Re: USB floppy that supports LDD HFS disks

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@telus.dotnet>]

Bryan Villados wrote:
> "JWolf6589" <jwolf6589@aol.comnospam> wrote in message
> 20030628164304.09634.00001285@mb-m21.aol.com">news:20030628164304.09634.00001285@mb-m21.aol.com...
>
> > http://www.gooddealpc.com/index168.html?Products/DeskNote/Accessories/Desc
> > ription/Sfd321uP4.html~middle
> >
> > Looks like this one supports FAT/HFS
> >
> > I am not sure about ProDOS
>
>
> Hard to say just on site alone... I have a VST 3.5-inch USB drive. It
> handles HFS and FAT under Mac OS 9.x on a Power Mac 8600 (1.4.1 USB drivers,
> Belkin USB PCI card). When I stuck a 800KB ProDOS formatted disk into it
> (with the ProDOS file extension installed), it just wanted to format it in
> FAT 720KB (it didn't even list HFS format, weird). The internal 3.5-inch
> drive on the 8600, using the exact same disk, works great all formats
> including ProDOS. So at least the VST line more likely won't handle ProDOS
> formatted disks, and may even have compatibility problems with other
> formats/operating systems.
>
> --- Bryan

It won't do 800k because it's a single speed drive but it shouldn't have
any trouble with ProDOS. Just insert a 1.4mb floppy and format it as a
1.4 mb ProDOS disk. Of course you do need a superdrive card and
superdrive to use it in an Apple II.

Wayne