Re: Question about disk images

["magnusfalkirk" <dean.phares@gmail.com>]

schmidtd wrote:
> magnusfalkirk wrote:
> > schmidtd wrote:
> > > I've gotten the old MacADT to work on my iMac by having my Keyspan
> > > adapter pretend to be the "printer" port.  (This is that same adapter
> > > that we both have, the one with two round serial connectors.)  I can
> > > then do 5-1/4" disk transfers the old fashioned way.  I did that
> > > exercise to prove to myself that the rxtx driver isn't working 100% for
> > > OSX for older Keyspan adapters.  But you might try that route to see if
> > > the problem is in fact serial and/or ADTPro related.
> >
> > David,
> >
> > So I guess I probably need to take a look at MacADT. Now my question is
> > does it run under the Classic environment in OSX?
>
> Yes.  But you only need to go that route if it's serial fidelity you
> ultimately suspect.  Now that I've done the Wizardry experiment, I'm
> less convinced that's what's wrong. :-)
>
> > Over all I'm
> > really happy with ADTPro and really happy with the amazing response
> > from the Apple II community when I need help.
>
> Glad you're getting the help you need.  I did download the Wizardry
> disk.  When I told AppleWin to allow read/write access to the floppy
> image (it was write protected to begin with), it stopped running.  Not
> sure that could be the problem you face with all the images; Bard's
> Tale seems to start up even when write enabled, but you didn't mention
> the point at which it starts failing.

David,

Looks like after I get home I'll need to write protect the Wizardry
boot disk and see if that fixes its problem. Who knows that might also
be the trouble with Might and Magic. Sorry I forgot to mention the
exact problem with Bard's Tale. I can boot the program with trouble,
where I run into a problem is when it asks for the Character disk. I
insert the disk I made from the disk image and press return and the
drive will run for a second, then the programs asks again for the
Character disk. Any ideas?

Dean