Re: Why would I want to format a 1.4 meg diskette in ProDOS? ?

[mquattro@chat.carleton.ca (Michael Quattrocchi)]

Rocket Press...a Litmag (rocketusa@delphi.com) wrote:
> But today I went in with my prodos 800k disk and stuck it into the 7.5 mac
> Prodos 1.4 meg
> Dos 1.4 meg
> Mac 1.4 meg

uh, if it thinks it's a 1.4 meg disk, perhaps there's a reason. Is it
maybe a HD disk being used as an 800k disk on a IIgs? If so, the
hardware would tell it to try and read a 1.4 meg disk, and would get
confused by the 800k disk info on the start of the disk...

> What would I do with a 1.4 meg ProDos disk? Is there a GS system that can
> handle 1.4 meg?

a IIe or IIgs equipped with a SuperDrive + Interface card could
format/read/write such a beast. Apple threw it in 7.5 because it IS possible;
albeit every day so much more unlikely...

> I tried sticking an 800k Mac disk in there and the 7.5 couldn't read that

hmm... this could be a buggy thing in sys7.5... dunno. Anyone else?

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