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[norman.dodge@techall.wa.com]

Hello Randy!


>   If you're having problems getting any recent (Powermac and other
>stuff after these AV things) Mac to reliably read/write 800K 3.5"
>drives, please post here just so that we can get some stats and
>evidence of this problem. Some folks would rather whitewash it away
>and pretend it doesn't exist, but maybe with the light of facts in the
>way, they might get a clue.

 N> Post your findings after you try the cures listed in the note. Which,
  > by the way, is the only info you find in the TIL searching merely for
  > the word "floppy" and looking for articles dealing with 800K disks.
  > Looks like no one is complaining about problems with newer boxes.
  > --
  > Randy Shackelford
  > shack@frii.com

Randy you are correct The latest operating system MACOS 8 will no longer
allow me to transport 800k disks formatted HFS back and forth between my
Apple IIGS and my power MAC 6400.  MACOS 7.6 did but no longer.  For me it
seems that it it is not the MAC but the operating system which no longer
supports the 800K floppy.

I do not know if there is a workaround for this at this time.  I don't
know where to find info about this problem.  Perhaps you could e-mail me
with solutions.  The only solution I have found is to return to MACOS
7.6.1 or older or get two ZIP drives one for the MAC and one for the GS to
allow me to transport wares back and forth.

Thanks

Norman.dodge@techall.wa.com

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