Re: Zip Drive Question

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Marvin Miller writes ...
> 
> Hi;
> 
> Will a //GS read a Zip disk formatted MS-Dos?
> 
 ....

     Yes. With System 6.0.1 (including the MS-DOS FST) installed, you can use
Peter Watson's MUG! New Desk Accessory (NDA) to Read from and Write to MS_DOS
Zip disks.

     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. 

     So, first, you mount MUG!. In most System 6.0.1 setups, you can
double-click on it from the Finder. (Or you can move it to your
System/Desk.Accs/ folder and boot System.)

     With MUG! ready to be accessed from the Apple Menu, start PMPunZIP or
Platinum Paint or whatever other applic you've discovered that works. (If you
pick Platinum Paint, be sure to switch to 640 mode before activating the
NDA-- makes it much easier to view.).  I like PMPunZIP because it is a small
applic which loads quickly.

     Once in, say, PMPunZIP, you can insert your MS-DOS Zip disk, open the
Apple Menu and start MUG!. To Copy stuff from the Zip Disk, set "To GS/OS"
under the Copy button. To Copy stuff to the Zip Disk, set "To MSDOS".

     Files you copy from the Zip disk (e.g. to a IIgs disk or RAM Disk) seem
to always arrive as binary files. To use, say, a Text file, you will want to
change its file type to TXT (hex type $04) via a type changer util such as
the File Manager NDA. (PMPunZIP can also do filetype changes.)




Rubywand