Re: MS-DOS FST?

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

Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote:

> In article <53e6db$cgi@camel1.mindspring.com>,
> Sam Barjoud <samir@miami.mindspring.com> wrote:
> >Is there a way for a IIGS to read MS-DOS formatted 3.5" 720K floppies?
> 
>    Yes: get a 720/1.44MB capable drive hooked up to your GS, and
> install appropriate software. The drive is probably the hard part--
> you'll need a PC Tranporter, Superdrive with Superdrive controller
> card, Floptical, Bluedisk, or something equivalent.

The PC Transporter doesn't let you read MS-DOS disks from GS/OS if you
are using an Apple 3.5 Drive.  The driver in the downloaded firmware
only supports GCR (Apple 800K) format.  A 5.25" TransDrive should work
fine (for 360K floppies), but I don't know about a 3.5" one (I except it
would work).

You have to boot into PC mode to be able to access 720K disks if you are
using an Apple 3.5 Drive.

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David Empson
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