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From: fred@cbmvax.UUCP (Fred Bowen)
Newsgroups: misc.wanted,comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Floppy disk exchange between C64 and MSDOS?
Message-ID: <8903@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 8 Dec 89 23:40:05 GMT
References: <6.UUL1.3#5129@willett.UUCP> <3626@nmtsun.nmt.edu> <31097@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu>
Reply-To: fred@cbmvax.UUCP (Fred Bowen)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <31097@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu> Ben Wildasin writes:
>In article <3626@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.
>
>This is true of the 1541 only.

The 1541 drive's spindle speed is constant; the number of sectors per track
varies.  In native mode the CBM drives are not capatible with with MSDOS
(the encoding scheme and file system are very different).  Johnathan is
correct, however, that a program such as Big Blue Reader can read and write
MSDOS diskettes when used with a 1571 (5.25") or 1581 (3.5") drive.

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