Yes, I have read up on it, but, there is no technical data. I would need one to be able to duplicate it.
Bill Garber ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Apple2list" <apple2list@mail.maclaunch.com> Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 2:51 PM Subject: Re: MP3 on IIgs and HFS (was: Memory costs) : IIRC, there was an external version of the Mockinboard for the //c, it : connected to the serial port(?), maybe. : : -----Original Message----- : From: Apple2list [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nat : Hall : Sent: Wednesday, August 31, 2005 1:45 AM : To: Apple2list : Subject: Re: MP3 on IIgs and HFS (was: Memory costs) : : : On Tuesday, August 30, 2005, at 10:18 PM, Bill Garber wrote: : : > : > : I'm not sure what other formats besides WAV would : > : be an option for conversion. : > : > I'm still looking at the MP3 option, although the chip : > I was pointed to only does MPEG 2.5. : > : : I'm intrigued by the thought of a combo MP3 decoder/stereo sound card : for the IIgs. I have always been interested in adding stereo : capability to my IIgs, but I'd definitely hold out getting such a : device if I knew a card capable of MP3 playback was on the way. : : On a sound card note, do you know if there will be a clone available of : the Mockingboard revision that worked on a //c? I'd be interested in : getting something like that for my //c+. I only ask because you : mentioned Mockingboard clones will be out soon. Though I acknowledge : this is a remote possibility. :) : : > : Really? For what reason? : > : > I was just under the impression from what I've read that : > the HFS partitions break down, and you can't run programs : > from them. : > : > : Aside from a small ProDOS boot partition, my IIgs hard drive is : > : completely HFS and I have never had any problems. Are there certain : > : activities I should avoid that could potentially cause an incident? : > : I've had the hard disk set up this way for a long long time without : > : trouble. <knock on wood> To be honest, I wasn't even aware there were : > : issues with the IIgs implementation of HFS. For the most part, all : > the : > : ZIP-100 disks I use with it are also formatted in HFS. : > : > : > Really? That's great then. Good Luck. : > : : Well, it's true that ProDOS 8 programs won't run from an HFS partition. : You simply get an error message instructing you to move the program to : a ProDOS partition to run if you try to launch one from the Finder. It : won't crash your system or anything. But I've found most of the ProDOS : 8 programs that won't run from HFS won't run from a hard drive to begin : with anyway, HFS or not. ProDOS 16 / GS/OS programs run flawlessly. : : As for breakdown, I haven't had any yet. But I'm curious about this. : Does anyone have more information on this? What kind of breakdown? And : what initiates it? 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