stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen) (04/10/90)
In article <602@limbo.Intuitive.Com> taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) writes: >So having read through the entire Mac manual that came with my IIci, >I'm still confused; can the Apple SuperDrive *create* MS-DOS format >disks and then put data on them (probably via Apple File Exchange)? >If so, how does one do that? SuperDrive can format, read and write the disk format used for MS-DOS disks, but the Mac OS doesn't understand the MS-DOS directory structure so it doesn't know how to find files on the disk, etc. Apple File Exchange, however, does. To create an MS-DOS disk, run AFE and put a disk (unformatted or not) into a drive. If it's unformatted you should be prompted, else you need to select "Erase Disk..." from the File menu. For a double-density disk be sure to select 720K and then MS-DOS. For a HD disk, MS-DOS should be your only choice. Select "erase" and soon afterward you'll have a sparkling clean MS-DOS formatted disk. You can then use AFE to copy files onto the disk (converting them too if you have the appropriate translators). Hope this helps... steve
derosa@motcid.UUCP (John DeRosa) (04/11/90)
stevec@Apple.COM (Steve Christensen) writes: >In article <602@limbo.Intuitive.Com> taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) writes: >>....I'm still confused; can the Apple SuperDrive *create* MS-DOS format >>disks.... >....SuperDrive can format, read and write the disk format used for MS-DOS disks..... >....You can then use AFE >to copy files onto the disk (converting them too if you have the appropriate >translators)..... Where can I get ahold of translators. There are times when I cannot translate files correctly and wonder if it is related to the translator I am using.