[Prev][Next][Index][Thread]
Re: Executor and Floppies
Moments ago on "Re: Executor and Floppies", CLIFFORD T said:
CT>I'm not predicting imminent death of your drive, since a drive could
CT>conceivably be a little wonky but keep running forever. Eventually
CT>we can put better diagnostics into Executor so that it will be more
CT>obvious what is going wrong, but in general Executor does the right
CT>thing on PCs with Mac formatted floppies in them.
CT>Sorrry for this answer, but it's pretty rare that I turn to such an
CT>explanation.
Well, I have to admit, with a sheepish expression on my face, that I
realized last night I left out a rather "minor" detail in my system
configuration. To wit:
Having downloaded 1.99p6, I installed it on my machine and gave it a
whirl. Same results as before. Getting a bit frustrated, I suddenly
recalled that my machine at the office (with Win95) worked fine. So I
popped out my Win3.1 cartridge (I use a 270MB IDE SyQuest drive for my
boot device) and popped in my Win95 cartridge. One reboot and one
Executor installation later, I was reading floppies, writing floppies,
formatting floppies, all as advertised. Joy.
It was at this point that my brain gigged to the fact that on my DOS/Win
disk, I run Stacker 4.0, whereas I don't on my Win95 disk. Executor
reads the stacked drive with no problem, but might the Stacker driver in
memory be causing problems resulting in the floppy issues we've been
kicking around?
I apologize for overlooking this tidbit at the outset of our little
adventure, but the upshot of the whole thing is that I've got a high
level of confidence in ARDI and Executor, so you'll probably be seeing
my purchase shortly after Christmas.
Thanks for all your help,
- Jeff
P.S. One little thing--after I use a Mac floppy, if I close its window
and eject the disk, then Check for Floppy, the old floppy's icon remains
on the Hot Band, and if I click on the icon I still get that floppy's
window, even though it's not in the drive. Is this intentional?
* CMPQwk 1.42 432 *Apathists of the world...ahh, forget it.