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Re: Apple 3.5" drive questions
It's a sad day when a software author can't remember how his own programs
work! :-)
MFormat was NEVER upgraded to be able to format Zip disks. However the
latest version (1.20) of the MUG! utility CAN do it. (Which is the coding I
remembered doing!)
--
Peter Watson
-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
-- Impossible! ;-)
"Peter Watson" <paw77@N_O_hotmail_S_P_A_M.com> wrote in message
news:Ysmba.21218$Tv4.53925@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> The version number is displayed when you run any of the MS-DOS Utilities
> shell programs, although the fact that you are using MFormat in itself
hints
> that it is fairly old. The early versions didn't support Zip disks - they
> didn't know about them! :-) (And I need specific details about disks for
> formatting - almost everything else I can calculate on the fly.)
>
> Recent versions of MFormat support 100Mb Zip disks (I don't have my GS
handy
> to give you an exact version). As does the MUG! utility.
>
> I should warn you that the version of the MS-DOS Utilities that comes with
> the Bluedisk is a fairly early version, and given how much money I receive
> from a Bluedisk sale (namely $zero!) it doesn't entitle you to free
> upgrades/crossgrades. Although it is still cheaper than starting from
> scratch! :-)
> --
> Peter Watson
> -- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
> -- Impossible! ;-)
>
> "Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message
> hEadnWOqkpWZL_GjXTWcqg@comcast.com">news:hEadnWOqkpWZL_GjXTWcqg@comcast.com...
> >
> > My name is Bill Garber. I haven't paid my shareware fee
> > as yet, waiting to see if I get a BlueDisk first, then it will
> > be paid automatically. Anyway, I was trying to use the
> > DOS shell program MFORMAT. Is that supposed to
> > format a Zip to 96 mb? I wasn't sure what I was doing
> > really. All I know is it asked me to do it to 21 mb. Can
> > you enlighten me?
> >
> > Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprises
> > http://garberstreet.netfirms.com
> >