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- MacDisk for the PC read me file 8th June 1994
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- Contents:
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- - How to install MacDisk
- - Floppy support of MacDisk
- - Known problems with MacDisk
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- How to install MacDisk
- ======================
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- If you do not read manuals this gives you the quick installation procedure.
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- If you are running Microsoft Windows you will need to run install.exe from
- the file manager by either double-clicking it or using the Run command found
- on the File menu. Once installed you will need to re-boot your PC.
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- If you are running MS-DOS then insert the MacDisk installation disk into
- drive A or B and run install.exe from the disk. Once installed you will need
- to re-boot your PC.
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- Floppy support of MacDisk
- =========================
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- Please note that MacDisk will only work with 3.5" High Density floppy disks
- and will NOT work with 3.5" Low Density floppy disks (800KB Macintosh disks)
- due to hardware limitations on the PC. There may also be problems with using
- 1.44MB Macintosh floppies in some 2.88MB drives.
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- Known problems with MacDisk
- ===========================
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- If you attempt to use software which uses File Control Block (FCB) calls to
- the file system, it will not work with MacDisk. These are typically old
- applications, written for MS-DOS version 1. An example would be Sidekick.
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- If you are writing to a Macintosh disk from Lotus 1-2-3 V3.1 the files can be
- corrupted. This is caused by 1-2-3 not flushing the file until either the
- application terminates or another file is written. To avoid any corruption
- either do not remove the disk until after the application is quit or ensure
- that another file is written to a different disk before removing the Macintosh
- disk.
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- Using DOS 6 you cannot use MSBACKUP to backup to a Macintosh floppy.
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- When running DOS 4.x there are several known problems.
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- When loading MacDisk an 'Invalid Configuration' error is generated.
- This is a problem with the DOS 4 IFSFUNC command and does not effect
- the loading or operation of MacDisk.
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- It is not always possible to print files on Macintosh disks using
- the PRINT command. It will usually fail with a 'Path not found'
- error. To print a file with this problem, copy it onto your local
- DOS disk.
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- The BACKUP command will not backup to a Macintosh floppy.
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- When using dBASE IV there is a problem with dBASE in low memory situations.
- If the 'largest executable size' as reported by the DOS command MEM is below
- 395000 when dbase is booted it is likely to either terminate reporting
- 'insufficient memory' or crash the system with an integer divide by zero.
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