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- From: Fritz Hopfner <a1111111@unet.univie.ac.at>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: ZIP and MS-DOS Disks
- Date: Wed, 21 Feb 1996 20:00:13 +0100
- Organization: Comp Delphin
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- Jim Johnson wrote:
- >
- > If you want to read a ZIP disk that has been formatted on a PC then you can read
- > it using CrossDos and a nice little program called MountDos100.lha that can be
- > found on the Aminet.
- >
- > This little CLI program will scan any PC formatted hard drive and either create
- > a mount list for it or it will go ahead and mount it. I tried it on the ZIP
- > Tools disk and it worked first try.
- >
- > On a similar note there is also a new program called Ziptool.lha available. It
- > will turn on and off the write protection stuff in the Zip drive. While it is
- > only a CLI based program it is easy to use and I am sure that someone could hack
- > a simple GUI for it.
- >
- > For those people who are having trouble getting the ZIP drive to automatically
- > mount from a mount list then add a "changedisk ZIP:" command to our startup
- > sequence. This will force the drive controller to start scanning the SCSI bus
- > for a disk insertion.
- >
- > With these two PD tools, HD Toolbox and possibly the ChangeDisk command the ZIP
- > drive is now completely functional.
- >
- > Have fun with your ZIP drives!
- >
- > --
- >
- > Jim J.
- >
- > Chronos@Gate.net
- > --
-
- Thanks alot - your suggestion worked well for the ZIP-Tools Disk, which
- I was able to mount and read within seconds. But nevertheless, my Amiga
- (A1200+Blizzard 1230III 50Mhz, SCSI) refuses to read MSDOS ZIP Disks I
- created on a Win95 machine.
- The utility tells me: Filesystem unknown...
-
- Any suggestions?
-