Re: Apple 3.5" drive questions

["GarberStreet Enterprises" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

Peter, I tried to format a zip disk on the IIgs
and it won't let me do more than 21 mb. Please
could you list the procedure you use so I can
duplicate that. Thanks

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
http://garberstreet.netfirms.com


Peter Watson <paw77@N_O_hotmail_S_P_A_M.com> wrote in message
news:YkJ9a.28352$Xh1.79642@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> Personally I do the vast majority of my data transfer between the IIgs and
> the PC (and occasionally the Mac) on an MS-DOS formatted Zip disk.
> --
> Peter Watson
> -- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
> -- Impossible!  ;-)
>
> "Jeff Blakeney" <CUTjblakeney@sentex.net> wrote in message
> vmic6v40p8g6j9qo3b37kpjretk6s71c93@4ax.com">news:vmic6v40p8g6j9qo3b37kpjretk6s71c93@4ax.com...
> > On Wed, 5 Mar 2003 02:03:31 -0500, "GarberStreet Enterprises"
> > <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> > >With a little ingenuity and persistence, anything can and will be
> > >accomplished.  Have we lost the spirit that made the Apple II to begin
> > >with. Looks that way to me. Let's stop pushing this around and get
> > >together and do something about it.
> >
> > Well, call me crazy if you want but something has been done about it.
> >
> > People are looking for ways to use floppies to transfer data to/from
> > their other computers and such hardware does exist.  If you want to be
> > able to use MFM 3.5" floppies, get a SuperDrive and controller or a PC
> > 3.5" drive and a BlueDisk card and use it.  If you want to use MFM
> > 5.25" floppies, get a PC 5.25" drive and a BlueDisk card.
> >
> > There are a few cards for the PC, which are now generally hard to
> > find, that allow your PC to read GCR 5.25" and/or 3.5" floppies.  The
> > solutions exist, they just aren't necessarily easy to find or to
> > afford.  For example, I'd love to get that SuperDrive and controller
> > from you, I just can't afford it.
> >
> > Also, this isn't the only way to transfer data between machines.  I've
> > been using a null modem for years and this is one of the easier and
> > cheaper, albeit slower, solutions.  In fact, my null modem cable is
> > hooked up to a switch box so that I can connect to my PC with the
> > click of a switch.
> >
> > I also have a SCSI card in my PC so I can transfer data using any of
> > my SCSI drives as well but I end up using the null modem cable most of
> > the time because it is quicker to get going and I'm usually not
> > transferring much data.  I only use the SCSI method for large amounts
> > of data.
> >
> > One of these days I'll pick up a LANceGS card and then I can network
> > my IIgs to my PC.  That'll be cool.  In the meantime, I could always
> > set up my Mac IIci and use AppleTalk to it or just use its 3.5" drive
> > that is capable of reading GCR 3.5" disk from my Apple II.
> >
> > So, as you can see, there are lots of solutions.  People just seem to
> > get hung up on the fact that they can't do it the straight forward
> > way.  :-)
> >
> > --
> >  Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II University in the
> >                  Apple II Community on Syndicomm.com
> >  CUT the obvious from my address if you want to e-mail me
>
>


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