Re: (bootable) ProDOS floppies from Power Mac

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

"Simon Williams" <*email*@*luddite.ca*>
> >
> DiskDup+ is the key. I wondered myself why I hadn't tried disk copy... so
> I tried it -- without success.
>
> A few things I noticed, which may be pertinent: Disk Copy 4.2 won't show
> B2TR's 4.2 disk images in the OPEN IMAGE dialog, but it does start up when
> the icon's are double clicked. DiskDup+ doesn't seem to be at all picky.
> Also DC4.2 writes the disks about 10 times faster, which I presume means
> that DiskDup+ is working on a lower level (possibly sub-atomic?) - I think
> it does its own formatting if necessary.
>
> I'm not sure where I downloaded DiskDup+ from, but its latest (c) date is
> 1999 so it should still be floating about. It's $25 shareware, but has
> enough functionality in demo mode to do what needs doing...
>
> BTW the GS in question is a ROM1 with just the standard Apple drives on
> the built-in port... no fancy stuff.
>
> Anyway, I'll try a few more experiments and post any interesting results.
> It would be interesting to find out if this works on newer Macs -- but
I'll
> leave that to someone who has one ;-)
>

This is exciting. If it works consistently, it will eliminate a big problem.
I'll give it a try on my Power Macs.
-Paul