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Re: GS/OS 6 (System 6) Where to get it -- update
Randy Shackelford writes ...
>
> greg@apple2.com wrote:
>
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>
> : You missed the point that _SuperDisk_ drives can't read 800 KB disks AT
> : ALL. They don't support them. I have yet to discover if there are any
> : USB 3.5" disk drives that aren't SuperDisk drives. The drive on a Mac
> : 8100 is not a SuperDisk drive.
>
> It is a bit confusing that Apple's HD floppy drives are called superdrives
> and the drives formerly called LS120s are called superdisks now. I'd say
> fat chance on any third party 400K/800K support since DD disks are pretty
> much a thing of the past. Floppies are likely to vanish altogether before
> much longer, replaced by Zips.
....
Since part of the problem seems to be with unshrinking .dsk files, perhaps
it would help if the System 6.0.1 contents on 'Cabi.net were plain file archives?
Rubywand