Re: Amiga Floppy Disk Format.

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From: Travis Bissett
Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1991 04:07

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ACPS5788@Ryerson.CA (Roger Smith) writes:

> Hi,
>  At the risk of being heavily Flamed, I am seeking information on Disk format
> information for Amiga floppies. I am considering writing a File exchange prog
> m for the MAC that would read an amiga floppy and display its contents as a
> list of files . One source i've heard of is "Amiga DiskDrives inside and out"
> Can someone recommend another source or area that might be helpful?
> 

I sort of feel that the freely distributable Amiga classic program DISKX 
does a very good job at a very practical level of educating one about the 
AmigaDOS disk format (at least the original format -- can't say anything 
about teh FastFile System since my Amiga has a keyboard garage and 2 
floppies :-) 

-- Travis --

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