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Article #1691Re: Converting Dec to IBM
From: Art McClinton
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1989 21:58
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 1989 21:58
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There are many ways to do this: 1) If you are trying to go from a Rainbow Running MS-DOS to an IBM PC with a double sided dual density drive (a PC, XT or the bottom drive in an AT) Then the easiest way is to FORMAT a disk on the PC as a single sided disk (use the /1 switch) and then take the disk to the rainbow to copy files to be read on the PC. The disk should either be a new disk, or it should be bulk erased before if is used for this operation as the 96 TPI heads on the rainbow can not erase the data in a 48 TPI track. 2)If the IBM PC has a high density drive (IBM PC/AT) then the easiest thing to do is get the public domain RX50 driver for the AT. This will allow you do read the Rainbow disks directly on the AT. *---Art * *Arthur T. McClinton Jr. ARPA: ART@MITRE.ARPA *Mitre Corporation MS-Z305 Phone: 703-883-6356 *1820 Dolley Madison Blvd Internal Mitre: ART@MWVMS or M10319@MWVM *McLean, Va. 22102 DECUS DCS: MCCLINTON * =-=- This note is in response to yours which follows -=-= Anyone out there know how to convert DEC files to IBM PC? Let me know. Jean T.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!MITRE.MITRE.ORG!art From: art@MITRE.MITRE.ORG (Art McClinton) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec.micro Subject: Re: Converting Dec to IBM Message-ID: <8902122158.AA00315@mitre.arpa> Date: 12 Feb 89 21:58:40 GMT References: <71216JET3@PSUVM> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The MITRE Corp., Washington, D.C. Lines: 26