Re: Hypercard

[shack@deimos.frii.com (Randy Shackelford)]

In article <60gt0g$csk$1@darla.visi.com>, Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:

[snip]

>   Note that the Apple II versions of the files are bxy, so if you're
>using a GUI (i.e. Greatly Unstable & Idiotic) web browser to try and
>download them, better have modified it first to deal with the files.
>If you're downloading the DiskCopy versions thru just about any
>PowerMac, remember that the 3.5" drives are less and less Apple II
>compatible, so you may run into headaches trying to get them to work
>as advertised.

Since Nathan can offer nothing but misinformation on this topic, I pulled
the following article from Apple's Tech Info Library, 
http://til.info.apple.com:

TITLE

      Quadra 660AV & 840AV: Floppy Drive Rejects 800K
      Disks (2/95)

                                                    Article ID:
                                                    Created:
                                                    Modified:
                                                         12910
                                                         8/10/93
                                                         02/07/95



 TOPIC 


      The floppy disk drive on the Macintosh Centris/Quadra 660AV
      and Quadra 840AV may occasionally reject some of your 800K
      floppy disks.


 DISCUSSION 



      Both the Macintosh Centris 660AV and Quadra 840AV use a
      new floppy disk controller that reads and writes data more
      precisely than the one used in most other Macintosh
      computers. For this reason, the computer may not be able
      to read some 800K floppy disks that were created by
      mass-duplication equipment, or other non-AV Macintosh
      computers. If you experience this problem, check with the
      software vendor for another copy of the disk.

      Some versions of copy protection for 800K floppy disks are
      not compatible with your computer. If you have a problem
      with a copy-protected disk, check with the software vendor
      for an upgraded or unprotected copy of the disk.


      ProDOS 800K Disks Created on an AV Series Macintosh
      ===================================================

      This problem can also appear when formatting a disk on an
      AV series Macintosh as a ProDOS 800K disk, inserting it
      into an Apple IIgs, saving an AppleWorks file onto it, and
      re-inserting it into the AV Macintosh. This often results
      in the AV Macintosh reporting that disk was unreadable.


      Troubleshooting and Workarounds
      ===============================

      Zap the parameter RAM
      ---------------------
      Restart your Macintosh, holding down the
      Command-Option-P-R keys. The smiling Macintosh icon
      appears and shortly after, the computer restarts once
      again. Release the keys and insert your 800K floppy disk
      once the Finder appears.

      Restart your Macintosh with extensions off
      ------------------------------------------ 
      Restart your Macintosh and hold down the Shift until the
      Welcome to Macintosh dialog box appears with the
      additional message Extensions Off. Release the Shift key
      and insert your 800K floppy disk once the Finder appears.

      Turn off Speech Recognition
      ---------------------------
      Open the Speech Setup control panel and click the OFF
      button. Restart your Macintosh and insert your 800K floppy
      disk once the Finder appears.

      Make sure you do not have composite SIMMs (RAM) installed
      ---------------------------------------------------------
      Apple does not recommend using composite SIMMs for RAM
      expansion in any Macintosh computer. For further
      information, search by COMPOSITE in the Technical
      Information Library.

      Regenerate Macintosh-generated disks on another Macintosh
      ---------------------------------------------------------
      If Macintosh-generated 800K disks are unreadable on your
      Macintosh AV, copy the contents to a 1.4MB floppy disk
      using another Macintosh and its internal hard disk.

      Copy a mass-duplicated disk to 1.4MB disk
      -----------------------------------------
      If mass duplicated 800K disks are unreadable on your
      Macintosh AV, copy the contents to a 1.4MB floppy disk
      using another Macintosh and its internal hard disk OR call
      the software vendor to see if they can send you another
      copy on 1.4 MB floppy disk.

      Perform a network install
      -------------------------
      Perform a network install or copy the software from
      another Macintosh over an AppleTalk network onto the
      Macintosh AV.

      Contact the supplier of copy-protected disks
      --------------------------------------------
      If 800K copy protected floppy disks are not readable,
      contact the supplier to obtain either a more stringently
      written floppy, or see if they will provide a non copy
      protected version.


      Article Change History:
      07 Feb 1995 - Added keyword; made several technical
      updates.
      04 Oct 1994 - Combined other similar article with this
      one.
      21 Jul 1994 - Problem is with Macintosh 800K or ProDOS
      800K floppy disks.

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Randy Shackelford                                 
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