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Re: Twilight zone?
On Jan 26, 1:05 pm, "A2Pro" <a...@wilserv.com> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Last night I tried to do something I had done a few days earlier -
> make a copy of a 400K Macintosh File System disk using the Apple II
> System Utility program on a IIgs. When it worked the firat time I was
> surprised that it did work. I even wrote on the disk label how the
> disk was duplicated. Last night I tried to make another copy. Some
> message about how the disks had to be the same size. After trying a
> few times without success I felt that I had wandered into a twilight
> zone. Tried again today without success. So I gave up and used Disk
> Copy on a Mac.
> Anyone have any ideas why it may have worked that one time?
I would guess that the time it did work, the target volume was already
formatted as a 400k disk. Try formatting your target as single sided
and give it another go.
Matt