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From: ger@qtecmuc.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: reading IBM-PC floppies. - (nf)
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Date: Fri, 22-May-87 06:57:00 EDT
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   > How easy is it to read a file created on an Atari on an IBM-PC and
   > vice versa ??
   >                 --- Rene

I'm using a Toshiba T3100 Laptop with a 3 1/2" drive (720 kB double sided).
The toshiba runs MS-DOS. I haven't tried yet, if this format
is the same as the one used by the new IBMs, but I think so.
There is no problem for the Atari reading files written by the
Toshiba.
Even subdirectories are recognized and displayed as folders
on the desktop.
But the toshiba won't accept Atari disks,
it just says 'read error'.

Gerhard Pehland
QUANTEC TONSTUDIOTECHNIK GmbH
Munich W-Germany
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