re4@prism.gatech.EDU (RUSSELL EARNEST) (02/22/90)
n the Mac SE Owner's Guide (p. 33) it strongly implies that a 1.4 MB disk formated on a FDHD drive will be compatable with the same MFM format of IBM formating. I tried it both ways, in each case the respective machines spit the offending disks out before any operations were attempted. Obviously I'm missing something. What? (And yes, I am comming from the IBM world but I'm now in a 50/50 shop and am building a network to happly include everyone.) THanks for the help,
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (02/22/90)
In article <6239@hydra.gatech.EDU> re4@prism.gatech.EDU (RUSSELL EARNEST) writes: >n the Mac SE Owner's Guide (p. 33) it strongly implies that a 1.4 MB disk >formated on a FDHD drive will be compatable with the same MFM format of IBM >formating. I tried it both ways, in each case the respective machines spit the >offending disks out before any operations were attempted. > >Obviously I'm missing something. What? > >(And yes, I am comming from the IBM world but I'm now in a 50/50 shop and am >building a network to happly include everyone.) > >THanks for the help, You're missing a couple of things. A) Comp.sys.apple is for the Apple II line of computers. If you have questions on Macintosh technology, the comp.sys.mac group of newsgroups will be the place to get them answered. B) An MFM-formatted disk does not mean that the MS-DOS file system is on it, which is a necessary prerequisite for use in MS-DOS machines. If you format it in the Macintosh Finder, it will put the Macintosh file system (HFS) on the disk. Use the Apple File Exchange program to format an MS-DOS disk on the Macintosh. (in other words, it can read the disk but can't find files on it.) -- ============================================================================ Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions represented here are Developer Technical Support, Apple II | not necessarily those of Apple Group. Personal mail only, please. | Computer, Inc. Remember that." ============================================================================