Hi Harry,

The Mavica cameras I?m familiar with wrote to 1.44MB floppy disks. There is
a fairly new variety which writes to a mini-CD which I?m guessing you?re
describing based on the capacity.  Also, a stock Windoz machine only has
floppy or CD capability so that further limits the possibilities.

I believe the only way for your Mac to read it is to use a Mac with a tray
loading mechanism.  I believe I?m correct in stating that these smaller CDs
should NOT be inserted into a slot loading mechanism, ever!  It could damage
the drive.  And be sure to have your file exchange (or pc exchange) control
panel as well as the ISO 9660 extension active because these are windows
formatted media.

Ward Oldham


On 10/19/2002 2:37 PM, "Harry Jacobson-Beyer" <harryjb at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> An acquaintance gave me photos on a mini disk. The writing on the disk says
> its  a 156MB for Mavica. My Mac powerbook (OS 9.2.2) nor my desktop Mac (OS
> X.1.? cannot read the disk. My pc (windows 98), however can read the disk.
> 
> What gives?
> 
> Do I need special software, an extension, or control panel on the macs to
> read this disk?
> 
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> 
> Harry,
> 
> 
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