Re: Can GS read/init 1.44 disks?

[ralphp@prysm.net (Ralph Wade Phillips)]

Hi, Terry!

In article <4jmmhe$7nt@stratus.skypoint.net>, tmcdan19@skypoint.com (Terry
McDanel) wrote:

> The only way i have been able to use 1.44 disks between my GS and 
> PowerMac is by covering the extra writeprotect notch.  It fools the Mac 
> into thinking it is a 800k.  Otherwise the Mac thinks it needs to be 
> initialized and wont read it.
> 
> 1.44s initialized on the Mac in Prodos are unreadable by my GS.  

        Are you using the SuperDrive controller, or the built-in
SmartPort?  And, is your external drive a SuperDrive or a standard Drive
3.5?

        BOTH the SuperDrive controller (available at some of the surplus
areas for around $60) and the SuperDrive itself are needed for the IIgs to
use 1.44 diskettes as 1.44 diskettes.

> 
> I havent noticed anything in this group about this.  Perhaps i wasnt 
> paying attention.  Am i missing something?
> 
> Later, terry.
> 
>  Terry McDanel
>  St Paul, Minnesota USA
>  tmcdan19@skypoint.com

        Ralph Wade Phillips
        Former Apple Tech