Re: ProDOS-formatted ZIP disks - read on Mac?

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

George Fergus <fergus@areaplg2.corp.mot.com> wrote:

> A friend of mine has a ZIP Drive working with his Apple II.  He
> reformats the 100 Meg ZIP disks with multiple ProDOS partitions
> so that he can use them with Appleworks
> 
> I would like to be able to get info from him via his Pro-DOS ZIP
> disks.  I have a Mac that came with the ability to read ProDOS-
> formatted floppy disks, but it apparently cannot read ProDOS-
> formatted ZIP disks.
> 
> Does anyone know if there is a program or patch available for the
> Macintosh that will allow it to read ProDOS-formatted disks in a
> ZIP drive?
> 
> Even though this is a Mac question, I figured the folks in this
> newsgroup would be more likely to know things about ProDOS.

Yep, so I'll keep this in public rather than E-Mail.

The problem is almost certainly that the standard Iomega driver doesn't
know about ProDOS partitions.  You would have to use a different device
driver that lets the Mac see ProDOS partitions on the ZIP disk, as well
as supporting the ZIP disk properly.

This driver must be installed on the specific ZIP disk (which could be a
little tricky - it is easiest if the disk is partitioned on the Mac),
but I'm not sure how it would interact with the preinstalled Iomega
driver.

There are some third party Mac drivers which should support this.  I
don't have any of them, so I can't be certain.  The main possibilities
are "HDT" and "SilverLining".

I doubt that these drivers would support the special features of the ZIP
disk such as password and write protection.

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David Empson
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