Re: Imation USB SuperDisk

[dempson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)]

24 Carrot Balla <d.pimpologist@verizon.net> wrote:

> Do you know what an Apple2 is ?

Did you actually read Wayne's post, or are you simply assuming that
because the first paragraph mentions a G4 that he posted it to the wrong
group?  It is perfectly on topic for csa2, because it is dealing with
issues exchanging files with an Apple II.

> "Wayne Stewart" <waynes@telus.spamless.net> wrote in message
> 3DAA8070.5090601@telus.spamless.net">news:3DAA8070.5090601@telus.spamless.net...
> > Still I missed floppies for moving small files, so on coming across
> > a USB SuperDisk I thought I'd give it a try. Under OSX about what
> > I expected 1.44mb floppies only and no ProDOS support at all.
> > So I thought lets try OS9. Booted into OS9 and "happy days" 1.44mb
> > ProDOS floppies mount and read fine. I haven't been able to write to
> > a ProDOS floppy for several MacOSs but I thought maybe a USB floppy
> > drive is different. Same result, the Mac locked up solid so I did what
> > I've done before, shut off the power and restart. Now I get a
> > difference, it won't restart, just a flashing folder and no startup.
> > After zapping the pram it's back up again.

(Shudder.)  That's a pretty nasty side effect.

I can't remember when I last wrote to a ProDOS floppy disk on a Mac (I'd
be more inclined to write to an HFS floppy and read that on the IIgs,
and I've hardly used a floppy disk for about four years).  I do have two
Macs with floppy drives (7600 and 8600 - both are the standard Apple
post-SuperDrive floppy with manual "injection") that are running Mac OS
8.6 and 9.1 respectively, so I could try them.

I don't have any USB floppy drives (or a SuperDisk) so I can't easily
try 9.2.x.  I think at least one friend of mine has a USB floppy which I
could try.  I'll give it a go sometime, but don't expect a quick answer.

-- 
David Empson
dempson@actrix.gen.nz