NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #19/NN_1992_19.iso/spool/comp/sys/atari/8bit/4397

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Re: transferring files from SPARCstation to Atari 8-bit

This should work:

* Acquire a copy of "mtools" for the SPARCstation; this is a public-domain
  set of routines that will allow the SPARCstation to read/write MS-DOS
  3.5" floppy disks in the SPARCstation's built-in 3.5" drive.  Use this
  capability to place your Atari 8-bit files onto MS-DOS 3.5" disk.

* Acquire the program "UTIL" from the Atari Archive; copy it, too, onto
  MS-DOS 3.5" disk.  UTIL is a program for the PC which allows it to read/
  write true double-density AtariDOS 2.0 (e.g. MyDOS w/o subdirectories)
  disks.

* Acquire a PC that has a 3.5" drive AND a 5.25" drive.  These seem to be
  getting scarcer, but I have one so maybe you can find one.  Put the 3.5"
  disk containing UTIL (for the PC) and the downloaded Atari files, into the
  3.5" drive.  Put a true double-density AtariDOS 2.0 formatted disk into the
  5.25" drive (formatting a "true double-density" disk in AtariDOS 2.0 format
  is left as an exercise for the reader; I'd sweat over it, myself, but I've
  done it so I know it's possible).  Use UTIL to write the Atari files from
  the 3.5" PC disk to the 5.25" Atari disk.

* Use the 5.25" true double-density AtariDOS disk with any AtariDOS 2.0
  compatible, true double-density-supporting DOS, to read and use the files
  on your Atari.

Caveats:  UTIL is prone to misbehavior.  Mtools isn't the easiest thing to
  use.  UTIL only works on 360K PC drives.

Chris Chiesa
  [e-mail]