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Re: Can GS read/init 1.44 disks?
- Subject: Re: Can GS read/init 1.44 disks?
- From: mpearce@crl.com (Matthew Pearce)
- Date: 1996/03/31
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2
- Organization: CRL Dialup Internet Access (415) 705-6060 [Login: guest]
- References: <4jmmhe$7nt@stratus.skypoint.net>
Terry McDanel (tmcdan19@skypoint.com) 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.
Terry,
If you are using the AE High Density 3.5 drive with the AE driver, you
are creating 1600K disks, not 1.44 disks. To create a 1.44 disk, you
must have the Apple high density controler card, or an equivalent (if
these are on the market).
M.P.