--- Niels Bretschneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apple had this PC Exchange system extension (i thing > it was called > something like this) which allowed accessing > DOS-formatted floppys. > Will it also work with SCSI hard drives?
Yes, it will, usually. What System or Mac OS version? Apple File Exchange is on System 6 and I don't think it supports PC hard drives. System 7 got PC Exchange, which can support PC hard drives if you check the box in the control panel. With Mac OS 8.5 they went to File Exchange, not sure when File Exchange got FAT32 support but it does in Mac OS 9.x.x. One thing to note, any time you connect a PC formatted disk/drive to a Mac, it immediately gets some folders written to it for the desktop, trash and resource fork information, just in case you might copy some Mac files to it. This can cause problems because when writing Mac files to a PC disk it saves the resource and data forks as seperate files, which uses more FAT (File Allocation Table) entries. This is especially a problem on FAT16 because the root directory can only hold 256 entries for files and directories. Files and directories with names longer than 8.3 characters use more than one FAT entry. (This may cause problems if you need to use the drive with DOS 6.22 or Windows 3.1x or older.) Subdirectories on FAT16 are unlimited, so on a drive not used for booting, the root could have 256 directories with 8.3 names and any number of subdirectories under the top 256. That's why you can't grab 500 JPEGs and just drag them to a ZIP 100 disk. Most of them must go into folders. FAT32 has no root directory limitations because the FAT is able to grow beyond its minimum size, but it's still a good idea on ANY filesystem on any computer platform to keep as few files at the root level as possible. ===== It's total Fandemonium! http://www.fandemonium.org __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
