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From: lawrence@techpub3.isc-br.com (Lawrence Kelley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Downloading with an IBM for the ST
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Date: 11 Oct 90 19:20:56 GMT
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In article <4757MV010320@NDSUVM1> MV010320@NDSUVM1.BITNET writes:

He has an IBM XT with a 3.5 drive.  Can he in any way download
>stuff for me using his XT???

Your ST can read a disk that was formated on the PC as long as it's not
high density (1.4M) which it probably isn't since it's an XT.  The PC 
can read a disk formated on the ST only if you've used a formater that
puts the DOS boot sector on the disk.  DCFormat will do this for you.

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