Re: writing 5.25" disks...

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

"Chris" <cmerrill@nc.rr.com> wrote in message
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> I'm researching ways to get files to/from my soon-to-be
> restored //+.  I've seen reference to ADT and I will
> be looking into it.
>
> I was wondering if it would be possible to use a //c
> with 3.5" and 5.25" drives?
> Here's the proposal:
> 1) Copy files from a Mac onto a low-density (800k) 3.5"
>     disk (formatted on a //c)
> 2) use the //c to copy the files from the 3.5" disk to
>     a 5.25" disk
> Obviously, this is a round-about way to do it...but it's
> also a great excuse to by a //c and an old Mac  ;)
>
> Does anyone think this will work?
>

Yes. You may encounter a couple of problems, though.
* The early IIc's don't support the 3.5" drive.  A better choice is a IIgs,
BTW.
* The Mac will probably fork the files that pass thru it, making them
unusable. A couple of ways around that: Extract archives with Shrink II on
the Mac, directly to the ProDos floppy.  Use Unforkit, or similar on the IIc
to remove the fork.

A good reason to use a IIgs instead of IIc is that the IIgs can run Shrinkit
GS, which can handle forked files. Plus you have a lot of upgrade options,
like lots of RAM and a hard disk.
-Paul