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- From: slb1b@cc.usu.edu (Holographic Banana)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga format disk read/write utility on MS-DOS computers.
- Message-ID: <1992Jul26.171213.57506@cc.usu.edu>
- Date: 26 Jul 92 17:12:13 MDT
- References: <BrJJrB.H1J@newcastle.ac.uk> <2XL4NB1w165w@homebase.hacktic.nl> <1992Jul19.185453.7908@infonode.ingr.com>
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- In article <1992Jul19.185453.7908@infonode.ingr.com>, palmerc@abulafia.b21.ingr.com (Christopher M. Palmer) writes:
- > In article <2XL4NB1w165w@homebase.hacktic.nl> john@homebase.hacktic.nl (SysOp HomeBase) writes:
- >>I.A.Inman@newcastle.ac.uk ( Ian Alexander Inman) writes:
- >>> PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE, does anyone know of a utility that can read/write/for
- >>> Amiga, for MS-DOS and ST format disks, but it would be more useful to
- >>> be able to access Amiga disks on a PC.
- >>
- >>I can't really figure why you want to read Amiga disks on PC but I've been told
- >>that reading Amiga disks on PC is virually impossible. PC reads sectors and the
- >>Amiga reads entire tracks a time.
-
- Though I know the Amiga disk structure thoroughly,
- I don't know enough of the details about PC disk structure. However, I don't
- believe that it's impossible. The Amiga hardware does read one track at a
- time, which is done partly as a means of look-ahead. The main difference is
- the number of sectors per track and the way of laying out directories, etc. The
- Amiga doesn't use a FAT, for example. The PC doesn't use the same bitmaps, nor
- does it use FHBs. I know that this is off the subject (sorry, I know that this
- is c.o.m.m! Flog, flog :-)
-
- I think my point is that though it shouldn't be impossible, with CrossDOS and
- MSH out there, I don't see why anybody would want to go to the bother of
- writing this type of program?
-
- >> Why don't you just use PC-formatted disks when
- >>you want to port text of something like that. Reading and writes MS-DOS floppies
- >>is implemented in OS 2.04 of the Amiga!
- >>
- >
- > I need a way of doing this also. I have an Amiga 1000 (with 1.3) and
- > I am about to purchase a 386DX40 MS-DOS machine. I have lots of text,
-
- I have an A500 running 1.3, and port stuff back and forth all of the time.
- Use MSH. It's shareware and reads/writes MS-DOS disks just fine. Just add the
- filesystem handler and add to your mountlist, and you're off and running.
-
-
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- James Knowles
- slb1b@cc.usu.edu
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