Re: Pascal 400kb Disk

[steve@dosius.zzn.com (Dosius)]

Mike Pfaiffer <mike@digitalcivilization.ca> wrote in message news:<1op9a.396891$sV3.11280308@news3.calgary.shaw.ca>...
> J. Vernet wrote:
> > Hello,
> > 
> > A friend have some problem with 400k Pascal formatted disc: he used to work
> > on an Apple //e with 400k 3.5 drive (Sony, seems to be very special) and an
> > EICON (? special and rare ??) card Interface under Apple Pascal USD 1.1 or
> > 1.2.
> > For whatever reason, this configuration does not work anymore. He want to
> > work now on an Apple IIGS with Apple 3.5 drive. But we cannot read these
> > very special disks on the Apple IIgs. Apple Pascal work, but cannot see the
> > drive, or crash. I never see a 400k Pascal disk before.
> > 
> > May be there is Pascal drivers for the Apple II GS ? I have the UNIMATE
> > drivers, but no way, Pascal hang when doing the [V]ol command under [F]ile.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance ;-)
> > 
> > 
> > Jerome
> > 
> > 
> > 
> 	Neat! It sounds almost as though the GS is booting into either P8 or 
> GSOS first. If this is the case it needs to have the Pascal FST 
> installed. Then again if the floppy is booting then it's probably an 
> error in the Pascal OS. Version 1.4 was written specifically for the 
> 128K //e.
> 
> 	Might I suggest a rather round about way of solving your problem. There 
> are a couple of GS specific Pascals available. Rather than use Apple 
> Pascal, switch to GSOS and port the source files over. Your friend will 
> gain in speed, stability, and new features what he will lose in porting 
> time and any cost.
> 

There was a Pascal 1.4?

-uso.