Re: Latest mac that supported 800k ProDos disks

[Hugh Hood <hughhood@earthlink.net>]

I should clarify one thing --

Even when running under OS 9.2.2, Bernie ][ the Rescue will read and write
physical 800kB ProDOS floppies without problem. Of course, you must have
booted into OS 9.2.2, and not just running under OS X 'classic' mode.




Hugh Hood


> 
> As was mentioned, OS 9.2.2 was never fixed of a terrible bug in that if you
> attempt to WRITE (at all) to a ProDOS formatted floppy, you go on
> 'lockdown'. Earlier OS versions just gratuitously added a resource fork to
> non-forked files. Ah, those Macheads at Apple must have had no love for
> ProDOS.
>