misc replies

[jmk3@crux2.cit.cornell.edu (Jay M. Krell)]

>From: joe_luzzi@QMBRIDGE.CALSTATE.EDU ("Joe Luzzi")
>Subject: Re- The Apple II Now and Fo
 
>If Apple had introduced
>the Mac LC w/Apple IIe card instead of the IIgs, I'd probably
>own one today.  But, they didn't and Apple has paid dearly for
>this mistake with unhappy Apple II and IIgs users who are feeling
>abandoned.
 
Matt has made this point before: Suggesting that Apple should've come out with
the LC instead of the IIGS is ridiculous. In 1986, the 68020-based Mac II was
not even out, and it cost far more than the LC. If Apple could make the LC at
the price it does today 6 years ago, they would have. It's like saying "If only
the IIGS had come out in 1980, with the equivalent of System 6.0, with a 14 MHz
65816..."
 
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>From: marc@cxr_rs6000.med.ge.com (Marc Wolfgram)
>Subject: Re: Access ProDOS from Mac and HFS from Apple II?
 
>the GS which in my estimation has a superior SCSI interface and is far more
>generalized than the 'tush in OS access... even HFS stuff formatted on the
>Mac is recognized cleanly on the GS :)
 
I think I've beat this horse dead a few times over, but I formatted a Syquest
cart on a Mac and it was garbage on the IIGS.
 
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>From: mattd@apple.com (Matt Deatherage)
>Subject: Re: Formatting HFS on IIGS
 
>So while the technical answer is "yes", you need to think more carefully
>about what you want to do.  Chances are that if you ordered a hard drive
>from a "Macintosh" firm and if it came already formatted that the driver
>partition was already on it.  That may not help you now, but it might if
>you buy another one.  :)
 
But if you order a drive from an Apple II firm and need to use the drive on a
Mac, a risky driver (the non-generic Apple one from ADU) might be better than
no driver at all.
 
IMHO, resources are good for the driver because there is no appropriate
filetype for it and the "unique" resource types that were chosen further
differentiate the file's contents. Plus, I sure like the fact that the driver
is in a resource, since I was able to extract it. Though easy access for misuse
is a bad thing from your point of view.
 
  --Jay, jay.krell@cornell.edu