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From: hcj@lzaz.ATT.COM (HC Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Reading IBM PS/2 disks
Summary: try formatting on the ST
Message-ID: <798@lzaz.ATT.COM>
Date: 23 Sep 89 20:41:38 GMT
References: <797@metaphor.Metaphor.COM>
Organization: AT&T ISL Lincroft NJ USA
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In article <797@metaphor.Metaphor.COM>, lgold@bambam.metaphor.com (Lynn Gold) writes:
> I need to read some ASCII files off disks written by an IBM PS/2.
> 
> The 314s on my ST can't read high-density IBM 3.5" floppies; they
> can't read low-density disks produced by a high-density drive.  The
> local Atari dealer says it's due to the difference in head size on the
> disk drives.
Try formatting on the ST.  Either use TOS1.4, or a PD formatter that
can put the IBM magic in sector 0.


Howard C. Johnson
ATT Bell Labs
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