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From: myb100@csc.anu.oz
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: wishful? I want to write an amiga disk on a SPARCstation
Message-ID: <1040.256bd4d1@csc.anu.oz>
Date: 23 Nov 89 11:30:21 GMT
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In article <1989Nov22.185304.23611@athena.mit.edu>, chekmate@athena.mit.edu (Adam Kao) writes:
> In article <1989Nov22.015959.1279@uniwa.uwa.oz> toivo@uniwa.uwa.oz (Toivo Pedaste) writes:
> 
>>I've had no problem with writing 720k disks on a SPARCstation for reading
>>on the amiga. I did originally format them on the amiga.
>>-- 
>>	Toivo Pedaste				ACSNET: toivo@uniwa.uwa.oz
> 
> I didn't know the amiga could read 720k disks.  Do you have a special
> drive?  Did you have to use any special software?
> 

I'd like to know about this too - kermiting takes a _long_ time and is
not CPU friendly. Also, how do you write the 720k disks in the first place ?
Using a CrossDos type of program on both machines ?

> 
> Any help is greatly appreciated.  Send email and save bandwidth!
> 
              ^^^^ ditto

NO - don't consider it wasted badwidth, there is at least one other interested
person out here. 

> Adam Kao
> chekmate@athena.mit.edu

Markus Buchhorn
Mt Stromlo Observatory, Canberra, Australia
markus@mso.anu.oz.au  -or-  nssdca::psi%mssso::markus