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From: boyd@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Subject: Re: ST disks on a PC - are they readable/writeable ?
Message-ID: <9008170220.AA22054@fsucs.cs.fsu.edu>
Reply-To: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Organization: Florida State University Computer Science Department
References: <1946@cybaswan.UUCP>
Date: 17 Aug 90 02:24:40 GMT
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In article <1946@cybaswan.UUCP>, iiitih@cybaswan.UUCP (Ivan Izikowitz) writes:
>I have recently purchased an STe and I was wondering whether
>there was any truth in the fact that floppy disks formatted
>on an IBM PC are read/writeable by the ST and visa versa.
>
>If so, is there anything special which needs to be done - eg. does
>one need to format in a special way on the PC? 
>
>Ivan
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Well, I juggle PC disks back and forth between school and my Mega all the time.
I have found best results with a program called ps2form from terminator.  It 
is a little tos program that formats disks to make them usable on IBM pc com-
patables (including the PS/2's, which apparently have some disk quirks).  I 
have never had a problem with them.  Oh, if your disks stop working for no 
reason (ie as soon as you use them on your ST the pc compatibles no longer 
recognize them) suspect a virus!!!  That is how I found out about mine.  
Vkiller 3.something is available from terminator also, and is excellent.

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