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From: cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Floppy format
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Date: 6 Jan 88 19:10:25 GMT
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In article <467@ecrcvax.UUCP> micha@ecrcvax.UUCP (Micha Meier) writes:
>                           ... The problem is that from my Sun
>I have a connection to a Mac and to an Atari Mega, but no possible
>connection to the Amiga, so the only way I can load files from the Sun
>is with the 3.5 floppy. 

Your best bet is NFS from Ameristar :-) works like a champ. 

>                    ... I've read somewhere that the Amiga floppy format
>is not compatible with ST or Mac - is that true?

Yup it's true, but there is hope ...

>                                              ...Is there some other
>way (converting program) that makes it possible to read Mac or ST ASCII
>files on the amiga? If the floppy format is not compatible with PS/2
>and the above, I'd be interested to know why it is so - any special reason?

There is a program (commercial) called DOS-2-DOS that will copy files from
and Amiga 3.5" disk a IBM PC or Atari ST format 3.5" disk. And it uses the
Amiga drives (no special drive required). It is available from most mail
order places and some dealers.

--Chuck McManis
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