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From: appelbau@topaz.rutgers.edu (Marc L. Appelbaum)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: XF551/ADOS
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Date: Thu, 11-Jun-87 12:04:05 EDT
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Posted: Thu Jun 11 12:04:05 1987
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> From: lazear@GATEWAY.MITRE.ORG

> Not mentioned in the product announcement is whether compatability
> with the 1050 also means compatability with the older 810 drives.
> Do we assume that "compatability" means you can copy old single
> density disks onto new double/doubles?
> 	Walt Lazear

The XF551 is supposed to be able to read all Atari disks.  There
should be no problem converting your old disks from single to double
density.
OSS is writing ADOS, and from what I've read it will be able to read
DOS 2.0, 4.6, 2.5, etc.  It won't read DOS 4.0, 3.0 or SpartaDOS
disks.
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