Re: Ciderpress for OS/X?

[Sheppy <the.sheppy@gmail.com>]

On Aug 10, 2:24 am, Drew <GoggleD...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 10 Aug, 06:38, "ict@ccess" <gids...@sasktel.net> wrote:
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> > The old G3 tower with 300 Mhz or more is my favorite computer.  It is
> > pretty much the only computer you need that can access all the old
> > drives.   Not only can you run OSX 10.3.9 on them to access the
> > journalled drives under OSX but you can also boot into OS9 which
> > allows you to read Prodos, HFS, HFS extended, FAT, and FAT16 from both
> > the floppy and the zip drive.  And then if you want to transfer files
> > to a computer with NTFS, there is file sharing.  My G3 stays plugged
> > into a router and nothing is easier to transfer all my Apple II files
> > to the G3 with the floppy drive, then on to either my G5 with OSX or
> > PC with Windows XP.
>
> > I said it once before, and I will say it again.  You can't beat an old
> > Power Mac for emulation programs.  Also there is quite a selection for
> > emulation software as well for Macintosh.  From Nintendo's game boy to
> > the Genesis to Colecovision to the Commodore 64.  What a great hobby
> > this is!
>
> > Rob
>
> I have a number of powermacs and OS 9 never seems reliable at reading/
> writing prodos disks (well 9.2.2). I find 8.6 on my Wallstreet works
> perfectly for reading and writing Prodos disks and when i had a
> powermac 7300 with 8.6 (gone now due to lack of space) that also
> worked well. Did 9 have issues or is there a why to make that work
> properly with Prodos? I tried formatting a 1.4mb floppy on my ibook g3
> with a USB floppy and it started to format then just hang :(

The problem with ProDOS disks on Macs is usually oriented about the
type of drive. 3.5" disks written in the newer, manual-inject 3.5"
drives used in later Macs (as opposed to the auto-inject drives that
grab the disk from you and pull it in) tend to write disks that don't
work reliably in Apple II drives.

Sheppy