Re: AE PCT Hard Drive Corrupted

["Peter Watson" <paw77@N_O_hotmail_S_P_A_M.com>]

"Mark Cummings" <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote in message
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> I have a damaged PCT which can no longer access the floppy port(s).
> is there a way I could create a DOS partition on a GS hdd and then get the
> thing to boot MessyDos off the GS, either directly or after booting the
> Start Up floppy on the Apple 3.5 drive ?

As far as I know (I don't actually have a PCT), that is the whole purpose of
having the hard disk files on the GS!

> also is it possible to get files from the PC to the MSDOS partition (file)
> via Appletalk and diskless operation ? or is that what MUG does ?

"From the PC" - do you mean a physically separate PC box?

The point of MUG! is to read and write files from any MS-DOS disk that the
GS can read. For example, a SuperDrive, a Zip disk, or a PCT-attached floppy
or hard disk file. So I guess you could read the files from a PC disk onto
the GS, then copy them to the PCT hard disk file.

I have no idea if you could use Appletalk to connect to a PC, although I
know it can be done with a Mac. Others here may have tried it and can answer
the question. If it works, then you would save the step of using MUG! to
copy the files to the GS.
--
Peter Watson
-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
-- Impossible!  ;-)