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Article #27003Re: reading IBM-PC floppies.
From: turner
Date: Tue, 26 May 1987 15:36
Date: Tue, 26 May 1987 15:36
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in article <282@nikhefh.UUCP>, u13@nikhefh.UUCP (Rene van 't Veen) says:
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+ Hi there,
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+ Can anybody tell me, whether it is possible to read IBM-PC floppies on the
+ ST and vice-versa. I know it says somewhere that the two of them are supposed
+ to be compatible, but I wonder whether anyone has tried this yet. Hardware
+ differences are not the point, since I saw somebody advertising a 5 1/4 inch
+ mail : ..!mcvax!nikhefh!u13 or u13@nikhefh.UUCP
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I spent a lot of time trying to do this, there are some format
differences like the size of the FAT's etc. but the biggest problem
i had was that all of the PC's i had access to used quad-density
format which completely confused my drive. However with the correct
drives and some format kludges, it is possible.
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