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From: scherb@cbmvax.commodore.com (Jeff Scherb - CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.applications
Subject: Re: Reading IBM disks in an Amiga Drive?
Message-ID: <20678@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 16 Apr 91 12:43:09 GMT
References: <1991Apr15.205242.1@acad2.alaska.edu> <1991Apr16.054817.25940@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: scherb@cbmvax.commodore.com (Jeff Scherb - CATS)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Apr16.054817.25940@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> grmg6820@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Geoffrey R. Mason) writes:
>In article <1991Apr15.205242.1@acad2.alaska.edu> axpmw@acad2.alaska.edu writes:
>>Stupid question - but I thought I read somewhere that there was
>>a program that would read an ibm disk (ascii datafiles) from a
>>normal amiga disk drive.
>>
>You bet there is!  There are a couple of them, some commercial and some 
>public doman/shareware.  The one I use, and I like it quite a bit is
>Cross Dos 4.0.  It allows you to read and write 360k and 720k MS-DOS/PC-DOS/
>Atari ST formatted disks (Version 2.0 or higher) directly from AmigaDOS.
>What is neat about Cross DOS is that it allows you to use your Amiga drives,
>without having to give up the ability to use Amiga disks!  Your Cross DOS
>mounted drives will read both!  You can also set up hard drive partitions
>that allow MS-DOS stuff!  It will NOT read 1.2M or 1.44M disks, nor RUN
>stuff off of MS-DOS disks..
>
>>Is there one? Will it work an an a3000 under 2.0?  Where can I find
>>it, if such a program exists?  
>>
>Well, they CLAIM it has been well tested in versions 1.2, 1.3 and 2.0, and 
>they say you can run it on a standard Amiga (500, 1000, 2000, 2000HD, 2500,
>or 3000)

We have tested it (in CATS) on the latest stuff.  It supports the A3000
and AmigaDOS 2.0 just fine (I've been using it on my 3000 for over 1 year).
Consultron also has a version in the works that supports 1.44mb floppies,
but I don't know if they've released it yet.  I highly recommend it.

>The company that makes CrossDOS is Consultron located at 11280 Parkview,
>Plymouth, MI 48170.  Ph#: (313) 459-7271.  It costs about $30 and you can
>order it from ANY mail order company in AmigaWorld or .Info for about that
>price.
>--
>Geoffrey R. Mason		|	grmg6820@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
>Department of Psychology	|	gmason@s.psych.uiuc.edu
>University of Illinois		|	x9999bng@maple.circa.ufl.edu


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