Xref: utzoo comp.sys.atari.st:29828 comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc:268 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!mcdphx!yendor.UUCP!stefan From: stefan@yendor.UUCP (Stefan Loesch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Writing ST floppies on a SUN SparcStation (Need help). Keywords: MTools, Patch Message-ID: <13278@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com> Date: 26 Jul 90 00:27:04 GMT References: <1990Jun22.105700.5878@planet.bt.co.uk> <8523@mirsa.inria.fr> Sender: listen@mcdphx.phx.mcd.mot.com Reply-To: stefan@yendor.UUCP (Stefan Loesch) Followup-To: comp.sys.atari.st Organization: Motorola Microcomputer Division, Tempe, Az. Lines: 25 I'm just writing a set of prgs. that'll do that: read, write atari st floppys on unix machines Also included are utilities to show the bootsector, directory and fat. What you need for it is basically a UNIX machine that has a 3 1/2 inch floppydrive and is capable of formatting floppys for the PC/XT 3 1/2 inch DS, 80 tracks, 9 sectors. The programs are in a raw state, that means they are running, but are not documented, not fully tested and will ocasionally dump core when confronted with yet another new situation. AND I WILL NOT GIVE OUT COPYS BEFORE I CONSIDER THEM READY FOR BETA TEST. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES. I'm not sure how I will make them available (shareware ? public domain ? freeware ?), but I'll decide the next couple of weeks. The set should be ready in about one to two months (depending on how often my wife lets me switch on power on my computer :-) ). Hope that helps Stefan stefan@phx.mcd.mot.com