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From: andy@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A2000 questions
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Date: Fri, 24-Apr-87 15:07:12 EST
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Posted: Fri Apr 24 15:07:12 1987
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In article <192@s.cc.purdue.edu> ain@s.cc.purdue.edu (Patrick White) writes:
>
>   In the A2000, does anyone have any information about how the Amiga and the
>8088 share floppy drives?  We have several questions about how this whole thing
>works.
>
>   We have elected to call the 8088 (or 8086, or 80286, or ...) an "8088
>machine".  If which processor makes a difference, please specify.
>
>1:	   Does the MS-DOS (shipped with the 2088, according to BYTE March
>	1987, pp 84-98) come on a 3.5" disk or a 5.25"?  I expect it is a 3.5"
	it comes on a 5.25" disk.  The 2088 comes with a 5.25" drive.
>
>2:	   I know the Amiga can have a partition of the 8088 hard disk, but
>	can the Amiga access the drives and other devices attached to the
>	8088 machine?
	It could if the software were written do do so, through the
 	janus.library interface, which allows the 2 processors to
	communicate.  There is a matching library on the MS-DOS
	side.
>
>3:	   Can the 8088 machine use (or gain access to) the Amiga 3.5 inch
>	floppies, and the Amiga SCSI devices?
		yes, as VIRTUAL MS-DOS disks.
>	   Could the 8088 machine have a partition on the Amiga SCSI hard
>	drive?
		no, only as above (currently). Actually, I guess you
		could reserve a partition of your hard disk for MS-DOS
		use if you wanted to. This would be your choice, of course.
		Nothing forces you to.
>	   If the 8088 side can use the Amiga 3.5 inch drive, would a requestor
>	show up on the Amiga screen for the appropiate disk?
		yes.
>
>4:	   Have provisions been made for transfering between the two formats?
		we have an awrite command and an aread command for
		reading/writing files from one side to the other.
>
>5:	   What kind of OS support will be provided for sharing data between
>	the 8088 machine and the Amiga?  Both Amiga OS support as well as
>	8088 machine support?
		At first, only what's in the janus.library.  (basic
	read/write/etc stuff)
>------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Thanks
>Scott Mark 	Usenet:  h.cc.purdue.edu!npk
>Pat White	Usenet:  k.cc.purdue.edu!ain	BITNET: PATWHITE@PURCCVM


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