Re: Disk transfer under Linux?

[The Wizard of Oz <wizard@emeraldcity.gov>]

On Fri, 03 Sep 2004 16:21:14 -0700, Eric Smith wrote:

> Jayson Smith wrote:
>> A few years ago I found out about ADT, and a few days later I found out
>> about the IIGS version of the Apple-side part of the system which works with
> 
> The Wizard of Oz <wizard@emeraldcity.gov> writes:
>> If you have the capability of writing
>> to a 1.44 meg floppy (Mac or DOS), you can mount the floppy directly.
> 
> Not if it's the usual 800K disk format used with the Apple 3.5 Drive.
> The base IIgs hardware is not capable of reading any disk format that
> can be written on normal PC hardware.

	True. For the 800K disk I usually go this route... Apple 800K --> Mac
1.44Meg via a Mac --> Linux machine.

> If you have an Apple FDHD drive (also known as Superdrive , not to be
> confused with the more recent DVD writer), AND you have the right
> disk controller plugged into a slot in your IIgs, then the IIgs can
> read and write the normal IBM 720K and 1440K floppy formats.

	A friend has a number of Mac 1.44 drives mounted into external drive
boxes from the GS. He says they produce a longer lasting format. As
coincidence would have it he also has a Superdrive card. He says the Mac
floppy drives work fine with or without the card. He says with the card he
can format in either DOS or HFS. He was also saying the AEHD floppies will
work fine with this too. The only thing this will do is eliminate the
middle step from the above path.

				Later
				Mike