Re: Reading MS-DOS in a Superdrive 3.5

[mark.REMOVE.percival@videotron.ca (Mark Percival)]

On 14 Nov 1999 18:41:27 GMT, supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

>I have a Superdrive (or rather, a Superdrive clone that's
>connected to a Superdrive card).  Long file names ARE
>the problem.

Not my experience.  I can put long file names on a disk and still the
files on my Superdrive with the MS-DOS FST (all be it the short name
version).

>This does not fix my problem of the disk not mounting
>in the Finder.  The Finder will reject the disk if ANY
>file on the MS-DOS disk has been given a long file
>name.  Even a file that has later been deleted.
>
>In fact, I've just stuck 3 MS-DOS disks, all unlabelled,
>into my IIGS' floppy drive and all three did not mount.
>I then grabbed a preformatted disk of the same type
>as the 3 MS-DOS disk, this one never been touched
>by Windows 95, and it mounted perfectly.

This has never happened to me.  I wonder what is going on here?

When I want ot use a disk on my GS I always;

a) full format the disk with a volume label (usually "MSDOS").
b) copy whatever files I want to the disk.

Maybe it has to do with the sequence I'm creating the disk?

>>It is also a good idea to full format of pre-formatted disks.  Most
>>pre-formatted disks use a 1:1 interleave whick makes reading these
>>disks on a Superdrive horribly slow.
>
>Perhaps without an accelerator this might be true.
>Frankly, I do not notice much difference on my
>12.5Mhz TWGS enhanced unit.  I like to use the
>disks preformatted because I know they have yet
>to be molested by Windows 95 or Windows 98.

Dunno.  I only have a stock GS.

Mark R. Percival
Montreal, Quebec

An Apple II fanatic since 1979.