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From: waynem@oakhill.UUCP (Wayne Martinez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st,comp.sys.next
Subject: Reading DOS formatted diskettes
Summary: I need help transferring files from a NeXT CubeFloppy to a MegaST-2
Keywords: DOS,disk,reading,info,transfer
Message-ID: <4263@dora.oakhill.UUCP>
Date: 29 Nov 90 18:03:56 GMT
Organization: Motorola Inc. Austin, Tx
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The scoop:
	
	Work: access to the world, able to obtain great stuff via the net.

	Home: access to work via 2400 baud modem (yuck).

	Twist:
	      I have a NeXT at work with a DIT CubeFloppy 1.4.  The little
	      black box supposedly formats a 720K DOS disk;  according to
	      the documentation.

	      However,  if I format a disk on the DIT and take it home,  the
	      Atari drive reacts as if it were an unformatted disk.

	      If I format the disk on the Atari (from the GEM desktop),  the
	      DIT reacts as if the disk were unformatted.

	      If I format the disk using DCFORMAT.PRG and write the MS-DOS
	      boot sector,  the NeXT accepts the disk as formatted.

	      If I write files on the MS-DOS boot disk from the Atari,  the
	      NeXT does not see them;  they do not appear in the directory
	      listing.

	      If I write files on the MS-DOS boot disk from the NeXT,  the
	      Atari does not see them;  they do not appear in the directory
	      listing.

	Help: What am I doing wrong?
	      Is the format of the diskettes not compatible?
	      If so,  is there any software to transfer between the formats?
	      And if so,  from where can it be obtained?

Thanks in advance for the help - Wayne

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