Re: Write 3.5" disk image in Windows

[Polymorph <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Sep 25, 8:56 am, bnfmsgeek <bnfmsg...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sep 24, 5:28 pm, Linards Ticmanis <ticma...@gmx.de> wrote:
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> > bnfmsgeek wrote:
> > > What do you mean by "variable speed" floppy drive hardware?
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> > 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.
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> > 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.
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> > > Would my
> > > usb external drive work?
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> > 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.
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> > Linards Ticmanis
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> So how do I use ciderpress in windows?- Hide quoted text -
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Hmmm....I feel that this thread is going nowhere fast. Can you please
explain in detail *exactly* what you are trying to do. There are many
ways to skin a cat, but first we need to find out exactly what cat
we're dealing with.  ;-)

If you are just trying to get GS/OS 6.0.1 images onto your IIgs, then
the easiest option is to transfer them from your Mac to your IIgs
using ADTPro. If, as you say, your transfers are taking 15 minutes
each, then maybe we need to fix that problem first. In order to do
this however, we need to know what you are using to do the transfer.
Outline which ADTPro version you have, what serial cables you are
using, are you using a SSC or the IIgs serial port, what (if any) mass
storage device does your IIgs have, do you have a superdrive
controller for your HD drive, etc.... Try and be as detailed as
possible. The fixing of this problem will certainly lessen the pain
not only for transfering GS/OS, but any other disk images you choose
to transfer in future.

Unless you have a superdrive card, creating *any* 1.44Mb disks under
any operating system are going to be useless to you on your IIgs, as
you will not be able to read them.

Thanks,
-p