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From: TIMBUCK@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU (Timothy Buck)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: MS-DOS 5.0 and NeXTStep
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Date: 21 Jun 91 18:29:20 GMT
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I've discovered something.  NeXTStep's utilities that read MS-DOS disks
apparently don't work very well with DOS 5.0.  I wrote some files to a
floppy using DOS 5.0, then carried the floppy over to the NeXT, which
reported the floppy as blank!  I wrote a small file to this floppy while
it was still mounted in the NeXT, then ejected it and carried it back
over to the DOS 5.0 PC.  I did a "dir a:" and all the files were there,
including the new one I had written to the floppy on the NeXT.

Has anyone else had similar experiences?

Anyone at NeXT care to comment?


 Timothy Buck
      timbuck@vtvm1.cc.vt.edu (preferred), jbuck@vtssi.vt.edu,
  OR  Tim.Buck@bbs.oit.unc.edu