Re: MS Tools - WRITE and read MS DOS disks (long)

[ustai@msuvx1.memst.edu]

In article <28lgea$1dd@ausom.ausom.oz.au>, mle@bbs.ausom.oz.au (Michael Levine) writes:
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> Let me first say that to use the utilities you need a SuperDrive or a PC
> Transporter.

	It also works great with the floptical drive.  Also, he was very
responsive to user comments, two days after I wrote to him about adding a
switch to Mformat, he posted the new version to cba2.  This switch was needed,
otherwise, the floptical will format both double and high density disks as high
density disks.  Not kosher if you want to use it in a PC.  Of course, now my
normal disks suddenly increased their capacity without the need to punch
holes... ;-)
	The addition of a command shell to was very good as it allowed me to
mess with it before my GNO came.  One thing little conflict/bug that I've found
was that when you do a "ls" in GNO of a MS-DOS disk (if you wrote to it using
gmcopy), there will be an extra file that has weird length (billions of bytes
used) and has the same name as the last file you copied over.  The original
file still works, you just have an extra name.  However, I think this is more
of GNO's fault than MS-DOS Utilities' as it doesn't appear under the included
command shell or in Finder.
	One little shortcoming was the docs/help file for GMCOPY.  Not very
clear.  Had to email the author to finally get it working.
> 
> One final note (if you are a purist do not read this). I had trouble with
> System 6.01 conflicting with some of my DA's, inits etc, so I reverted back
> to System 6.00, but kept the MS Dos FST with no problems.

	With System 601 and MS-DOS Utilities, I now can read and write Apple
II, Mac HFS and PC MS-DOS disks.  Very very nice.  Especially when you are
working in a shell where every command you type is an executable.  Can't tell
the difference then.

> Hey this is worth the $20 just to see what your GS can really do and to show

	It's US$15 and he prefers cash since it's easier for him to pay _his_
shareware fees too... ;-)

> FYI the files are at CCO and Grind and have been on Binaries.

	I would say it's one heck of a good bargain.  Until Apple comes out
with a read/write fst for ms-dos of course, in System Disk 7.0... ;-) ;-)
	Ciao.

-Tai