Re: Zip Drive Question

["Peter Watson" <paw77@NOhotmailSPAM.com>]

"Rubywand" <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote in message
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>      Since the System Finder seems to usually refuse to mount the MS-DOS
Zip
> disk, there is a bit of of trick involved. What you need to do is start a
> IIgs application which allows access to NDA's-- i.e. lets you click the
Apple
> Menu symbol on the menu bar-- and allows inserting your MS-DOS Zip disk.
> (Many applics leave the System disk niceness watchdog in place and will
not
> permit inserting the disk.)  Two applications that work are PMPunZIP and
> Platinum Paint.

There is an easier way for simple access from the Finder. Open MUG!, then
select
the button for the action you want to perform (such as copying). When the
drive
selection dialogue opens, *then* insert the Zip disk. Of course, when it all
finishes the Finder still wants to complain about the disk.  :-(

It's funny, I tested MUG! with the Finder with floppy disks, and I tested it
with
Zip disks from a GUI application running from the ORCA shell, so I never
really
ran into this problem before. I'll have a look to see if there's anything
useful I can
do about it, although I'm not confident.

BTW, newer versions of MUG! (available to registered users) automatically
detect
and handle binary and text files, giving them appropriate file types and
translating
line endings if appropriate.
--
Peter Watson
-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
-- Impossible!  ;-)