Re: PC to Mac IIcx to IIgs???

[dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff)]

Supertimer (supertimer@aol.com) wrote:
: dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff) wrote:

: >Without the AppleTalk connection, you can store the files on an 800k
: >floppy formatted for either HFS or ProDOS.  GS/OS 6.0.1 can (with the HFS
: >FST installed) read and write HFS (Macintosh) disks; MacOS can read and
: >write ProDOS disks.

: It is worth noting that the IIGS can handle HFS disks much better
: than the Mac can handle ProDOS disks.  Speed and reliability
: are what I'm thinking about.

No argument here!  I've had LOTS of trouble getting the Macs to handle
ProDOS disks, but (unlike a lot of people here, it seems) I have never had
trouble dealing with 800k HFS disks on my GS...or indeed with the 120Mb
HFS partition on my hard drive...

--Dave Althoff, ][.
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