Re: Prodos CF and OSX

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

"Simon Williams" <email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com> wrote in
message news:1gylwe0.d4wypuadzpe8N%email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com...

: Are there any options for working with ProDOS CF cards in OSX? I've
: tried Bernie ][ The Rescue in OS9, but it sees the CF as
: write-protected.

I have the same affliction here using card reader on Windows 98 SE.
This is having something to do with the ASPI version that CiderPress
does not support. I get around this by attaching a CF to IDE adapter
to my Secondary IDE port, and then I use HexWorks to copy the sectors
of a 32MB disk image to the CF card that way. Of course I use Ciderpress
to create the images, and then write them with the HexWorks program.
Full 32MB partitions are a snap this way, but that last short one can
be a pain. The way around that is to partition them first on the CFFA
and then copy the last partition off with the HexWorks program, then use
CiderPress to fill it, then write it back. Naturally, Mac only users
will have a problem with this solution.

: I was hoping to format and transfer files to a few cards while my CFFA
: is getting upgraded... any ideas?

WARNING! Using the above method can be dangerous, and unreliable.
If there are any bad bits on the CF card, they will not be detected
and several programs/files could become unusable from the start.

Sorry I could not be of any more help.  Good Luck!

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