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From: mathew@mantis.co.uk (Giving C News a *HUG*)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Reading IBM and ST disks.
Message-ID: <cXo3322w164w@mantis.co.uk>
Date: 5 Jun 91 14:32:47 GMT
References: <1991Jun5.105751.7503@topaz.ucq.edu.au>
Organization: Mantis Consultants, Cambridge. UK.
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johnsonc@topaz.ucq.edu.au writes:
> I remember hearing that START magazine had published information on how
> to make disks formatted on the ST (?) so that they can be read on IBM
> compatibles as well as the ST.  This was supposed to be done by altering
> three bytes somewhere on the disk.  Do any of the readers know of this
> information?

The best solution is to get TOS 1.4 or later, or a copy of Neodesk, or a copy
of DC Format. All three will format IBM-readable disks with no problem.

There are also countless other PD utilities to make pre-1.4 ST disks
PC-readable.

Alternatively, just format the disks on the PC.


mathew