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From: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: Amiga emulation for MSDOS
Message-ID: <19333@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 27 Feb 91 04:44:17 GMT
References: <4831@ruuinf.cs.ruu.nl> <5236@vela.acs.oakland.edu> <1991Feb26.122709.10312@vaxa.strath.ac.uk>
Reply-To: daveh@cbmvax.commodore.com (Dave Haynie)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Feb26.122709.10312@vaxa.strath.ac.uk> cadp16@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:
>In article <5236@vela.acs.oakland.edu>, hastoerm@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Moriland) writes:

>But does anybody know of any programs for the PC that will read amiga disks?

It is impossible for most, if not all, PCs, to read standard-format Amiga 
disks.  The floppy controllers they use just can't deal with unsectored
formats.  That's why MS-DOS formatted disks are used for interchange; they're
the only thing that PCs, Amigas, Mac IIs, Suns, etc. can all read.


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