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From: adp@moscom.UUCP (Alan Percy)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os9
Subject: Re: os9 - pc disk transfers
Message-ID: <2051@moscom.UUCP>
Date: 11 Apr 90 12:26:02 GMT
References: <1990Feb13.003729.11650@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> <1526@mcrware.UUCP> <00934531.16B8F2C0@lne.kth.se>
Reply-To: adp@moscom.UUCP (Alan Percy)
Organization: Moscom Corp., E. Rochester, NY
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In article <00934531.16B8F2C0@lne.kth.se> gurell01@VAXKAB writes:
>In article <1526@mcrware.UUCP>, tim@mcrware.UUCP (Tim Harris) writes:
>>In article <1990Feb13.003729.11650@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> jmh@cscosl.ncsu.edu (j Mark Holt) writes:
>>>Does anyone out there know of any programs to let an os9 machine read/write 
>>>pc (DOS) diskettes and/or vice-versa? (any format, any size....) .....
>>
>>	Microware does indeed have such a tool in PCFM, the PC File Manager...
>>
>Yeah! I got a borchyr about it. And its not only File transferes 
>you can do, its more than that. with the pakage will options like  Cross
>assemlers debugger, editors and so on. Question: dose it works with
>my machine!? It seems it is a Paralell cabel right over.

We have been using the PCFM for a month or so here.  A few warnings
before you all get your hopes up.

1.  It requires that your floppy disk driver handle 512 byte sectors
    in addition to the regular 256 byte sectors.  This is not an 
    insignificant change.

2.  Very few support tools are available (ie: format, deldir....)

3.  It seems "buggy" with 1.4 Meg disks.  I guess they're working
    on it though.

4.  Full compatibility with strange PC formats is not supported.
    Some PC format utilities use little "querks" of the real PC file
    system, that PCFM chokes on.

5.  It works better than no compatibility.

Good luck!!!
-- 
A nanosecond here, a nanosecond there, 
		next thing you know you've got real time.
Alan Percy..........................{rutgers,ames,cmcl2}!rochester!moscom!adp