Re: mounting prodos (was Mastery Development HD)

[jpendarv@patriot.net (jim pendarvis)]

In article <clairmnt-2EFF3C.23291023082002@news-server>, Louis Cornelio
<clairmnt@n2.net> wrote:

>In article <3D657F7C.8C2B22AA@alltel.net>, wm65805@alltel.net wrote:
>
>> EASY WAY is to use a Mac -- with the prodos extension loaded the mac knows
>> about Prodos and will mount all volumes. Bad news is file sharing must be
>> off
>
>Just what is the "prodos extension" on a MAc.
>I have had some that will mount prodos disks & some that won't & dang if 
>I can remember what the variable is in the system......

When I got my Mac, it had OS 7.5 installed, but the disks were all OS 7.0
so it would seem that the previous owner had upgraded at some point.

I could not read either Prodos or PC disks. The Prodos extension had been
disabled. Enabling it took care of Prodos. 

Then I got PC Exchange with the OS 7.5.3 upgrade. It was not installed
automatically; I had to select it in a custom install. That let me read PC
disks. Later I learned that you no longer needed the Prodos extension with
PC Exchange and OS 7.5. 

The Prodos extension and a couple of other things were apparently left
over from the previous OS 7.5 upgrade. 

jim