Re: Apple IIgs to ms-dos

[jefbla@bconnex.net (Jeff Blakeney)]

On 19 Jan 1997 07:32:39 -0700, casa@unm.edu (Jim Pittman) wrote:

>Hmmmm.... I checked this out when we started installing WIN 95 on
>every Pee Cee on campus. At least for TEXT files, my IIgs with HD
>drive and Apple 3.5 Disk Controller card can read them.
>
>Maybe it's because I use Hermes which can open otherwise unreadable
>files, edit as needed (e.g., remove control characters etc.) then
>save the resulting text as ProDOS text files.

It is most likely to work for you because the machines you have
Windows 95 on are probably set to use the MS-DOS compatability mode.

The problem that people are having is from the new FAT system that was
introduced with Windows 95.  The MS-DOS FST cannot handle this new FAT
format, only the old one.  Fortunately, this new FAT is an optional
setting and can be avoided.