Re: Apple II <-> Commodore 64/128 disks?

[Joe Kohn <joko@crl.com>]

William McBrine <wmcbrine@clark.net> wrote:
 >the Apple II FAQ states that apple disks are incompatible
 >with IBM PC drives, and vice versa
 
Oh?
 
At KansasFest, with the whole world watching, I popped a blank 3.5"
HD disk into a SuperDrive attached to a IIGS, and while still in the
Finder, formatted it for MS-DOS. I then copied some files from my
Focus hard drive to the MS-DOS formatted disk...all without ever
leaving the Finder.
 
Unfortunately (or, fortunately - depending on your perspective) no
one at Kfest had a Wintel machine, but had there been one there, I
would have then popped the disk into the Wintel machine, and it would
have been recognized as an MS-DOS formatted disk.
 
Any Apple IIGS owner might be able to perform that same magic trick
this week or next; it all depends on what the beta test team says.
 
Stay tuned for details...
 
Joe Kohn
http://www.crl.com/~joko