Re: Macs and GS disks

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

noone@nowhere.net wrote:

> Roy:
> My IIgs hates Win95 long file name touched diskettes.  Are you sure your
> unreadable disk has no annomalies on it?  I'd suggest you copy the files
> off to a freshly formattted disk, then try that in your Mac.
>
> Thankx,
> Ed
>

Thanks Ed. The IIGS had no problem reading the 800K disk that my Mac (finally!!) wrote
to. I don't understand why the Mac Classic II could read one ProDOS disk, and not
another, both verified, both by the same company, but, there you are. I did get the
files to the IIGS (with one exception, I'll ask about that at the club meeting next
week.)

The only reason I used the Classic II is that it is the only Mac I have that has 1.4
drives, and an external drive port, for attaching the 800K drive. I was doing that to
avoid, if possible, any problems with writing files on a DD disk with a HD drive.

Roy

>
> Roy and/or Janet Miller wrote:
> >
> > Cturley2 wrote:
> >
> > > Roy asked:
> > > <<Short question, short answer. Can a Mac read a GS disk in a Mac 800K
> > > drive? If so, what do I need to get that to happen?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Roy>>
> > >
> > > It can read an 800k ProDOS disk or a 1.4 MB ProDOS disk.  The Mac needs to be
> > > in the 68k series or the early PPC models for best read results and for the Mac
> > > to recognise it on it's desktop.
> > >
> > > With a Mac PPC and either B2TR or Gus!  (IIgs emulators)  you can read or
> > > format or run the disk contents - i.e. programs.
> > >
> > > Hope that answers your question completely.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > Tom
> >
> > Thank you Tom.
> >
> > Here's the long version. Classic II plus an Apple 3.5 (800K) external drive. The
> > internal drive is reading my PC formatted 1.4 disk from which I wish to copy files
> > to a ProDOS 800K disk in the external drive. BUT, when I put the ProDOS disk in, I
> > got a unreadable, must be initialized message. Am I missing something?
> >
> > Roy