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Article #2995Re: Program to read C128 disks on a PC???
From: Rick Clements
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 1990 16:20
Date: Wed, 05 Sep 1990 16:20
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In article <6441@darkstar.ucsc.edu> ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) writes: >>I am looking for a program to read/write C128 diskettes on a >>PC-compatible. >I've heard there is one called "the Big Blue Reader", but i've never seen it. >If you get ahold of one, let me know. I have some C64 data that needs to go >to IBM, too. -ted- Big Blue Reader works well, but it doesn't run on the IBM. It runs on a C128 with a 1571. It will read and write the 48 TPI IBM disks (double density). It can't read the high density disks. (I have no trouble reading double density disks written on a high density drive.) -- Rick Clements (RickC@pogo.WV.TEK.COM)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!samsung!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!orca.wv.tek.com!pogo!rickc From: rickc@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Rick Clements) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Program to read C128 disks on a PC??? Summary: Big Blue reader runs on C128 with 1571 Message-ID: <9745@pogo.WV.TEK.COM> Date: 5 Sep 90 16:20:01 GMT References: <856@iiasa.UUCP> <6441@darkstar.ucsc.edu> Reply-To: rickc@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Rick Clements) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Wilsonville, OR. Lines: 14