Xref: utzoo comp.sys.atari.st:32827 comp.sys.next:10114 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!att!linac!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!osiris.cso.uiuc.edu!gordon From: gordon@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (John Gordon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.next Subject: Re: Reading DOS formatted diskettes Keywords: DOS,disk,reading,info,transfer Message-ID: <1990Nov28.220102.29550@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> Date: 28 Nov 90 22:01:02 GMT References: <4252@dora.oakhill.UUCP> Sender: news@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (News) Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana Lines: 5 Well, I don't know about NeXT's, but I do know this: I can format 3 1/2" 720K disks on an IBM, and then both the IBM and my 1040 ST can read and write on the disk. Although, when the ST deletes files from the disk, it kind of messes up the free-space count, so I always delete from the IBM.