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From: andy@cbmvax.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: problems with AWRITE and virtural drives
Message-ID: <2692@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 5-Nov-87 14:50:33 EST
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2692
Posted: Thu Nov  5 14:50:33 1987
Date-Received: Sun, 8-Nov-87 09:18:33 EST
References: <1840@cadovax.UUCP>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax.UUCP (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 35
Keywords: AWRITE A2000 virtual MS_DOS drive

In article <1840@cadovax.UUCP> kaz@cadovax.UUCP (Kerry Zimmerman) writes:
>[]
>
>I have found another problem with my new A2000.  This time with the
>'virtual drive' feature of the bridge card.  
>
>I can create a virtual drive on an amiga device, and copy files into it
>from the bridge side (using MS-DOS copy) or from the Amiga side, using
>AREAD.  What I cannot do is use AWRITE to copy files from the virtual
>drive over to an Amiga drive.   What I end up with is an entry for the

There is but one interrupt used for aread/awrite and virtual
disk communication between the PC and the Amiga.  Therefore,
either a virtual disk on the Amiga side may be set up or
aread/awrite may be used; not both.  (sorry)

>Wasn't this software ever tried?

yes, it was.

>Other questions about AWRITE:
>  1.  The documentation doesn't describe the /B switch that is offered
>      when AWRITE gives a USAGE prompt.  What is it for?

binary files.

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