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MacDisk for the PC read me file 8th June 1994
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Contents:
- How to install MacDisk
- Floppy support of MacDisk
- Known problems with MacDisk
How to install MacDisk
======================
If you do not read manuals this gives you the quick installation procedure.
If you are running Microsoft Windows you will need to run install.exe from
the file manager by either double-clicking it or using the Run command found
on the File menu. Once installed you will need to re-boot your PC.
If you are running MS-DOS then insert the MacDisk installation disk into
drive A or B and run install.exe from the disk. Once installed you will need
to re-boot your PC.
Floppy support of MacDisk
=========================
Please note that MacDisk will only work with 3.5" High Density floppy disks
and will NOT work with 3.5" Low Density floppy disks (800KB Macintosh disks)
due to hardware limitations on the PC. There may also be problems with using
1.44MB Macintosh floppies in some 2.88MB drives.
Known problems with MacDisk
===========================
If you attempt to use software which uses File Control Block (FCB) calls to
the file system, it will not work with MacDisk. These are typically old
applications, written for MS-DOS version 1. An example would be Sidekick.
If you are writing to a Macintosh disk from Lotus 1-2-3 V3.1 the files can be
corrupted. This is caused by 1-2-3 not flushing the file until either the
application terminates or another file is written. To avoid any corruption
either do not remove the disk until after the application is quit or ensure
that another file is written to a different disk before removing the Macintosh
disk.
Using DOS 6 you cannot use MSBACKUP to backup to a Macintosh floppy.
When running DOS 4.x there are several known problems.
When loading MacDisk an 'Invalid Configuration' error is generated.
This is a problem with the DOS 4 IFSFUNC command and does not effect
the loading or operation of MacDisk.
It is not always possible to print files on Macintosh disks using
the PRINT command. It will usually fail with a 'Path not found'
error. To print a file with this problem, copy it onto your local
DOS disk.
The BACKUP command will not backup to a Macintosh floppy.
When using dBASE IV there is a problem with dBASE in low memory situations.
If the 'largest executable size' as reported by the DOS command MEM is below
395000 when dbase is booted it is likely to either terminate reporting
'insufficient memory' or crash the system with an integer divide by zero.