Re: any way to format 800k (prodos?) disks with modern equipment?!?!

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

admin writes ...
> 
> On 2004-02-25 16:44:22 -0600, admin <scows00@mac.com> said:
> 
> > I am dusting off a 2 gs I just acquired.  I would like to take some of
> > the disk images I have been using with emulators and put them on real
> > disks to use on the real GS!!
> > Anywhoo, I purchased an external USB floppy drive for my G4 powerbook.
> > Will only format 720k or 1.44.
> >
> > Any ideas???
> >
> > Thanks!!!!
> > sc
> 
> CLARIFICATION  - Well, duh.. I just thought about my question, and am
> embarrased!!.  Of course I cand FORMAT the disks on the actual GS, but
> then how do I get the disk "images" from my mac and pc onto those 800k
> disks which neither machine will recognize.
> 
> Don't evern get me started with asking how to do it for the 5.25 drive!!

     You can transfer the files using a direct connection between your Mac or
PC and your IIgs-- like from PC COM2 to the IIgs Modem port. It's called a
"NULL modem" (no modem) connection. The software involved is just a telecom
program running on each machine.

     Once the .sdk, .dsk, .2mg, or whatever files are transferred, you can use
the appropriate IIgs software to convert the files to diskette. In some cases,
like for .shk file archives, you will be uncompressing an archive and moving
files to a formatted ProDOS diskette or to hard disk.

     For more info, see ...

NULL modem
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2T1TCOM.html
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Faqs/Csa2T1TCOM.txt

File Utilities
http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2FLUTILS.html
ftp://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/Faqs/Csa2FLUTILS.txt



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