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Article #5998Re: 360k floppy
From: VICC Project (Rose)
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1989 04:26
Date: Wed, 22 Nov 1989 04:26
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In article <905@uhnix2.uh.edu> uace0@uhnix2.UUCP writes: >You can use DC FORMATTER to do the same thing. Just write an executable boot >sector to drive A: that has the set seek rate option enabled. From the main >menu, just set the seek rate to 6, then go to the executable boot sector >menu. Next select the set step rate option, and write out the boot sector to >drive A: Now when you boot of of drive A:, the step rate for drive B: will be >set so you can read and write to the 5 1/4" drive. > >Of course, other boot sector programs can also be written at the same time from >the DC FORMATTER executable boot menu. I did use DC Formatter, that was what allowed me to read the floppy on the ST. It will not write however (except occaisionally it will write the directory sector). It is a QUME drive with only jumpers for the drive select. -- Frank Filz Center For Integrated Electronics Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute vicc@unix.cie.rpi.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!crdgw1!rpi!unix.cie.rpi.edu!vicc From: vicc@unix.cie.rpi.edu (VICC Project (Rose)) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: 360k floppy Message-ID: <1989Nov22.042602.15371@rpi.edu> Date: 22 Nov 89 04:26:02 GMT References: <1989Nov18.045347.26261@rpi.edu> <905@uhnix2.uh.edu> Reply-To: vicc@unix.cie.rpi.edu.UUCP (VICC Project (Rose)) Organization: CIE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY Lines: 21