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From: WRW105@psuvm.psu.edu (Bill Wilkinson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: MSH
Message-ID: <91115.184153WRW105@psuvm.psu.edu>
Date: 25 Apr 91 22:41:53 GMT
Organization: Penn State University
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     It all depends on what you want to do with it.  If you're just looking for
 a simple MeSsyDOS disk formatter, I'd recommend PCPatch on Fish #218.  It's Ic
on driven and runs from PCUtils on Extras.  It's a bit slow, though, but VERY e
asy to use.  IF you're also going to do some DOS crossing, and bringing somethi
ng into amiga format, you need something faster than the standard floppy (which
tends to crash it on mine).  If the stuff you're doing isn't too huge, the RAM
disk is perfect.
     If you want to use an amiga drive as a MS drive, then you want MSH (last v
ersion I know of is on either Fish 328 or 368 (can't check, I'm on a PSU mac :-
( )).  It is kind of a hassle to install (note the usual profusion of questions
 about it!)  But works well on my 500 (after I vanquished the foul Beastie!).
     I'm not sure about PCPatch, but MSH tends to crash under 2.0.  (or so I've
 gleaned from the net!)
                     Bwahahaha
                The Infamous Double W
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