Re: Stupid Questions 102

[schefflr@news.msus.edu (Bill Scheffler)]

Cold Fusion (minuet@indy.net) wrote:
: Ooops, forgot one.

: What do you need to do to be able to read MSDOS disks in GSOS? I copied 
: the MSDOS FST from the Disk Tools disk to the FST folder, but the system 
: tells me the floppies are unreadable (trying ones formatted at 720K, 
: figuring the drive couldn't handle 1.44's). Hmm!

	You need a drive capable of reading MFM disks (PC Disks & High 
Density Disks).  The Apple SuperDrive/SuperDrive Card combo would do it, 
although I doubt you could find one, let alone justify the cost (about 
the same as a decent hard drive).
	Floptical Drives are another option.  They can read 720k disks, 
High Density disks, and the 20 meg format ones.
	One last option, and one I probably would recommend (although 
keep in mind I've never used one) is the BlueDisk controller.  With this 
($100 something) card, you can hook up IBM capatible disk drives to your 
Apple //gs.  And since PC drives are so inexpensive, it is pretty cost 
effective.  Keep in mind this not only gives you access to PC disks, but 
Macintosh High Density disks and Apple II High Density disks (the later 
probably aren't too common though).  

	Hey, you do know the FST is read-only right?  There is a 
ShareWare program (it is free when you purchase a bluedisk) that allows 
you to not only read but to write to MS-DOS disks.  It's a shell program 
that is kinda like the DOS prompt.  I've used it with my PC Transporter 
disk drive and it does work.

: Fusion
: promising not to ask anything else dumb for at least a week

	Hey, the only stupid question is the one that wasn't asked.


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