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- From: schultp@wl.com (Paul Schultz)
- Subject: Re: Apple File Exchange problems
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.032803.9699@wl.com>
- Organization: Warner Lambert / Parke-Davis
- References: <1jla5iINN7se@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1993 03:28:03 GMT
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- In article <1jla5iINN7se@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cb408@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Jason Reames) writes:
- >
- >'m STILL having problems converting AW files to Microsoft Works.
- >My school lab has LC2's. I've installed Apple File Exchange on the
- >hard drive of the LC. I've formatted a new disk on the GS and then dragged
- >the AW files from the 5.25" floppy to the 3.5" disk, formatted with
- >GS/OS from System 6.0.
- >Then I run Apple File Exchange. I then put in the 3.5" disk. I get the
- >message that the Mac doesn't recognize the disk, and the question is asked
- >if I want to format the disk or eject it.
- >--
- >Ron Reames.............reames@sendit.nodak.edu
-
- Well, a couple of ideas come to mind.
- First, if you are using System 6.0 on the GS you should be able to format
- the 3.5 inch disk as an HFS disk which the Mac can read. If you've done
- this, and the Mac still chokes on the disk, make sure the disk is a double
- density disk as opposed to a high density disk. The GS may be formatting
- a high density disk at 800K. When you put this in the Mac, the Mac "sees"
- the high density "square hole" and thinks it should be looking at a 1.44Mb
- formatted disk!! If this is the case, either use a double density disk
- (no square hole along the edge) or put a chunk of tape over the hole in the
- disk so you can fool the Mac into thinking it has a double density disk in
- the drive!!
-
- Second, if you have an 800K ProDOS formatted disk which you are putting
- into the Mac drive to read, make sure you have already launched Apple File
- Exchange BEFORE you insert the ProDOS disk. Again, you may have to watch
- that you are not using a high density disk (see above).
-
- Finally, there is a system extension for the Mac which allows it to read
- ProDOS formatted disks and place them on the desktop. If you still have
- trouble with making your conversion this may be an avenue to explore.
-
- Paul Schultz
- schultp@wl.com
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