Description: Reading ProDOS Diskettes on a Power Macintosh (9/94)
Header: Reading ProDOS Diskettes on a Power Macintosh (9/94)

 Article Created: 29 September 1994

 TOPIC ---------------------------------------------------------

 I am trying to read ProDOS disks from my Apple II on my Power Macintosh, but
 I am getting the message, "This disk is Unreadable, do you want to
 initialize?".  I thought that my Power Macintosh floppy drive is supposed to
 be able to read ProDOS disks.  How can I read these disks?

 DISCUSSION ----------------------------------------------------

 Power Macintosh users that would like to read ProDOS disks have the following
 solutions:

 1) Install Macintosh PC Exchange 2.0 or later.

   Macintosh PC Exchange software version 1.0.4 or 1.0.5 was included with
   System Software 7.1.2 for Power Macintosh.  Macintosh PC Exchange
   allows users to easily read, write, and format PC-compatible disks.
   However, these versions of Macintosh PC Exchange do NOT allow users to
   read, write, or format ProDOS disks. In June, 1994, Apple announced
   Macintosh PC Exchange 2.0.  In addition to formatting, reading, and
   writing DOS, and OS/2 disks, Macintosh PC Exchange 2.0 can format and
   use DOS formatted SCSI hard disks and removable media, such as
   Bernoulli and SyQuest cartridges and floptical drives.  It can also
   format and use Apple II ProDOS floppy disks.

 2) Upgrade to Macintosh System Software 7.5.

   When System Software 7.5 was announced in July, 1994, Macintosh PC
   Exchange 2.0 was integrated into the system software.

 3) Apple File Exchange Utility version 7.0.

   Macintosh users have been able to read DOS and ProDOS disks using the
   Apple File Exchange utility since Macintosh System Software 6.0 shipped
   in 1988.  Apple File Exchange has been part of the Macintosh System
   Software through System 7 Pro.  Since Macintosh PC Exchange 2.0
   provides users the ability to read, write and format PC-compatible and
   ProDOS disks, Apple has discontinued development of Apple File
   Exchange. Although Apple File Exchange 7.0 may work with the Power
   Macintosh series, it was not fully tested by Apple and is therefore not
   supported on PowerPC processor based Macintosh systems.


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