Re: ProDOS FS built-in to Mac System 7.5

[barryn@netcom.com (Barry Nathan)]

In article <sober-0210941326580001@imagineering.hip.berkeley.edu>,
Seth Ober <sober@cnmat.berkeley.edu> wrote:
>Mac System 7.5 (or, "Mac OS 7.5" as its now called) includes support for
>reading and writing to Apple II ProDOS disks as part of its standard
>setup. As far as I can tell, it's functionally identical to the old ProDOS
>FS extension that was part of the //e emulation card support software.

Yeah, that's one of the cool things about System 7.5, that you'll get the 
ability to read Apple II disks on any Mac with a SuperDrive that you Easy 
Install onto.

>The big surprise (to me) is that they hid it inside the PC Exchange
>control panel which most marketing info says is for MS-DOS and OS/2 disks.
>I haven't seen it mentioned in any of the marketing material... It's
>actually PC and A2 disk support, but I guess they didn't feel like
>changing the name of the Control Panel...

They didn't change the name of the control panel, but they did change the 
marketing hype a bit.
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Barry Nathan                    	    Internet e-mail: barryn@netcom.com
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