Re: Macs and GS disks

[Roy and/or Janet Miller <millers@inetnebr.com>]

Thanks, I'll try that experiment, and let you know what happens.

Roy

Jeff Blakeney wrote:

If you'd like to test either of these theories, format a new floppy on

> your IIgs and then try reading it on the Mac.  If that works then take
> that disk back to the IIgs and copy the contents of the disk that
> didn't work onto that newly formatted disk.  You can either drag all
> the files over to do a file copy or drag the non-working disk icon
> onto the new disk icon to do a volume copy.  Take that new disk to the
> Mac and see if it can read it now.
>
> If it can read the newly created disk then you problem is probably due
> to the magnetic fields on the non-working disk being too low or the
> alignment of the tracks were a little off.
>
> The reason that the disk that didn't work on your Mac did work on your
> IIgs could be attributed to higher tolerances in alignment and/or
> magnetic field strength needed your IIgs drive than the Mac drive.
>
> --
>  Jeff Blakeney - Dean of the Apple II Unversity on A2Central.com