Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!tektronix!hplabs!hp-pcd!orstcs!nathan From: nathan@orstcs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.apple Subject: Re: Pro-DOS and non-Apple peripherals. Message-ID: <15200007@orstcs.UUCP> Date: Thu, 29-Mar-84 01:48:00 EST Article-I.D.: orstcs.15200007 Posted: Thu Mar 29 01:48:00 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 22-Mar-84 02:29:53 EST References: <3486@utcsrgv.UUCP> Organization: Oregon State University - Corvallis, OR Lines: 10 Nf-ID: #R:utcsrgv:-348600:orstcs:15200007:000:386 Nf-From: orstcs!nathan Mar 19 22:48:00 1984 Why doesn't PRODOS work with non-apple disk controller cards? WELL. You see, apple has been losing money to Franklin, and they figured that, as long as they were intoducing a new OS, they might as well make sure it would work on their hardware but not Franklin's. You got caught in the middle (pretty much as they intended). the unreliable source, Nathan C. Myers orstcs!nathan