Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!cbmvax!schein
From: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: PC utilities
Message-ID: <3472@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 18 Mar 88 14:02:34 GMT
References: <657@csm9a.UUCP> <45764@sun.uucp>
Reply-To: schein@cbmvax.UUCP (Dan Schein CATS)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 29
Keywords: and my 3.5's

In article <45764@sun.uucp> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes:
>In article <657@csm9a.UUCP> ngorelic@csm9a.UUCP (Noel Gorelick) writes:
>>    Assuming that I have my information correct so far, is it
>>possible to make 3.5 disks that are read/writable to/from one of the
>>MS-DOS machines that uses 3.5's?  (ie: can I use an amiga written
>>3.5 disk on an IBM machine that has a 3.5 drive, and vice-versa...)
>
>Yes, but the PCUtils won't do it. There is a program from gold coast 
							   ^^^^
  The company who produces DOS-2-DOS is "Central Coast Software".

>software called DOS-2-DOS that will. (It also reads/writes Atari ST
>formatted disks). Since C/A had to write the translation code to talk
>to the 5.25" drive I don't know why they didn't extend it to the 3.5"
>drive as well.
>
>--Chuck McManis


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