Re: PowerPC Mac's Dont like 800k disks!!

[snit@nevada.edu (Snit)]

Mark Munz enlightened us with: 
: In article
: <Pine.SUN.3.91.951210015735.18577A-100000-100000@sunspot.tiac.net>,
: Programer <progrmer@tiac.net> wrote:

: > On Sat, 9 Dec 1995, Steven Lichter wrote:
: > 
: > I post this because some of us use Macintosh Emulators and I have been 
: > starting to archive my Apple II disks using Apple's Disk Copy for the Mac 
: > if people start copying files using 800k disks for files from Mac->APple 
: > II then they might run into this problem....
: > 
: > Marek
: > progrmer@tiac.net
: > http://www.cs.brandeis.edu/~progrmer

: I've got a PowerMac 7100/80 (system 7.5) and I haven't had any problems
: with 800k Apple II floppies. I do know it's very slow to write to them,
: especially if you are using subdirectories.

: Mark Munz

The problem might be related to the extra hole in a 3 1/2 floppy.  If
the hole is there on an 800K Apple disk, simply cover it with tape and
the Mac can read it.