Re: Ciderpress for OS/X?

["ict@ccess" <gids.rs@sasktel.net>]

> > 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


I'll admit I also have trouble copying Prodos disks with the Mac
Finder, but me thinks that has to do with the driver in file
exchange.  I find that the "Bernie 2 the Rescue"  emulator has way
more success in copying files within the emulator than from the Mac
Finder desktop.

Rob