Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!mcsun!inria!laas!ralph From: ralph@laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: MS-DOS --> Atari --> MS-DOS Summary: No, you don't need TOS 1.4 or TOS 1.6 Keywords: ps2format Message-ID: Date: 24 Jul 90 10:24:59 GMT References: <2982@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> Sender: news@laas.laas.fr Reply-To: ralph@laas.fr Distribution: comp.sys.atari.st Organization: LAAS-CNRS France Lines: 23 In-reply-to: csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de's message of 11 Jul 90 09:19:39 GMT In article <2982@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de> csbrod@medusa.informatik.uni-erlangen.de (Claus Brod ) writes: | hpasanen@niksula.hut.fi (Harri Pasanen) writes: | | >Is it possible to read/write Atari 1040STE diskettes with IBM PS/2? | > - " - IBM PS/2 - " - Atari? | | >If so, which programs do I need and how is it done? | You don't need anything but the DESKTOP formatter if you own a STE. | TOS 1.4 and TOS 1.6 finally have a completely DOS-compatible disk format. For those who don't have either of these newer TOS-ups (:-) try ps2format which was posted sometime ago. It claims PS/2 compatibility. I've used it with straight old MS-DOS machines. Hope that this helps. Cheers, -- Ralph P. Sobek Disclaimer: The above ruminations are my own. ralph@laas.fr Addresses are ordered by importance. ralph@laas.uucp, or ...!uunet!laas!ralph If all else fails, try: sobek@eclair.Berkeley.EDU =============================================================================== Proud new owner of a Mega 4 ST. What's a Blitter?