Re: Suggestions for reading DF0: discs on PC

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From: Jens Kirk
Date: Thu, 01 Jul 1999 00:00

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Brian Wallace wrote:

> Crossdos does it, all 2.0+ systems have it as my expanded A500 does. There
> is also an old  called messydos (on FredFish) that works on AmigaDOS 1.2+.
> You can buy
> a null modem cable most places (Radio Shack, CompUSA...) and tie a PC to an
> Amiga (check ports on both to get the right connectors on it), then use any
> Zmodem terminal programs on both sides to transfer files (that was the first
> way I did it).
>

There is a alternative to CrossDOS on Aminet in disk/misc/xfs.lha... Like
CrossDOS 7 it can handle long filenames (but xfs is free and did the long names
before CrossDOS). MessyDOS is outdated this way.

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