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Re: Magic sac problem

#23793
From: pete
Date: Sat, 06 Dec 1986 06:50
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In article <1845@alvin.mcnc.UUCP> ravi@alvin.UUCP (Ravi Subrahmanyan) writes:
>In article <1986Dec1.212909.18049@utcs.uucp> pete@utcs.UUCP (Peter Santangeli) writes:
>>In article <1836@alvin.mcnc.UUCP> ravi@mcnc.UUCP (Ravi Subrahmanyan) writes:
>>>......
>>>		a)  Run magic.prg and put in a mac disk with system
>>>                  files and boot off it.
>>>		b)  Eject the disk.
>>>		c)  Put in another disk which has my applications and
>>>		    hope the Sac will take it (I've tried pressing F1).
>>
>> ....it only lets you eject a disk THROUGH SOFTWARE. i.e., you must:...
>>	1) either choose the "EJECT" option from the finder's menu's, or 
>>	   type <Ctrl><e>.
>>	2) The magic sac will respond by displaying a flashing "A" in the upper
>>	   right corner of the screen. At this point you may eject the actual
>>	   diskette.
>>	3) Insert the other diskette. The ST/MagicSac will now read in the 
>>	   directory and desktop information from the new diskette.
>>							Pete Santangeli
>
>	But but but but (Baaaawwwwll).... (sniff).   It doesn't do that!  
>I've used Macs, and that's what I expected, but what I see it
>	1)  I eject the disk by choosing the EJECT option in the finder.
>	2)  "A" flashes, I push the button and get the disk out; the icon
>	     becomes dim.
>	3)  I put in a new disk: The (old) icon becomes bright again.. the
>	    %$#^$%# thing just assumes that I put the ejected disk back in,
>            and if I'm using the motivator, cheerfully rewrites all 400K
>	    or whatever back onto the disk.  Nice, but I didn't get the
>	    Sac to be a magic-format duplicator!  
>
>All help will be greatly appreciated; I'm desperate now. Thanks Pete,
>
>								-ravi



	Ravi,
	That is really wierd to say the least. I have been using the cartridge
for about 2 months now without problems. Which version of the software are you
currently using? I am using Version 2.0. I have talked to Dave Small in the
past, and the only problem involving the disk drives still at large according
to him is a duplication of write protect on drive 1 to drive 2. Maybe your
driver is flawed.
						Pete
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From: pete@utcs.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Magic sac problem
Message-ID: <1986Dec6.015008.2992@utcs.uucp>
Date: Sat, 6-Dec-86 01:50:08 EST
Article-I.D.: utcs.1986Dec6.015008.2992
Posted: Sat Dec  6 01:50:08 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Dec-86 02:18:02 EST
References: <1836@alvin.mcnc.UUCP> <1986Dec1.212909.18049@utcs.uucp> <1845@alvin.mcnc.UUCP>
Reply-To: pete@utcs.UUCP (Peter Santangeli)
Organization: University of Toronto Computing Services, general purpose UNIX
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Keywords: Mac magic sac macintosh emulator
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