Re: Getting software onto a IIgs

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Nothin Copulates can't help but spew...

>this question on getting Macs to deal with disks is in section 5.9,
>and more detailed warnings about the very probable occurrance of the
>cheapo 3.5" drives in modern macs not being able to reliably write
>800K disks that Apple's older 3.5" drives can read. If that's the
>case, you may have to switch to an older Mac from when Apple still
>sold quality material, not the second-rate lemons they're trying to
>push these days.

While some of the new drives have problems with the Apple 800k format (mine was
one) not all are bad as Nothin seems to imply. It is more likely that the disks
that you are trying to use are HD (high density) disks. If that is the case,
just cover the hole in the upper left corner with a piece of tape. You can
remove the tape when you move the disks to the GS.

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