Re: Reading a PRODOS ZIP disk with a Mac

[Randy Shackelford <shack@onyx.southwind.net>]

Stavros Robert Karatsoridis <skaratso@oucsace.cs.ohiou.edu> wrote:

:> 	While I was doing tech support for Worldnet I had some customers who
:> had a ProDOS FST on their Mac. This is what you need. Check your
:> extensions and extensions disabled folders. If it is not there I would
:> suggest hunting around for it on the net or your local Mac usergroup.
:> You may have to update your system software to get it. I can't remember
:> which version of the system it came with. You may need to contact
:> someone from Apple to find out.

: Nope. The "ProDOS FST" you are referring to was used in System 7.1 or
: earlier, and is not supported in Syetem 7.5 or higher.  PC Exchange DOES
: let you read/write/format ProDOS disks, without the "ProDOS File System"
: extension.

To be exact, it was part of the LC IIe card software and has been superseded.
The problem with reading anything other than a floppy that's ProDOS format
is that PC Exchange won't give you a device driver. The disk has to have one
in its APPLE_DRIVER partition, and the driver has to know that ProDOS volumes
are valid disk volumes. If all of this is the case then the ProDOS volume
will appear.
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