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From: redbeard@pro-graphics.cts.com (Dave Chow)
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Subject: Re: MS-DOS
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Date: 8 Feb 91 08:56:15 GMT
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Date: 30 Jan 91 06:39:01 GMT
From: gh1w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Gregory A. Haverkamp)
Subject: Re: MS-DOS
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2

In regards to the response that the PCT only uses a pseduo MSDOS on a GS
3.5, it should be mentioned that this only correct under certain
conditions.  

When the GS 3.5" drive is connected directly to the floppy cable from
the PCT, it actually will read and write "real" MSDOS.  Well, real
enough that I could write programs on my GS at home and take them to a
friends MSDOS machine, stick them in, and operate from them.  By the
same token, it will also read 3.5" disks formatted and operated
originally in a true MSDOS machine.

When, however, the GS 3.5" drive is connected to the Smartport, they are
actually written to in a special format, that can only be read in by the
PCT.  This is the same thing that happens to 5.25" drives connected to
the Smartport.

			Greg Haverkamp   GH1W@andrew.cmu.edu
 
 
so there's no way to have a MSDOS machine read my files written by a PCT
connected to my Smartport?
 
 
dave chow