Re: 1.4M drive in a 800K case

["Tim Haynes" <trhaynes@NOSPAM.yahoo.com>]

Does MUG work with a standard IIgs 3.5" drive, too??  I have never heard of
it...

Thanks
Tim

"left_the_scene" <postmaster@nyc-strip-clubs.com> wrote in message
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> depends. With the standard apple gs/os software, ya can't format an
> ms-dos 1.44 floppy. Ya CAN format it as a 1.44 prodos or 1.44 hfs mfm
> disk - which an IBM drive can physically read, bit won't be able to make
> sense of without some sort of device driver/file system translator.
>
> BEST way to share data is get a GS/OS desk accessory called MUG. It lets
> you read, write and format MS-dos disks.
>
> get it at:
> http://ground.ecn.uiowa.edu/apple2/apple16/System/Ndas/mug101.bxy
> (need gs shrinkit to unpack)
>
> John wrote:
> >
> > So in that scenario-- Macintosh 1.4 drive on a Superdrive Controller--
if I
> > formatted a disk on the GS could I plop the disk in a Windows machine
and
> > read the files, either natively or  with some converter software? Or is
it
> > GCR or whatever instead of MFMl, and just can't be read?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John
> >
> > "David Chiu" <none@nowhere.org> wrote in message
> > a3mlep01gqt@enews1.newsguy.com">news:a3mlep01gqt@enews1.newsguy.com...
> > > Yes. I am running two of those drives with a superdrive card now.
> > >
> > > "Locutus" <locutus@locutus.org> wrote in message
> > > 040220021321560312%locutus@locutus.org">news:040220021321560312%locutus@locutus.org...
> > >
> > > >    So let me get this straight.  If I go and by a Sony Macintosh 3
1/2
> > > > mech and put it in an Apple 3 1/2 case (those for the Apple GS) and
got
> > > > a Surperdrive card, I will have a 1.4mb floppy drive for my IIgs?
> > >
> > >
> > >