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Re: Mac utility for 800K ProDOS disk images?



In article <4u5voe$p8k@agate.xara.net>, rtk@scotborders.co.uk wrote:

>In article <dempson-0108960111190001@dempson.actrix.gen.nz>,
dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson) says:
>>
>>This could be a hardware problem.  On most if not all recent Macs,
>>attempting to format a ProDOS 800K disk results in a disk that reads fine
>>on the Mac, but is completely unreadable on the IIgs.
>
>I had similar problems with a ROM 00 IIgs running MouseDesk, but the 
>disks booted fine. I can format ProDOS on my PPC 8100/100 and the IIgs
>reads them fine...

I get variable results.  It works most of the time, but I occasionally get
a disk which I cannot read on the IIgs.

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David Empson
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