Re: Help with GS and Mac

["Bryan Villados" <news002@macgeek.org>]

My solution is simply keep a Macintosh IIci around. It has the old
auto-inject drive. I keep it headless and access it via Timbuktu Pro from my
Powerbook G3. I'm also using the IIci as an Apple IIe/IIgs server, running
AppleShare 3.0, and use it to boot both machine, as well as store utilities
and such. And, I have the IIci running Apple Internet Router, so it acts as
a router between my LocalTalk zone and EtherTalk zone.

--- Bryan

"Seonho Choi" <schoi004@typhoon.ocis.temple.edu> wrote in message
news:a3u77p$61l$1@cronkite.temple.edu...
> As to this issue, I did a test a while ago.
>
>  - I replaced manual inject floppy drive on my PowerPC with auto inject
>    floppy from old IIci and then tried to make GS disks. The result was a
>    failure as I expected. Although auto inject floppy drive is in, the ROM
>    routine of the new macintosh does not use unique feature of auto
>    inject floppy drive, it treats it as manual inject floppy drive.
>
> Here is a question to Mac experts. Is it possible to extract floppy drive
> control routine from old Mac ROM's and use it on new Macs? It can be an
> extension or standalone program which does the job of DiskCopy using the
> old floppy drive control routine. (Of course, in any case, you need auto
> inject floppy drive, which is not a serious problem, since old Macs
> abound cheap these days.)
>
> One more idea, though I did not have time to test it yet.
> 1. Format 800K blank diskettes from IIGS side using ProDOS
>    utilities etc.
> 2. Mount IIGS disk image on newer Macintosh using DiskCopy. (The
>    file sharing should be turned off.)
> 3. Insert 800K blank diskette formatted in IIGS.
> 4. Now copy all the files from mounted image to physical blank
>    800K diskette.
>
> At least for non-bootable ProDOS diskettes, newer Macs are producing
> usable diskettes. Only bootable diskettes made from newer Macs have
> problems. So maybe the previous procedure works since the boot sector
> should be correct since it is made from IIGS. If anyone can find time to
> test this recipe and let the result known, it would be nice.
>
> Of course, this does not solve the problem for someone with no software
> at all since it requires ProDOS formatting capability. But in worst case,
> if you have enough patience, you can start from "nil".
>
> 1. Transfer DOS3.3 using simple serial connection.
> 2. Make DOS3.3 bootable diskette.
> 3. Transfer ADT using simple serial connection.
> 4. Transfer ProDOS utilities diskette using ADT.
>
> Now you have some starting points...
>
> David Ferguson <dferg@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > I have a Rom 3 GS and a Beige G3 Macintosh.  Is there any way for my
> > mac to make floppy disks that my GS can read?  I know there is a issue
> > with the manual inject floppy drives on the newer Macintoshs.  Do I
> > need to invest in a cheap older mac?  I am trying to make system disks
> > for my GS. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Dave.
>
> --
>                                                    Seonho Choi
>
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