Re: AW to Microsoft - still having problems

[FORDE@UV6.EGLIN.AF.MIL]

>> Why don't you copy the files onto a HFS formatted disk?  Then you can
>> try to open the files directly in Works.  I'm not sure if Works has an
>> AW translator, but MacWrite II does have one.  Good luck!
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>That's the problem.  When I format a Mac disk on the LC2 the the GS (with
>HFS on it) won't recognize it.  When I initialize a disk with HFS from the
>GS- then the Mac won't regognize that! I agree that the eaiest thing would
>be to just the 'drag' the AW from the 5.25" floppy to the Mac disk.  But
>when I do that the LC2 still won't recognize the disk and wants to
>initialize it. I've run out of ideas.  AARRRRRRRRRRGHH!!! 

Are you by any chance using High-density diskettes instead of DS/DD 
diskettes?  The IIGS doesn't care but if you format an HD diskette using 
GS/OS then the Mac won't recognize it at all.  It expects to find a 1.44Meg 
format on an HD diskette.  Of course, if you format an HD diskette on the 
Mac it will be in 1.44Meg format and the IIGS won't recognize it.  I 
routinely trade files back and forth between my office Mac (IIci) and my 
IIGS at home.  I have successfully used disks formatted on either the Mac 
or the GS. The only failures I have experienced occurred when I tried using 
HD diskettes on the IIGS.  By way of experiment I just covered the extra 
hole on an HD and formatted it in the Mac then removed the cover and tried 
to read it -- the Mac gagged and said it was improperly formatted.

Eric S. Ford
forde@uvg.eglin.af.mil