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Article #33921Re: ibm pc diskettes
From: Hartmut Semken
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1988 14:40
Date: Fri, 02 Sep 1988 14:40
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In article <5914@gryphon.CTS.COM> freuden@gryphon.CTS.COM (Ralph Freudenberger) writes: >Is there software available for the st that will write ibm/pc compatible >diskettes? This is called GEMDOS and is located in the ST ROMs. The builtin FORMATTER will format diskettes with a format, not known to DOS 3.3 (or 3.2 or the like). If you format the disk on the IBM and write to it on the ST, all will work fine. There rare some problems with the 40-cylinder (360k) disk drives connected to the ST: the track-to-track time of these drives is about 6 msec, the ST assumes 3 msec. You can patch that wit ha simple POKE (or the like). Mabe Atari will make the system variables related to the external hardware (like 5.25 inch disk drives) official? hase -- Hartmut Semken, Lupsteiner Weg 67, 1000 Berlin 37 hase@netmbx.UUCP If there is something more important than my ego, I want it caught and shot, NOW! (Zaphod Beeblebrox)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!mcvax!unido!tub!tmpmbx!netmbx!hase From: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: ibm pc diskettes Keywords: ibmpc Message-ID: <1295@netmbx.UUCP> Date: 2 Sep 88 14:40:54 GMT References: <5914@gryphon.CTS.COM> Reply-To: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken) Organization: netmbx Public Access Unix, Berlin, West Germany Lines: 23