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- >>>>> "Jeff" == JEFF PETERS <jeff.peters@wdn.com> writes:
-
- Jeff> Being new to the concept of Executor, I've downloaded 1.99p
- Jeff> and p3. It runs just fine on my Gateway 2000 486DX2-66V,
- Jeff> with one exception. I can't seem to read Mac floppies.
-
- Try taking a brand new 1.44 floppy, using DOS's FORMAT command to put
- an IBM format on it, then use E/D's Browser's "Format Floppy" menu
- item to change the format to Mac and then try writing on it and taking
- the floppy to the Mac and see how that works.
-
- Jeff> I've tested on a couple of 1.44 floppies from my Mac,
- Jeff> including an original Apple HyperCard diskette. I've gotten
- Jeff> varied results, including no response whatever (no new drive
- Jeff> icon - 1.99p), correct drive ID and Window with no contents
- Jeff> (1.99p), and terminal failure with register dump (1.99p3).
- Jeff> I always boot my system clean (F5) under DOS 6.22.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Yay!
- Thanks for letting us know, since that would be the next question we
- ask. This tells us that there are no weird TSRs or device drivers
- being loaded in your config.sys or autoexec.bat that are causing the
- strange behavoiour.
-
- Jeff> Any
- Jeff> ideas as to what might be causing this would be greatly
- Jeff> appreciated; sharing projects with my Mac via floppy is my
- Jeff> primary interest in Executor. (Yes, I know I can do all
- Jeff> this via my SuperDrive with DOS floppies--I'm interested in
- Jeff> a two-way street.)
-
- In light of the fact that you're having trouble with a clean boot, I'd
- guess either that the floppies in question that you are using have
- some sort of problem or that the floppy drives you are using are
- slightly out of spec. To the best of my knowledge, nobody else is
- having this problem (although we did have one user who had weird
- trouble under Linux that was never tracked down), which makes your
- trouble consistent with hardware or media trouble. By replying
- directly on this list I'm sure I'll be told if this is an ongoing
- problem that other people are having as well.
-
- Jeff> Thanks for any assistance, - Jeff
-
- Jeff> * CMPQwk 1.42 432 *A good catchword can obscure analysis for
- Jeff> fifty years.
- Jeff> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- --Cliff
- ctm@ardi.com
-
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