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

Subject: Re: ProDOS floppy crashes Mac O/S 7.6.1 running on a Powerbook 520c
From: Sheppy <the.sheppy@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:55:52 -0700 (PDT)
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On Jun 17, 8:53 pm, Michael J. Mahon <mjma...@aol.com> wrote:

> 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

That very well may be what happened. It's a good hypothesis.

Sheppy

References:
- Re: ProDOS floppy crashes Mac O/S 7.6.1 running on a Powerbook 520c
  - From: AppleCPM <a2@wilserv.com>
- Re: ProDOS floppy crashes Mac O/S 7.6.1 running on a Powerbook 520c
  - From: Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>

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