Re: Superdrive controller + superdrive = read MSDOS? Doesn't work for me

["Peter Watson" <paw77@N_O_hotmail_S_P_A_M.com>]

Writing as an FST would have been my preference, and the preference of most
of the rest of the world! Unfortunately Apple never did release details of
the FST internals, so writing it that way would have been an order of
magnitude harder at elast. And there's no way I could have justified the
time to do that. Heck, I can't even justify the time it took to do MUG! in
it's current form!  :-)

It's worth noting that MUG! was written as an NDA so that it would be
available while running other applications. This was a close as I could get
to a "transparent" interface.  :-(

--
Peter Watson
-- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
-- Impossible!  ;-)

"Tim Haynes" <timhaynes@alumni.NO.SPAM.PLEASE.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in message
news:CUCR9.157967$yW.34691@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> Hi Peter,
>
> Wow - thanks for replying, and thanks for the thip about the volume
label -
> I would never have guessed it.
>
> I guess the only thing I found a bit odd about MUG! was the fact that it's
> not an init or something transparent (like GS/OS's handling of MSDOS
disks).
> I'll get used to MUG! without much effort (in terms of a standalone app,
it
> does have a pretty easy interface).  I think you've done an amazing job -
> don't get me wrong!
>
> Cheers, and take care,
> Tim
>
> "Peter Watson" <paw77@N_O_hotmail_S_P_A_M.com> wrote in message
> news:ewCR9.2697$oS1.11242@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
> > Hi Tim,
> >
> > Two points you need to know.
> >
> > Firstly, as others have noted, you need a volume label on a Windows 95
or
> > later disk. However, they neglected to mention that the directory entry
> > containing the label must be located before any long filename entries
> (which
> > look like broken volume label entries). Translation: You pretty much
need
> to
> > create the volume label before writing any files to the disk.
> >
> > Secondly, you are probably the first person who has found the interface
> > "hard"! (Although I admit I would probably do it in a somewhat different
> way
> > today!)
> >
> > One thing that may change your mind is that there is a later version
> (never
> > formally released so only available to registered users) which
> automatically
> > detects binary or text files. And sorry, it still doesn't do directory
> > recursion - and not likely to as an NDA!
> > --
> > Peter Watson
> > -- Write to MSDOS disks on the Apple IIgs?
> > -- Impossible!  ;-)
> >
> >
> > "Tim Haynes" <timhaynes@alumni.NO.SPAM.PLEASE.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in
> message
> > news:u_kR9.147300$yW.126850@news04.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> > > Okay, got it working.  I got a DOS 5.0 bootdisk off the 'net, and
GS/OS
> > > recognized it right away.  I went to use MUG!, but actually found the
> user
> > > interface a bit hard to use (although it's definitely the only and
best
> > game
> > > in town for formatting and writing to MSDOS disks!) so I'll stick with
D
> OS
> > > 5.0 disks as much as I can.  Then again, I can also just use my
> AppleTalk
> > > network and PC MacLan to get at files on my windows machine.  But the
> > floppy
> > > access is very very handy!
> > >
> > > Thanks for the help, everyone.
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > > Tim
> > >
> > > "Tim Haynes" <timhaynes@alumni.NO.SPAM.PLEASE.uwaterloo.ca> wrote in
> > message
> > > news:V7hR9.166106$F2h1.11943@news01.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com...
> > > > Thanks for all the suggestions, guys!  I will try the DOS formatted
> disk
> > > > (with label!) and see what I get.  If it works, I'll move MUG! over
to
> > > > facilitate things.  :)
> > > >
> > > > Thanks again!
> > > > Tim
> > > >
> > > > "Tim Haynes" <trhaynes.NOSPAM.PLEASE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:av1stq$b8laq$1@ID-21339.news.dfncis.de...
> > > > >
> > > > > I recently bought a superdrive controller for my IIgs.  I modified
a
> > > drive
> > > > > to take the Superdrive mechanism from a Mac IIsi (knew that thing
> > would
> > > be
> > > > > good for something someday... ;) and updated my GSOS 6.0.1 with th
e
> > > Apple
> > > > > 3.5 Disk installer so that it could format 1.44 meg disks.  So
far,
> so
> > > > good!
> > > > > Works fine with 1.44 meg PRODOS disks.  I then installed the MSDOS
> FST
> > > and
> > > > > rebooted.  I checked the FSTs folder and the MSDOS one is there.
> But
> > > when
> > > > I
> > > > > put in a formatted MSDOS disk, nothing happens.  The disk light
> comes
> > on
> > > > > momentarily, but no disk shows up on the desktop and no message is
> > > > > displayed.
> > > > >
> > > > > Am I doing something wrong...?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Tim
> > > > >
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