Re: so how do you format a floppy for the MAC?

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From: Daniel Shelton
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 16:24

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In article <7619@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> gbol@rglnext.geol.vt.edu (Gregory B.  
Lampshire) writes:
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> It seems that BuildDOS is gone from NS3.0.  So how does one explicitly  
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> Gregory Lampshire 
> Virginia Tech 
> Bradley Department of Electrical Engineering
> gbol@rglnext.geol.vt.edu (NeXTmail welcome)
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> My opinions are my very own and do not reflect the opinions of any  
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Insert an uninitialized floppy into the drive.  A panel will come up asking you either to initialize or eject (or cancel).  If you click initialize, then the options (DOS, NeXT and Macintosh) can be selected. 

Dan (dan@ennex1.eng.utsa.edu)l.vt.edu (NeXTmail welcome)
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