On Sep 24, 12:19 pm, Wolf <[email protected]> wrote: > download a program called WinImage. open the newly made disk image from > within WinImage, and then from the Disk menu, select select the floppy > drive. then again from the Disk menu, select Write. accept any prompts about > overwriting a formatted disk (it is detecting the FAT filesystem on the > floppy) > > the result will (at least should) be an empty HFS formatted disk
This solution worked perfectly. Instead of writing blank images, I'm filling up DSK images in vMac, and now using WinImage to write those images to floppies on the PC. The SE/30 recognizes these perfectly. It could very well be that the floppies aren't great (it's a box of 10 TDK disks I found on sale for $3.99 - including shipping). MacDrive must be performing a verification cycle similar to that of 6.0.8. Just to avoid confusion, these are HD disks I'm talking about. The SE/ 30 shipped with a HD floppy drive (which appears to be working just fine). As I'm typing this, I have a copy of Shadowgate running on the SE/30 (my favourite Mac adventure game from the 80s). I had been trying to figure out a way to copy it to the SE/30, without the need to buy another Mac. Thanks again for the solution. BTW, The zip disk solution is not a great one. The infamous click-of- death is caused when you share zips between PCs and Macs (I had too many experiences with this in the 90s). I would avoid this, unless you have plenty of zips lying around. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
