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Article #1109Re: PC reading Commodore 1541 disks
From: Patrick Taylor
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:14
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 1992 19:14
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In article <1992Aug12.052719.4642@qiclab.scn.rain.com> leonard@qiclab.scn.rain.com (Leonard Erickson) writes:
>user0006@student.anu.edu.au (Alex Stivala) writes:
>>Unfortunately, it's not possible due to the fact that the 1541 uses GCR,
>>which is *not* readable by IBMPC type drives. You will either need to put
>>the data onto MSDOS format disks from a Commodore 64 or 128 with a 1571 (or
>>1581 if you have 3.5") or use some sort of RS232 connection.
What's GCR? Anyone?
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