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From: jrwsnsr@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Jonathan R. Watts)
Newsgroups: misc.wanted,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Floppy disk exchange between C64 and MSDOS?
Message-ID: <3626@nmtsun.nmt.edu>
Date: 8 Dec 89 10:59:29 GMT
References: <6.UUL1.3#5129@willett.UUCP>
Organization: New Mexico Tech, Socorro NM
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In article <6.UUL1.3#5129@willett.UUCP>, dwp@willett.UUCP (Doug Philips) writes:
> I'm looking for software that runs on either a PC or C64 that can
> read/write floppies for the other.  PD/Sharware would be best, but I'm
> willing to pay for commercial product depending on price/performance.
> Surely I can't be the only person who has need to do this!?!?

I'm afraid it's probably impossible, as the disk drives use complete different
accessing methods.  The C64 drive changes speed depending on where the head is,
thus keeping a constant data density.  The IBM drive keeps the same speed,
giving different data densities on different parts of the disk.  Unless someone
makes an IBM-compatible disk drive for the C64 or a C-64-compatible disk drive
for the IBM, you're out of luck.  About the only to transfer files between the
two is by modem (or null modem).

  - Jonathan Watts

jrwsnsr@jupiter.nmt.edu