Re: Transferring Files

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Andy McFadden" <fadden@fadden.com> wrote in message 
news:U3QHe.7037$p%3.33919@typhoon.sonic.net...
> Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net> wrote:
>>      When it came to transferring files from .dsk images, .shk files, 
>> etc. to
>> the ProDOS Zip disk, the response was very glitchy. It looks like one or 
>> two
>> files made it; but, there was always an "ASPCI request failed" error and 
>> most
>> copies failed. Sometimes an empty file was written; usually, nothing got
>> written.
>
> Interesting.  What OS are you using?
>
> I'm going to guess Win98/ME since you're getting ASPI request failures,
> and Win2K/XP uses SPTI instead.  If so, your experience is very similar
> to what Bill Garber went through with CF card readers.  Data can be read,
> but writes either fail with strange errors or only pretend to succeed.
>
> If that's the case, let me know and I'll update the Hardware Compatibility
> page with the info.  Bill had a workaround involving a Windows hex editor
> that may or may not be useful.  (If it works, there's a chance that
> CiderPress can be adapted to work the same way.)

Hex Workshop is able to write the entire image to the ProDOS disk, but,
you must be careful to start the write to the proper sector on the ZIP, CF,
or hard drive to ensure reading peoperly on the Apple. Trouble is, I can't
any longer duplicate this as I now have an XP machine.  :o)

Bill Garber