Re: 5.25 in disk drive

[paul.brandon@mnsu.edu (pkbrandon)]

Since your IIGS can format disks quite nicely, I assume that you're trying
to transfer files between the machines.
Just connect the serial ports and enable file sharing on your Mac.
The GS has AppleTalk built in.

In article <mr_carp-34D4B6.11060328042001@news.esper.com>, "Mr. Carp"
<mr_carp@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I have a buttload of 5.25 disks that I want to use with my IIgs, but I 
>need to use the 5.25 drive with a Mac IIci (has a disk drive port) to 
>format the disks and write things to them. However, when I connect the 
>drive to the Mac and start it up, it tries to read from the drive and 
>then says the disk is locked and it cannot format. I click OK and then 
>cycle repeats. with the same messeage wheter the disk is locked or not 
>or whether ther is even a disk in the drive at all. Any ideas on how I 
>can format ProDOS 5.25 disks on my Mac for my IIgs? Thanks

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