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From: cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: Program to read C128 disks on a PC???
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Date: 31 Aug 90 02:28:51 GMT
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ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) writes:

> >I am looking for a program to read/write C128 diskettes on a
> >PC-compatible.
> >
> I've heard there is one called "the Big Blue Reader", but i've never seen it.

Big Blue Reader is a Commodore program. There are 2 versions, one for
the 64 and one for the 128. Both require a 1571 drive. I used to use it
when I had both a Commodore and a PC... then I got DesTerm for the 128
and just ran files across a serial link at 9600 bps. :-)
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main(){float x=1;x=x/50;printf("It's only $%.2f, but it's my $%.2f!\n",x,x);}
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