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- From: serendip@iag.net (Joseph Shaughnessy)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Dell/CrossDos. Help!
- Date: 2 Mar 1996 01:54:46 GMT
- Organization: Internet Access Group, Orlando, Florida
- Message-ID: <1160.6634T1254T1738@iag.net>
- References: <4f7st2$tbe@opera.iinet.net.au> <philw-1002961505090001@philw.users.xplor.com> <4g41cg$81e@opera.iinet.net.au>
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- Re: Dell/CrossDos. Help!John Parkercheshire@opera.iinet.net.au17-Feb-96
- 12:50:40
- JP> philw@xplor.com (PA Williamson) writes:
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- >>In article <4f7st2$tbe@opera.iinet.net.au>, cheshire@opera.iinet.net.au
- >>(John Parker) wrote:
-
- >>> OK, ok, after patiently waiting for a LOOONG time, I finally give in.
- >>> get this bloody Dell to read HiDensity IBM Disks reliably? I can read/
- >>> 1.76 mb no worries. I have crossdos (free with WB3.0) on my accelerate
- >>> and IT JUST WONT READ IBM DISKS! i have tried about a dozen different
- >>> from a range of machines with no luck... :-P What am I doing wrong???
- >>> Cheshire The Changeling Cat. (John Parker)
- >>> "Curiouser and Curiouser"
-
- >>Have you moved the DOS drivers from starage to the DEVS directory?
-
- JP> YES! YES! I have... Still won't work. The guy who sold it to me wasn't mu
- JP> help either.
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- JP> Any more suggestions (please?)
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-
- Well, I have a Dell HD drive and it works just fine for HD IBM disks. I'm
- fairly certain that you have to have CrossDOS version 6.0 or better to
- read/write HD IBM disks. Call Consultron at 1-313-459-7271 (after hours I
- think you get a BBS).
-
- Regards,
- Shag
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