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Subject: PC <=> Amiga
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Date: Fri, 15-May-87 12:48:20 EDT
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> Is there a product which will allow a PC to read Amiga floppy disks
> (and write them), 

No.  The IBM controller would have a *very* rough time decoding the Amiga
format.  The Amiga stores more data on a disk because it ignores trivialities
like "inter-sector gaps" and reads/writes entire tracks in one DMA bite.

> or to allow the Amiga to read/write PC 3-1/2" disks?

A utility to read/write 5.25" disks comes with V1.2 of the Amiga operating
system  (On the "Extras" disk). This requires a 5.25" drive on the Amiga.

A company makes a utility to read/write 90mm (3.5") disks. It will read/
write the IBM 720kb format as well as the older 360kb format.  The
company is Central Coast Software, 268 Bowie Drive. Los Osos, Ca 93402
805-528-4906.  Same company claims to have a utility to read 4040/1541
zoned GCR disks as well.
The products are DOS-2-DOS and DISK-2-DISK.

 oo  BPTR? Just say *NO*!
 \/  bryce@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU   Funded by the coalition to ban the BPTR!
Disclaimer: I have no relation to Central Coast Software except that I know
how to read english, the language they chose for their magazine advertisments.