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Article #4257Re: Reading IBM PS/2 disks
From: Kevin Clendenien
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1989 03:34
Date: Sat, 23 Sep 1989 03:34
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In article <797@metaphor.Metaphor.COM> lgold@bambam.metaphor.com (Lynn Gold) writes: >I need to read some ASCII files off disks written by an IBM PS/2. > Lynn, I do this all the time. On the PS/2 you format your disk like this: FORMAT A: /N:9 /T:80 This will create a 720K disk that can be read by your Atari. I've done this from Model 80's, Model 60's, Model 50's, and Model 30's. They all have a 1.4M floppy drive in them, so it will work... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- kclenden@silver.bacs.indiana.edu Kevin Clendenien BLoomington Atari ST users group BLAST, President BLAST BBS - (812) 332-0573 FNET node #141 "Of course any opinions or views stated above do not necessarily represent the official position of any person, or organization other that of Kevin Clendenien." --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!mailrus!iuvax!silver!kclenden From: kclenden@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Kevin Clendenien) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Reading IBM PS/2 disks Message-ID: <26473@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Date: 23 Sep 89 03:34:09 GMT References: <797@metaphor.Metaphor.COM> Reply-To: kclenden@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Kevin Clendenien) Organization: Indiana University, Bloomington Lines: 22