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From: davidsen@steinmetz.UUCP (Davidsen)
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Subject: Re: Can I get an AT w/SCO XENIX to read Altos 586 floppies?
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Date: Mon, 16-Jun-86 18:37:55 EDT
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In article <1927@osu-eddie.UUCP> mdf@osu-eddie.UUCP (Mark D. Freeman) writes:
>Does anyone have a driver or utility that will let me read a floppy made
>on an Altos 586 (tar or mount format) on an IBM-AT running the latest version
>of SCO's XENIX?

If the disk is a 96tpi format with 9 sectors/tk or 15/sectors/tk you
should be able to just read it with the proper device. As far as I can
tell you could also read 8 sectors/tk, but I hope nobody uses it. I
have had best luck with cpio disks, using "oBc" options to create and
"iBcdml" to read (yes I know "l" isn't supposed to work with"i", but it
seems to).
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	-bill davidsen

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