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#AMAX problem

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#163440From: Barbara KenneySep 11, 1994 8:25 AM
I don't know. I recall reading that I needed WB2.1 to run AMax IV and haad this installed at the time that the dealer (expert services) installed the AMaxIV for me. I had Picasso installed at the same time and it is possible that the 2.1 was required due to that board (have to admit that without Picasso the color for AMaxIV would be fairly slow. The system as I have it, however, works perfectly. I was going to get 3.1 so that I could use AGA (because of the Picasso) on the Amiga side but guess I will not try it. The pictures are really fine enough without it. For me the system works fine. I have a number of CDRom disks that even work well (Mac CDRom, although games do not work). I have a number of educational programs including a neat physics program with graphics, I run compuserve off the Mac, ClarisWorks and lots more and all my printing with Powerprint works just fine (including 24 bit color from the Mac side). I would hate to think that 3.1 voids the Amax. They should have checked this out. Perhaps AMax will get a software upgrade or could tell us why this is. Expert Services in Florence Ky probably would know. They are an excellent Amiga dealer and also the distributor for Picasso, and their system has Amax on it and I think they were running the beta version of 3.1 last time I was there although I am not certain. I would have gone through them to get 3.1 installed and they were to call me when they got it. They have not called, perhaps because of this incompatibility problem. Let me know how you get it solved. Thanks.
#163535From: Brian LoweSep 12, 1994 8:01 AM
Hi, Barbara, I also upgraded to ADOS 2.1 to run Amax IV. However, my system will not read low density Mac floppies in the Amiga low density drive. Have you had success doing this? (I have an A3000.) Thanks, Brian
#163960From: Steven D. KapplinSep 14, 1994 11:27 PM
Brian, Amax IV cannot read low density floppies. To transfer low density floppy data you must use the Amax IV file transfering utilities which create a file image of the disk. These images may be "mounted" as drives in the Setup program and will then show up on the Mac desktop. Amax IV only reads high density disks. If you don't want to be bothered by the file transfering process, better plan on getting a high density floppy drive.
#164320From: Brian LoweSep 17, 1994 9:26 AM
Hi again, Steven, >> If you don't want to be bothered by the file transfering process, better plan on getting a high density floppy drive. << I HAVE a HD drive, but that doesn't do me much good for the Mac software I have on LD installation disks. See my reply to you in "AmaxIV & WB3.1" thread. Brian