Re: Apple][gs and Quadra 660AV HFS conflict

[nathan@cco.caltech.edu (Nathan Mates)]

In article <94047.223643KCR103@psuvm.psu.edu>,
Ken Richardson  <KCR103@psuvm.psu.edu> wrote:
>I was wondering if someone else out there has run into the same problem.
>Here goes:
>At work we have a Quadra 660AV.  The Quadra refuses to read disks that
>are written to by my GS under the HFS FST.  At first, I thought there
>might be a problem with the GS's formatting under HFS so I used a Mac
>IIsi to copy the files off the 800k floppy onto the IIsi's hard drive.
>Next, I reformatted the floppy using the IIsi, and recopied the files
>back onto the floppy disk.  The Quadra 660AV had no problem reading the
>files from then on.

>However, I took the same disk to my GS, worked on some of the files, and
>the Quadra 660AV then  found the disk to be unreadable.    A Mac IIsi
>and Centris 610 could read the disk without any difficulty.  Sigh!

>All three models of Macintosh are running system 7.  I disabled all the
>desk accessories on the Quadra 660AV and it still could not read the
>disk the GS wrote on.  Therefore, there is a bug somewhere, on the GS
>side or the Quadra's side.  I vote for the Quadra since the GS disk works
>on all the other Mac models I've ever used.

   I've sorta been having problems like these myself; I just chalked it
up to 800K disks being phased out by Apple. Anyhow, here's what was happening
to me: I could create 800K HFS disks fine on my GS, and take them over to
the lab in my dorm. Various modles of Macs, from Mac + to IIci read them
fine... When I put the disk in the Q660AV, it accepted the disk fine. But,
the first time I tried to write to it, the system went glacial for about
10-15 seconds, and gave me a "Damaged Disk" warning.

   After a bunch of these things, I then just switched to 1.44MB disks,
which are read fine by the Q660AV and my floptical. I think it may be
another sign of Apple trying to shrug off things they don't really care
too much for....



Nathan Mates