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From: tony@tacky.cs.olemiss.edu (Tony Reynolds)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Can a PC read ST disks?
Keywords: compatabiblity
Message-ID: <1991Jan23.211440.5812@cs.olemiss.edu>
Date: 23 Jan 91 21:14:40 GMT
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Organization: University of Mississippi, Dept. of Computer Science
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Okay, as long as the PC has a 1.44MB disk (haven't tried with 720K), and
the disk has had an IBM boot sector written to it, you can read/write
twister formatted disks!

You can add a line like:

drivparm=/d:1 /n:10 /t:82

This makes a new device at boot time, drive x: (x is one letter greater
than the last drive that was installed), assumes your 1.44 is drive B:
to start with, and sets the new drive up as 10 sec/track and 82 tracks/
disk.

When Mess-Doss comes up, it will say something like:

INSTALLED NEW DEVICE FOR DRIVE D:

(I just tried it with MS-DOS 3.3 and it  said "Unrecognized command in 
CONFIG.SYS," but I know it works with DOS 4.01)

Then you can type "dir d:" and the computer will say
"Put disk for drive D: in drive B:"
You slip it the disk, and bingo, r/w twister disks, no problems.

Note that I make no guarantees that this'll work; I had now
problems, and used it AT MY OWN RISK.  Please consult your 
Mess-Doss manual for information on DRIVPARM. I have not tried it
with the disks produced by FORMAT11, as my system cannot reliably r/w
these disks.  Sorry.

Also note that there is NO E in DRIVPARM! It stung me three times!

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