Re: Disk copy in Apple IIGS?

["Michael Kent" <michael.kent@a2central.com.remove-w2d-this>]

  To: limtc

 > - how do you copy disk to a new empty disk (using just 1 drive)? What 
 > software to use?

Once you get System 6.0.1 running, just use Finder.  Insert a blank disk
into the drive and Finder will try to read it, fail, and offer to format
it for you.  Just drag and drop one disk icon to another to copy.

With 5.25 Meg in your machine you'll be able to copy 800K floppies in one pass 
easy.  If you really want to, you can set up an 800K RAMdisk and
copy to there, and from there, but it's not really necessary.

 > - does the software mentioned above works only on ProDOS? (can it be
 > used to copy says DOS 3.3 disk)?

With the FSTs shipped with 6.0.1 you can read ProDOS, HFS, and -- if you
have a SuperDrive -- MS-DOS floppies.  You can write to ProDOS and HFS 
floppies as well.

To read DOS 3.3 and Pascal floppies with a GS you'll need a 5.25 inch drive.

 > - right now all the 3.5" disk are in high density (HD) format, can
 > this works for GS?

It normally works but can be unreliable.

Mike
Michael Kent                                                  Apple II Forever!
St. Peters, MO
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