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Re: CFFA card and the Mac

Subject: Re: CFFA card and the Mac
From: dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2006 22:15:11 +1300
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Simon D. Williams <bb065@chebucto.ns.ca> wrote:

> OS 9 can read and write ProDOS volumes, but its formatting is dodgy. I
> would guess that since the Intel Macs run Tiger, which has Classic mode,
> they should still run OS 9, but who knows whether ProDOS support has
> survived the transition.

Intel Macs don't have the Classic environment. It is only available on
PowerPC Macs.

Even on a PowerPC Mac, file system support on Mac OS 9 probably wouldn't
work in Classic. Mac OS 9 doesn't have low-level access to hardware in
Classic - file I/O is done via Mac OS X, not using block read/write. If
a volume wasn't recognised by Mac OS X, it might potentially let Mac OS
do block-level access to it, but I doubt it.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz

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