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From: riddle@woton.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: 6386 <-> 3B1 floppy compatibility?
Message-ID: <1051@woton.UUCP>
Date: 28 Apr 88 17:13:36 GMT
Organization: Shriners Burns Institute, Galveston
Lines: 15
Keywords: AT&T 6386 WSG, AT&T 3B1 UNIX PC, floppy disk
VP-Ecchhs: "Bob"


We have just gotten a 6386 on 31-day trial from AT&T and have lots of
questions.  Here's one:

Does anyone know whether it is possible to write a floppy on a UNIX PC
and read it on a 6386 WSG, or vice-versa?  I've already determined by
experiment that the mountable floppy formats are incompatible.  What
about cpio floppies, etc? 

In desperation we may have to settle for writing DOS-format floppies on
the 3B1 using "mtools" and then reading them under VP/ix DOS on the
386!  :-(   (Once we receive the VP/ix software, that is...)

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