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Re: Mac reading ProDOS disks (was: Re: Apple IIGS, got one f
- Subject: Re: Mac reading ProDOS disks (was: Re: Apple IIGS, got one f
- From: GUDATH@EZINFO.VMSMAIL.ETHZ.CH (GUDAT,HENRIK MICHAEL)
- Date: 27 Mar 1995 20:53:28 GMT
- Distribution: world
- In-reply-to: gberigan@cse.unl.edu's message of 27 Mar 1995 16:35:36 GMT
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: ETH ZUERICH
- References: <3kav5a$ld2@coranto.ucs.mun.ca> <lurch-1903952255550001@192.0.2.1> <3ko78m$iq3@coyote.csusm.edu> <3l6pgo$134@crcnis3.unl.edu>
In <3l6pgo$134@crcnis3.unl.edu> gberigan@cse.unl.edu writes:
> tdiaz@coyote.csusm.edu (Tony Diaz) writes:
>
> Every time I try to insert a ProDOS disk in a Mac running Mac System 7.1
> or later it asks me if I want to reformat it or eject. How do I go
> about getting it to read the disks, or do you refer to using Apple File
> Exchange? Is it something extra that I need to install, and is it
> available from ftp.apple.com?
PC Exchange does the trick. It not only includes translators for MS-DOS disks
but also for ProDOS volumes. Don;t ask me why Apple treats ProDOS compatibility
like an Easter Egg!
BTW, PC Exchnage slows down your system. You might want to disable it after
reading your ProDOS disks.
- henrik
- References:
- Apple IIGS, got one free today, need some help, please
- From: jdeeley@calvin.stemnet.nf.ca (Julie A. Deeley)
- Re: Apple IIGS, got one free today, need some help, please
- From: lurch@eskimo.com (Erik Kloeppel)
- Re: Apple IIGS, got one free today, need some help, please
- From: tdiaz@coyote.csusm.edu (Tony Diaz)
- Mac reading ProDOS disks (was: Re: Apple IIGS, got one free today, need some help, please)
- From: gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Greg Berigan)