On Friday, August 2, 2002, at 11:15 pm, the pickle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> At 12:20 -0700 on 02/08/02, Gamba wrote: > >>> Only Macs that can't do 800K floppies are the ones that didn't ship >>> with >>> floppies in the first place, <snip>. >>> the pickle >> >> Does that also hold true for 400K floppies? > > No; I think OS 7.6.1 and earlier are required for 400K floppy support. > The FAQ > has details, though, so check there for the full (and proofread) answer. A couple of years ago I did some testing with various Mac OS (7.6 and early 8s) and how they handle older formats with real disks and images. I recall that PC Exchange (aka File Exchange in later versions) is part of the problem -- I'll check my work mail box next week to see if the message is still there. Manual inject floppy mechanisms have long been associated with problems creating bootable ProDos disks for the Apple II but I can't remember ever reading about a problem with HFS disks. Anyway, I thought the primary justification for owning an SE/30 was for reading and writing old floppies reliably (not a troll, really, but I'm waiting for my Lapis Color card so that my 50MHz '030 32Mb SE/30 with ethernet can start to earn its crust properly). Phil -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
