Re: How to Get Mac to Read II HD?

[ddkilzer@iastate.edu (David D Kilzer)]

[Note cross-post to comp.sys.apple2]

In <3q37jp$6qp@er5.rutgers.edu> neiderma@eden.rutgers.edu (Kid) writes:

>Hi.  I have a 40meg external SCSI hard drive that has a *ton* of
>Apple II disk images.  The drive is formatted into 3 partitions,
>each ProDOS.  I connected the drive to my PowerMac (which has
>PC-exchange to autoread ProDOS disks or so I thought) but
>none of the ProDOS volumes appeared in the Finder.  So I then
>ran the HD utility that came with the Mac and it said the
>drive "wasn't formatted for HFS".  duuuhhh...

>So now what do I do to get the images to my Mac?

This may be a crazy suggestion, but try turning off the PC exchange and
then run an (old) copy of the Apple File Exchange.  I have *NO* idea if
this would work, but it might be worth a shot.

You could also try getting a copy of the ProDOS File System extension
from the Apple //e Card installation disk and installing it (with PC
Exchange turned off).

I have no solid basis for why these would work, except that you might
get luck with the AFE.  Although...the ProDOS FS extension probably
allows the Mac LC series to see the ProDOS partition on its own hard
drive.

Anything's worth a shot, eh?  :^)

Dave
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