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From: pitaro@savax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Can 360k be written on 1.2M drive?
Message-ID: <507@savax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 23-Feb-87 12:02:50 EST
Article-I.D.: savax.507
Posted: Mon Feb 23 12:02:50 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 26-Feb-87 19:30:43 EST
Organization: Sanders Associates Inc., Nashua, NH
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> A friend claims to have heard of software that will enable the AT 1.2 Mb
> drive to write on floppy formatted for 360k.  I would like to know if
> anything like this exists.  Even a hardware patch would be welcome.

I'm not an expert in this matter by any means however I can relate my
experience on a true IBM AT.  I frequently want to download software
from our UNIX machine to my PC but I don't like doing this at 1200
baud.  Fortunately we have an ethernet connection to an IBM AT which is
running FTP software.  To get the files onto my IBM XT at home I
format the 360K floppies on my IBM XT and then insert the formatted
floppy into the 1.2M drive in the IBM AT.  I then download the
software onto the 360K disk.  When I get home I have no trouble
reading and writting that disk but just because I'm paranoid I copy
that disk to another disk on my XT.  (So that my drive is doing the
writing).  I then reformat the "transfer" disk for use next time.  At
least from these experiences I wouldn't worry about special software
unless this method doesn't work for you.


	Michael Pitaro

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