Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!lll-winken!uunet!stan!imp From: imp@solbourne.com (Warner Losh) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Re: Link between DEC Rainbow and '386 Message-ID: <1991May3.160234.25340@solbourne.com> Date: 3 May 91 16:02:34 GMT References: <796@cadlab.sublink.ORG> Organization: Solbourne Computer, Inc., Longmont, CO Lines: 23 In article <796@cadlab.sublink.ORG> albani@cadlab.sublink.ORG (albani) writes: >>But the problem is the disk format: incompatible with my other machine. In article rrezaian@austral.UUCP (Russell Rezaian) writes: >Is even the MS-Dos format incompatible? As some other people have pointed out, the Rainbow can read single sided PC disks (180K, oh boy. Stop don't tease me like that). It can also write to freshly formatted (on the PC) singled sided disks with some degree of reliability (eg, don't delete it off the Rainbow until it is on the PC), but since you want to go the other way, that is cool. There is something called I-Drive that will allow you to connect a real PC disk (5.25 or 3.5, no HD) to the Rainbow. It costs $$$$. There is also a freely available 3.5" driver for the Rainbow available, but you need to get your own 3.5" floppy and install it yourself. Look at the announcement that I'll be posting to comp.sys.dec.micro tomorrow for details. Warner -- Warner Losh imp@Solbourne.COM Does this mean we can't use your phone?