AppleTalk on the hoof

From: Cameron Kaiser <ckaiser_at_oa.ptloma.edu>
Date: Sat Jun 10 20:39:09 2000

::>::The software on Apple's FTP site is all in Mac format (.HQX or MacBin).
::>::Modern Macs have a hard time creating GCR 800K disks (if they can at all).
::>::Apple has gone to the cheaper MFM-only drives which handle the 1.44MB disks
::>::well.
::>
::>Think the SE/30 itself could handle it? If I downloaded the software to
::>another Mac and took the disks over to the SE/30, would it be able to do
::>the ProDOS transfer? It is old enough :-) I don't have DD disks here, but
::>I can get some.
::
::I *know* the SE/30 should be able to handle it. I've used mine to do it.

I tried formatting a DD disk on it, but it only gave me the option to
format as Mac one- or two-sided. Am I missing an extension? If I am, will
the extension work on System 6?

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