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Article #3313Can a PDP-11 read IBM PC format diskettes?
From: Alan Walter
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 1990 19:10
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 1990 19:10
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Does anyone have a program or device driver which will allow a PDP-11/23
to copy datafiles from a 3-1/2" floppy disk written by an IBM PS/2
Model 70?
A second alternative: Does anyone have a program which will allow
an IBM PS/2 Model 70 computer to write datafiles to diskette in a format
which can be read by a PDP-11/23?
The configuration of the PDP is:
PDP-11/23
RT-11 version 5.01 Operating System
QM-606 floppy disk/hard controller card from Distributed Logic
Corporation (DiLog)
Fujitsu 3-1/2" floppy disk
DiLog has told me that their controller accesses the floppy drive
in the same track/sector configuration as the IBM PC, so the data ought
to be available if I can work through the filesystem incompatibilities.
Typically, a program such as Kermit would be sufficient for transferring
data in this manner. Unfortunately, the PDP system is at a location without
telephone or serial cable access so diskettes are the only means of
transferring the data.
Thanks, in advance, for any assistance you can provide.
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