Re: ZIP on GS (was: question on Standards for files)

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Supertimer writes ...
> 
> Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
> 
 ....
> 
> >     Don't know about Zip disks pre-formatted for Mac. Although they
> > may be ready to go as HFS on a Mac, it seems likely that
> > you will need to partition them for IIgs ProDOS or HFS (even
> > if you have just one HFS partition).
> 
> You need to use ADU, to get rid of the Mac version of the
> driver partitions and then use ADU in combination with the
> GenEx program to prepare the disk as a single HFS volume
> to be shared between IIGS and Mac.  It might be a good
> idea to save the procedure and URL I posted in my reply
> to Pim in the FAQ for other Mac + IIGS users.

     Yes; I've copied the info.

     Regarding using snips from messages, it would be helpful to sign your
posts. (If not signing is some kind of personal trademark, that's that.
However, having to add a name snags the process.)




Rubywand