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Article #2606Re: NeXT/DEC floppies compatible?
From: slsw2
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 1990 22:00
Date: Tue, 18 Dec 1990 22:00
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In article <AbPCdOm00VI8APgkFd@andrew.cmu.edu>, dd26+@andrew.cmu.edu (Douglas F. DeJulio) writes: > 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. I really doubt that the filesystems would be compatible since the endianism of those machines differs; 68000s are big-endian and the VAX is little-endian (or is that vice-versa? I can never remember). -- =============================================================================== Roger Ivie 35 S 300 W Logan, Ut. 84321 (801) 752-8633 ===============================================================================
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!cc.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!slsw2 From: slsw2@cc.usu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.sys.next Subject: Re: NeXT/DEC floppies compatible? Message-ID: <1990Dec18.160026.45281@cc.usu.edu> Date: 18 Dec 90 22:00:26 GMT References: <AbPCdOm00VI8APgkFd@andrew.cmu.edu> Organization: Utah State University Lines: 19