Re: ZIP on GS (was: question on Standards for files)

[Pim Blokland <nipp@plane.nl>]

In article <387FDB70.1537FF31@swbell.net>, rubywand@swbell.net wrote:

>      New PC Zip disks are usually formatted; but, to use as ProDOS or HFS
> volumes on a IIgs, they need to be partitioned-- which takes about 30 
> seconds
> or so.

Not for HFS; the GS can read and write HFS volumes greater than 32MB.
The disk I used to test with was just one of the HFS disks I use with my 
Mac.

>      Don't know about Zip disks pre-formatted for Mac. Although they may 
>      be
> ready to go as HFS on a Mac, it seems likely that you will need to 
> partition
> them for IIgs ProDOS or HFS (even if you have just one HFS partition).

Not sure what you're trying to imply here... Should there be a 
difference between HFS on the Mac and HFS on the GS? 

>      Since we normally boot from a Focus 'Hard Card' drive (an IDE drive 
>      not on
> the SCSI chain), the normal power-ON procedure is to power-ON the Zip 
> first,
> insert a Zip disk, and power-ON the computer.

Yes, that's what I had been trying all that time. But it didn't work. 
Only powering up the ZIP drive after the computer is switched on works.

>      For the drive or disk icon to dim when a disk is ejected via a 
>      button on
> the drive is the normal, correct response of GS System.

Yes, and I said the icon did *NOT* get dimmed. And also that if I drag 
the disk to the Trash, it did not get ejected.
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