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From: boyd@mailer.cc.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Can a PC read ST disks?
Message-ID: <1991Jan24.222529.28498@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
Date: 24 Jan 91 22:25:29 GMT
References: <1991Jan17.224413.20354@rice.edu> <1991Jan18.221204.4936@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> <2958@laura.UUCP>
Reply-To: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
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In article <2958@laura.UUCP>, klute@tommy.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Rainer Klute) writes:
>Hmm, I thought since TOS 1.4 it made no difference whether the disk was
>formatted on an ST or a PC. Comments anyone?

That is correct.  Neodesk will also format disks with the correct bootsector
info for PC's.
>
>Anyway, I am able to exchange floppies formatted on my ST with my Sun
>SparcStation where I read and write them with Mtools.

Could you please email/post which version of MTOOLS you are using, and any
ifdefs you had to change to make it work (if any).  Thanks!

>
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