The Duo 280 supports Mac OS up to 8.1. Please inform your "old friend and Duo addict" that such compatibility information is readily available from <http://www.everymac.com> and other similar resources. On Sep 21, 2004, at 11:38 AM, Jack Corcoran wrote: > An old friend and Duo addict, temporarily in Germany > (would you believe the Oktoberfest?) wrote the > following and needs some help: > > ------------- > JKC > > I had made a CD with a lot of info on it that I needed > during my stay here- I've done this before, and it > worked out OK- it's a good way to transport data. > > However, I can't read the disk at all- CD-Toolkit says > the drive is there, and I can read other CD's, but not > the one I need. > > I realized in the middle of the night that I had made > the CD in HFS Plus- and that the installed OS 8.1 > reads only HFS. > > Do you happen to know the first OS that would read HFS > Plus? And if the 280 will accept it? It may be that > OS 8.5 will handle HFS +, I think it will. > Whether the 280 will accept 8.5, I don't know. > > If you're still active with the Duo list afficianados > perhaps you can get an answer- I'd be most > appreciative.