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From: bwildasi@silver.bacs.indiana.edu (Ben Wildasin)
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Subject: Re: Floppy disk exchange between C64 and MSDOS?
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Date: 8 Dec 89 17:00:50 GMT
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In article <3626@nmtsun.nmt.edu> jrwsnsr@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Jonathan R. Watts) writes:

>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).

This is true of the 1541 only. 1571, 1581, and 128/D disk drives all
work fine. There are several programs available to do the
transferring, the best-known of which are the  Big Blue Reader, which
transfers between CBM DOS and MS-DOS (and CP/M for the 128), and The
MS-DOS Connection, from RUN magazine. Note that all of these programs
require a 157/81 drive.


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Ben Wildasin                               bwildasi@silver.ucs.indiana.edu
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