Re: ProDOS floppy crashes Mac O/S 7.6.1 running on a Powerbook 520c

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

AppleCPM <a2@wilserv.com> wrote:
> Hi y'all!
> 
>     I made a real 3.5 inch disk from the compressed image.  Just
> before inserting the copy into the 520c, I protected it by sliding the
> little piece aside to open the hole.  The 520c had NO problem
> recognizing it, MUCH to my surprise.  But then I noticed that the disk
> creating the problem wasn't protected.  So I unprotected the copy,
> inserted it into the 520c.  CRASH.  Now, THAT IS WEIRD...

I'm not a Mac guy, but doesn't MacOS like to "decorate" any write-enabled
floppy with a Finder file?

I'm guessing it died trying to allocate space in a "broken" bitmap or
directory. 

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon