NeXT/DEC floppies compatible?

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From: Douglas F. DeJulio
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 1990 15:55

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I've got a NeXTstation at home with a 3.5" floppy drive, and a
VAXstation at the office with a 3.5" floppy drive.  If I format a
floppy with a unix filesystem using one of these machines, is there
any way (short of writing a device driver) to read it on the other?
I'm curious about compatibility with SPARCstation drives as well, but
I'm not as concerned because I don't use those frequently.
-- 
Doug DeJulio
dd26@andrew.cmu.edu
ddj@zardoz.club.cc.cmu.edu

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Subject: NeXT/DEC floppies compatible?
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Date: 17 Dec 90 15:55:06 GMT
Organization: Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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