Re: (bootable) ProDOS floppies from Power Mac

["Paul Grammens" <grammens@svn.net>]

This is looking very promising. I have had some luck getting it to work,
which is amazing. I say "some luck" because the boot process fails more
often than not, but I'll try again with other drives and computers- so far I
tried a IIgs and a IIc+.
I think you've solved one of the holy grails of Apple II computing here,
Simon!
-Paul


"Simon Williams" <*email*@*luddite.ca*> wrote in message
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> Update:
>
> I've tried a few combinations so far (actual I've done little else
> today!!!). The results:
>
> I've used DiskDup+ to create floppies from both original proDOS disks,
> Disk Copy 4.2 images and B2TR-generated 4.2 images --  all work fine.
> I'm using 720K IBM diskettes, which I was originally reformatting in
> System 7.5's finder, but I found this is unnecessary as DiskDup will
> automatically initialize the disk.
>
> Then I tried to format and copy to a 1.44 MB diskette with DiskDup+,
> but no go... I could view the files on the Mac, but they had generic
> icons and the disk was not recognized by the GS other than I/O ERROR.
> Luckily I have a local supply of DD diskettes at slightly lower than
> eBay prices. :)
>
> I've also found a little utility called ProTYPE which strips the res-
> ource fork and corrects the file type for .SHK and .SDK and most other
> A2 file formats... quite handy.
>
> I think writing ProDOS disks is dependent on having the PC Exchange
> extension installed -- not sure if this is standard issue or not.
>
> --
> Simon Williams
> Luddite Enterprises
> http://www.luddite.ca