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Re: reading rainbow disks on a '386 PC

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From: Charles Lasner
Date: Sat, 01 Aug 1992 17:14
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In article <1992Aug1.011053.8339@cs.mun.ca> keithr@garfield.cs.mun.ca (Keith Russell) writes:
>
>Does that apply to a Pro 350? Same floppy drive (RX50) but is the format
>the same? Also, what is RAINDOS, and again is does the format work with the
>Pro? 
>
>If there is nothing to read/write/format Pro disks on an AT or better, does
>anyone know the low-level format for P/OS 3.0 on the Pro? I should be able
>to cobble something together myself.
>
>Apologies if this is an FAQ.
>
>Thanks,
>keithr
>

These are PC programs to make the PC "like" MS-DOS disks as are used on the
DECmate II and Rainbow on RX50.  There are some packages that run on PC's that
handle other formats, such as 22DISK which does CP/M diskettes as used on the
ROBIN, or DECmate/Rainbow, or hundreds of other CP/M systems.

I have recently received a package from the (former) Soviet Union I am 
evaluating for the authors, who are attempting to freely communicate with the
rest of the world via Internet.  They seek support, so I guess you can think
of them as "international shareware" providers.  The programs allegedly
support RX50 (Files-11?) diskettes on PC's using additional shareware that
originates in Italy.  (I have the Italian shareware.)  I can post copies when
I get them doing something promising.  (uuencode split of PKZIP, etc.)

cjl
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