Re: Image Conversion

[William Austin <wraustin@SPAMbGONE.ix.netcom.com>]

Labelas Enoreth wrote:

> Yes, but the IIgs-style 3.5's work with the MacOS as well, if you happen
> to have a floppy port on the back. Dunno why they didn't put it in the
> book, but, I'd swear I've used one of my 3.5s with it...I guess I could be
> mistaken...
>

Don't know why they didn't include that.  Surely the 800k model wasn't the only
one around at the time?  FDHDs (SuperDrives) were as early as the MacSE,
right?  True, the Mac internal floppy drive can be used as well, so that's not
even a problem.


> Heh. You can't make 140k (5.25) images into Diskcopy images. XGS dutifully
> translates the file but it is nonsense, a media which 'doesn't exist'. You
> would be better off translating into .dsk, which can be read back to a
> 5.25 on your LC using DSK2FILE, or using bernie to get at the files and
> copy them onto another disk, although, actually, that wouldn't work
> either.
> Just get DSK2FILE, put it on your ProDOS disk along with as many .dsk
> files as you want, and then turn them back into 5.25 disks. Although,
> easier said that done, I've done it with some stuff...

<G> .dsk files are what I have.  I was trying to avoid using an emulator to get
the "real thing" going.  :-)  I suppose I'll just have to wait until some 5.25"
drives come in.

Will