rck@alpha.ces.cwru.edu (Robert Knauerhase) (10/19/89)
Just a couple quick questions about Apple File Exchange: 1) It does work with MS-DOS disks without an extra translator, right? 2) It does read MS-DOS disks on the regular Mac II built-in drive? The reason I'm asking is that I'm trying to read MS-DOS disks formatted on a high-density 3.5" drive (but formatted with /N:9/T:80 or whatever the switch is to format it 720K). My theory is that AFE won't recognize the disks, even though they're 720K, because they were formatted on a high-density drive... Am I doing something wrong, or has anyone else encountered this problem? If you reply, please forward a copy in E-mail since lately I've had to severely curtail my newsreading... (Classes and all that, you know. :) Thanks. +---------------------------------------------------------------+ |Rob Knauerhase |rck@alpha.ces.cwru.edu | |Case Western Reserve University|rck@skybridge.scl.cwru.edu | | |Bitnet:Knauer@CWRU | |"Righted some bugs, |GEnie:R.Knauerhase | | left others!" |AppleLinkPE:RCK4 | +---------------------------------------------------------------+
dorourke@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU (David M. O'Rourke) (10/20/89)
rck@alpha.ces.cwru.edu (Robert Knauerhase) writes: >1) It does work with MS-DOS disks without an extra translator, right? It should but only if you have an external 5.25 inch Apple drive, or an Apple FDHD, the FDHD can be internal or external. >2) It does read MS-DOS disks on the regular Mac II built-in drive? The built-in drives on the new SE's, IIx, IIcx, IIci, SE/30, or if your II's been upgraded to the FDHD. > [talk about his drive not recognizing the IBM format..] You may not have an FDHD in your machine. -- \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\|///////////////////////////////////////// David M. O'Rourke____________________|_____________dorourke@polyslo.calpoly.edu | Graduating in March of 1990, with a BS in Computer Science & need a Job. | |_____________________________________________________________________________|