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From: walter@ACT.UUCP (Alan Walter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sources.wanted,comp.sys.dec
Subject: Can a PDP-11 read IBM PC format diskettes?
Keywords: PDP-11, PS/2, diskette
Message-ID: <8@ACT.UUCP>
Date: 24 Sep 90 19:10:26 GMT
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Does anyone have a program or device driver which will allow a PDP-11/23
to copy datafiles from a 3-1/2" floppy disk written by an IBM PS/2 
Model 70?

A second alternative:  Does anyone have a program which will allow
an IBM PS/2 Model 70 computer to write datafiles to diskette in a format 
which can be read by a PDP-11/23?

The configuration of the PDP is:
    PDP-11/23
    RT-11 version 5.01 Operating System
    QM-606 floppy disk/hard controller card from Distributed Logic
       Corporation (DiLog)
    Fujitsu 3-1/2" floppy disk

DiLog has told me that their controller accesses the floppy drive
in the same track/sector configuration as the IBM PC, so the data ought
to be available if I can work through the filesystem incompatibilities.

Typically, a program such as Kermit would be sufficient for transferring
data in this manner.  Unfortunately, the PDP system is at a location without
telephone or serial cable access so diskettes are the only means of 
transferring the data.

Thanks, in advance, for any assistance you can provide.
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R. Alan Walter              A.C.T. Consulting, Inc.         Voice: 216-455-1444
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