Re: help me out here....problem here.

[gachenb@eis.calstate.edu (Greg R. Achenbach)]

hhwangbo@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Henry W Hwangbo) writes:
> What can I possible do to get in on a disk readable by the GS without having
> the latest system disk unshrunk.  
> 
> I have access to a mac...any programs out there that format in prodos for the
> mac? or any programs for the gs that can read mac disks? <-- can't be the
> system disk because I'm trying to get that one through ftp.

Yes, two choices that I know of.  I'm pretty sure that Apple File 
Exchange (comes with every Mac, but most users don't know it) has the 
ability to format disks in Prodos.  There is also "Prodos File System".  
I haven't used it, but my understanding is that it is an init that allows 
Mac's running System 7 to mount Prodos disks to the desktop just like HFS 
disks.
> > > thanks! > henry > 
> 
> ps Can the latest system disk read right off msdos disks? I don't care
> about writing to them but rather if I got something on a msdos disk for the
> GS and it was in binary format is there a program on the GS that would let me
> copy that program and unshrinkit on a prodos disk?

Yes.  GS/OS 6.0.1 has an MSDOS FST.  It is read only, but I think there 
is a utility out there that lets you do more.
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Los Angeles County Outdoor Science School

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