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Re: Darn!!

> Where the problem comes in is with the cheaper floppy drives used
> in PowerMacs.  People complained for a long time about the expensive
> floppy drives that Apple used (genuine Sony, inventors of the 3.5 in
> drive) so they switched to a cheaper variant (often Sony's but I've
> seen a couple of other brands out there on occasion) which didn't
> read/write the 800K format very well and then people complained
> about that.  Apple usually seems to end up stuck in no win situations.

So, if I got a more expensive floppy drive, it would work, right?

> I have heard it is possible to copy binaries using some 'Bload' and
> 'Bsave' procedure, but who knows this one?

I'm not exactly sure, but I think it goes like this:

CATALOG
<note the endfile of the file to copy>
BLOAD <filename>,A$2000,T<file type>
BSAVE <filename 2>,A$2000,L<length noted>,T<file type>

The same thing is used to change the file type of a file.

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