Re: 3.5" Controller Cards

[platkus@falcon.ic.net (Shawn Platkus)]

Erick Wagner (ewagne01@eds.com) wrote:
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> If you _ever_ get the chance to use a SuperDrive on an Apple II, I'd
> suggest that you stick to formatting ProDOS disks in the 800K format
> unless the drive is _only_ for your personal use.  Formatting 3.5
> disks for ProDOS at the higher density will make them incompatible
> with just about everyone else's system.

That really doesn't make much sense.  Formatting a HD disk as a
1.44MB disk won't make the disk any more incompatible with people's
systems than say formatting it as a 1.44MB HFS disk.  Basically,
you need a HD disk drive to read the disk.  The format is pretty
much irrelevant.  Both Macs and GSes can read 1.44MB ProDOS disks 
with the proper hardware.

-Shawn
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