Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!gvlf3.gvl.unisys.com!tredysvr!cellar!revpk From: revpk@cellar.UUCP (Brian 'Rev P-K' Siano) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Reading IBM and ST disks. Message-ID: Date: 6 Jun 91 06:00:06 GMT References: <1991Jun5.105751.7503@topaz.ucq.edu.au> Sender: bbs@cellar.UUCP (The Cellar BBS) Organization: The Cellar BBS and public access system Lines: 37 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? I tried looking back through what issues I have of START but > couldn't find the info and am afraid that it is in an issue I have not > bought. > > What sectors/bytes have to be changed? > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > Chris Johnson : "I have made this letter long than usual > Final Year B.App.Sc (Computing) : as I lack the time to make it short." > "Just another student" : - Blaise Pascal > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Actually, a good number of BBSes should have a formatting tool that allows the ST to format for MS-DOS machines. (The formatting is actually identical-- a few boot sectors have to be placed on the disk.) If you cabn get ahold of PC Ditto (the software version), the FORMAT A: command works just as well. ====================================================================== Brian Siano, aka [ "Mr. A. Hitler, the old Nazi thing, says [ Mickey's silly. Imagine that! Well, Mickey is Rev. Philosopher-King [ going to save Mr. A. Hitler from drowning or [ something some day. Just wait and see if he revpk@cellar.UUCP [ doesn't. Then won't Mr. A. Hitler be ashamed!" [ -- Walt Disney, 1933. ======================================================================