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- From: dan@fch.wimsey.bc.ca (Dan Fandrich)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: 1581 disks?
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- Message-ID: <31021020.18fsn@fch.wimsey.bc.ca>
- Date: Sun, 21 Jan 1996 02:06:25 -0800
- References: <4dska2$bbu@uuneo.neosoft.com>
- Organization: Fandrich Cone Harvesters Ltd.
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- In article <4dska2$bbu@uuneo.neosoft.com> thoot@neosoft.com writes:
- >> "Dave W." <hbbuse08@csun.edu> writes:
- >> Are there any programs for MS-DOS that will let me read 1581 disks and
- >> convert the files to .t64 or .d64 format. (Just the disks, not connecting
- >> the drive to the PC).
- >There is no direct way to read Commodore disks with the IBM drive.
- >There are prgs that will allow you, with a special cable, to hook a 1541 up
- >and read it.
-
- You can, indeed, read 1581 disks in an IBM drive. The DOS shareware program
- 22disk will read 1581 disks in CP/M format, and I've written a filesystem
- driver for Linux that will read standard Commodore format 1581 disks. Email
- me if you'd like a copy of the Linux driver.
-
- >>> Dan
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