Re: DEC Read/Write of DOS floppy disk

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From: Michael Lush
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 14:02

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	A week ago I posted the following question:-

>        I have a DECstation 5000/25 (running ULTRIX V4.2A (Rev. 47)),
>and I want to read and/or write to DOS floppy disks via the internal
>disk drive.
>        How do I do this?  I've been told its possible but not how
>to do it.

	and offered to summerise...

	Anyway I got two replys boath pointing me to a package called
mtools,  a toolkit for unix read/write to DOS disks.

Avalible from:-

	ftp.uu.net
		/usenet/comp.sources.3b1/volume01
		drwxr-xr-x        512  Jul 29 18:39  mtools/
	gatekeeper.dec.com
		/.0/comp.sources.unix/volume11
		dr-xr-xr-x        512  Oct 31 18:31  mtools/
	physics.su.oz.au
		/386bsd/other-0.0
		drwxrwxr-x        512  Mar 31 1992  mtools/
	src.doc.ic.ac.uk
		/usenet/comp.archives/hardware/floppies
		drwxr-xr-x        512  May  3 1991  mtools/

	I also noticed something called sparc-mtools available from
the same places, make of this what you will...

	Anyway thankyou very much for the help.

 
Michael Lush
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