>More on my Mac Portable...
>
> Well, I've found out that the Mac Portable doesn't like the System 6
>installer disks that I have, so I downloaded the System 6.0.8 files from
>Apple. They are in the ".sea.bin" format. What's the best way to get these
>images to 800k Mac disks from the PC?
Hmmm, have you looked at Executor? It's a Macintosh Emulator that will run
on your PC. I used it on a Laptop running Linux a couple years ago to read
disks from my PowerBook. They've got versions for both Linux, NeXTstep,
and Windows. The demo is only good for 10 minutes, but that will work for
copying floppies.
The only thing is I'm not sure that it will handle 800k floppies. I know a
PC floppy drive can handle the format as my Amiga 3000 with Catweasel
controller is using a PC drive. The question is, can the PC controller.
There was some talk on just this subject a couple of months ago on the list
and there are some other utilities, I just don't remember what.
The easiest way to do it would be to find someone with a Mac that's in your
area. BTW I'm not sure you can create the floppies on a PPC Mac, it might
take a 68k Mac. I had problems with this about a year ago, but I can't
remember if I was creating Mac, Apple IIgs, or Lisa floppies. The PPC
Mac's do not seem to handle the floppy drive as well as the 68k based ones,
I've noticed this with standard Macintosh and PC 1.44Mb floppies.
Zane
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Received on Fri Jul 24 1998 - 00:06:50 BST