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From: George A. Theall
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 1989 21:21
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Comments: Rainbow Echomail from FRANK MALLORY    Read: YES
Subject:  DEC RAINBOW 100 DISK FORS    Conf: (74) fRAINBOW

GT> Comments: Rainbow Echomail from mcsun!hp4nl!star.cs.vu.nl!huisjes%cs.vu.nl@u

GT> Huisjes)
GT> Organization: VU Informatica, Amsterdam
GT>
GT> A friend of mine just got hold of a DEC Rainbow 100 running MS-DOS 2.11

GT> and he's having troubles with disk formats.
GT>
GT> Answers will be greatly appreciated.
GT> --
GT>                         Michiel Huisjes.  (huisjes@cs.vu.nl)

There are two ways to read/write Rainbow diskettes on the IBM PC, Michiel:

1)  Using a new diskette, FORMAT A:/1 on the IBM PC 360KB drive.

2)  Install the PD program RX50 on your 386 or other PC with high-density
drive, then read/write to D:.


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