Re: question on Standards for files

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

Phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com> wrote:

>John wrote:
>> 
>> KEGS an emulator for Linux that can actually write in a prodos or HFS format
>> to a 3.5" floppy drive and possibly to a 5.25" drive as well from what I
>> gathered..  The ones for NT, 95/98 can't write to the floppy drive due to
the
>> direct hardware calls that are necessary to write in a different format... 
It
>> can be obtained at...
>
>Unfortunately, due to hardware differences, this does not work with
>disks that are usable in both system's drives. At least I have yet
>to get it working.

John probably has a SuperDrive or BlueDisk.  I have one and I can
easily read KEGS formatted 1.44MB ProDOS or HFS disks.  So
he is correct in that ProDOS and HFS disks cn be accessed on
both systems.  It is just that you need somewhat non-standard
hardware on the IIGS side.

Another set of hardware that qualifies: an SCSI card and a Zip drive.