Re: Can GS read/init 1.44 disks?

[pierrot@jersey.net]

In <4jmmhe$7nt@stratus.skypoint.net>, tmcdan19@skypoint.com (Terry McDanel) writes:
>
>The only way i have been able to use 1.44 disks between my GS and 
>PowerMac is by covering the extra writeprotect notch.  It fools the Mac 
>into thinking it is a 800k.  Otherwise the Mac thinks it needs to be 
>initialized and wont read it.
>
>1.44s initialized on the Mac in Prodos are unreadable by my GS.  
>
>I havent noticed anything in this group about this.  Perhaps i wasnt 
>paying attention.  Am i missing something?
>

Well, the standard 3.5" drive on the GS only reads double-density disks, so
unless you get a high-density Superdrive and an interface card, you won't be
able to read high-density disks on your GS.

>Later, terry.
>
> Terry McDanel
> St Paul, Minnesota USA
> tmcdan19@skypoint.com
>


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