Re: Dos 3.3 question

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

mspaeth@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Wayne Gretzky) writes:

>I recently dug up a stack of DOS 3.3 floppies, but they aren't recognized
>by The finder (DOS 3.3 FST) or Copy II+ 8.3 or 9.0, and I've noticed that
>in the catalogs, they say things like "Super Disk 254" or "John's Disk 254"
>instead of the normal "Disk Volume 254" and that they seem to be somewhat
>virual, in that any dos 3.3 disk I put in the drive before rebooting starts
>giiving this message on the catalogs also...

>My question is:  Does anyone remember how to make these into normal Dos 3.3
>disks?  I used to be able to do so, but I no longer remeber how.  I thought
>copying DOS from a clean disk (tracks $00-$02) would do it, but it didn't...

You could also have a normal version of DOS 3.3 on the disk...but simply
changed the "DISK VOLUME" message.  I recall a program I found in a book
that would do this.  I thought it was pretty neat at the time.  I don't
know why Copy //+ wouldn't read it though, just because the "Disk
Volume" message had changed.

Sounds like you either have a modified DOS (with the catalog on some
track other than $11), or perhaps DOS 3.2 (which isn't a 16-sector disk,
and could goof up C2+)???

MUFFIN takes care of DOS 3.2 disks (converts them to 16-sector disks).
Otherwise, try using FID as someone suggested to copy the files to
"normal" DOS 3.3 disks.

Dave
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