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Article #4642Re: HD disks & reading IBMPC disks
From: Bill Silvert
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1989 11:05
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 1989 11:05
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In article <PINKAS.89Oct6115615@cadev2.intel.com> pinkas@cadev2.intel.com (Israel Pinkas ~) writes:
>This has probably been asked before, butI haven't been reading this group
>for long.
...
>2) Does somebody know how to get a 1040ST to read floppies written by an
> IBM PC? I have a Sun386i at work that can write IBM-compatible disks,
> and I would love to bypass the download.
The ST reads IBM floppies (720K) without difficulty. I routinely
transfer files to my ST by writing them to a 3-1/2" PC drive and taking
the disk home. But the IBM systems will not read disks formatted on the
ST unless you use a special formatting program.
--
Bill Silvert, Habitat Ecology Division.
Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada B2Y 4A2
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.dal.ca!silvert From: silvert@cs.dal.ca (Bill Silvert) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: HD disks & reading IBMPC disks Summary: ST reads IBM disks Message-ID: <1989Oct7.110518.16904@cs.dal.ca> Date: 7 Oct 89 11:05:18 GMT References: <PINKAS.89Oct6115615@cadev2.intel.com> Sender: silvert@cs.dal.ca.UUCP (Bill Silvert) Reply-To: bill@biomel.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Habitat Ecology Div., Bedford Inst. of Oceanography Lines: 19