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Re: Mac Floppies / Prodos

jsnospam@cimmeri.com wrote:
> Something must've changed though, with Mac floppy drives, because on
> earlier Macs (OS 7.5) / floppy drives (without black flaps), I can
> read, write, and format Prodos 800k floppies that work fine in a IIgs.
> But with my later Macs (OS 8.5) w/ black flap drive, while I can read
> Prodos diskettes fine, writing to them -- even a single file -- results
> in their corruption and incompatibility with the IIgs (or IIe).
>
> Has anyone else experienced this?
>
> ~ J

You can use DiskDup+ / DiskDupPro to make ProDOS disks on the newer
Macs. I think it's the OS rather than the hardware that is at fault...

In my experience System 7.5 has the best for ProDOS support.