Re: Apple II 3.5" Controller and SuperDrive problems...

[supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer)]

shack@onyx.southwind.net (Randy Shackelford) wrote:

>Supertimer (supertimer@aol.com) wrote:
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>: Why not just format 1.44MB on the PC and "erase" the disk in the GS
>: Finder.  That will give you 1.44MB free for ProDOS use.  Ditto for 720K
>: format erased in the GS Finder giving you 800K.
>
>This works on HD disks but you get a "disk write protected" error on DD
>disks. You can't simply erase 720K MFM disks into 800K GCR disks, it takes
>a reformat.

You're right, but you know what?  I once managed to format a 720K MFM
ProDOS disk.  I forgot what utilities I used or what I did, but it worked and
the GS saw the disk.  Does anyone know how I did it so that I can reclaim
the knowledge?