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From: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: CrossDOS and multitasking Works!/ClockDJ
Summary: won't work with 1.44 meg floppy
Message-ID: <1186@corpane.UUCP>
Date: 11 Oct 89 13:27:42 GMT
References: <210@grape3.UUCP>
Reply-To: sparks@corpane.UUCP (John Sparks)
Organization: Corpane Industries, Inc.
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In article <210@grape3.UUCP> king@cell.mot.COM (Steven King) writes:
>   Will it read/write the 1.44 Mbyte 3.5" format my friend so loves to use on
>   his MS-DOS box?  If so, is CrossDOS fast enough that I can use the 1.44M
>   MS-DOS format for my own devious purposes on the Amiga?
>


Nope, Crossdos won't work with 1.44 meg floppies. But that's a limitation of
the Amiga, in the actual hardware if I am not mistaken. The chip that controls
the floppy drives can't handle the 1.44 meg style drives.
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