mac and Prodos format,
because they are based on PC floppy drives.

-- 
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<http://gilles.aurejac.free.fr/ramguide.html>

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- Re: 800k vs 1.44k floppy drives
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- Re: 800k vs 1.44k floppy drives
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