Re: Write 3.5" disk image in Windows

[bnfmsgeek <bnfmsgeek@gmail.com>]

On Sep 24, 5:28 pm, Linards Ticmanis <ticma...@gmx.de> wrote:
> bnfmsgeek wrote:
> > What do you mean by "variable speed" floppy drive hardware?
>
> To write Apple (or Macintosh) 800 KB floppy disks, you need a either
> drive that can spin the actual disk at five different speeds, such as an
> older Apple floppy drive, or (this is the much less used variant) a very
> special floppy controller card that can send the data to the drive at
> five different speeds - standard controllers can't do that. Only
> pre-iMac floppy drives from Apple can spin in five speeds and those from
> other companies can't do it at all.
>
> Apple/Mac 1440 KB disks don't need that ability as they use the same
> low-level bit structure as MS-DOS 1440 KB floppies, but on the other
> hand the built-in disk port of a IIgs (or IIc) can only deal with 800 KB
> disks. So your 1440 KB capable drive for the Apple will only be doing
> 800 KB if it's connected to the built-in port; it can only do 1440 KB if
> it's hanging off its own special controller card.
>
> > Would my
> > usb external drive work?
>
> For writing 800 KB disks, no, the hardware of your USB drive is
> physically incapable of writing that format. For writing 1440 KB disks,
> yes it would work, if you have a program on your Mac that can handle
> ProDOS floppy disk images (such as CiderPress does on Windows). I have
> no idea if such a program exists for Mac OS X.
>
> --
> Linards Ticmanis

So how do I use ciderpress in windows?