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From: hans@umd5.umd.edu (Hans Breitenlohner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: disk to tape program
Message-ID: <2766@umd5.umd.edu>
Date: 23 May 88 15:34:13 GMT
References: <8805210338.AA11194@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Reply-To: hans@umd5 (Hans Breitenlohner)
Organization: University of Maryland, College Park
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In article <8805210338.AA11194@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> 89_LOZIE@UNION.BITNET writes:
>I am getting desperate for the program that will allow me to copy any file from
>my disk drive to my tape drive.  ...  
>                paul lozier


As far as I know there is no reason why you could not use the DOS
'copy file' command, and give C: as output file name.  Alternatively,
a simple Basic program could also be used:
  10 OPEN #1,4,0,"D:whatever"
  20 OPEN #2,8,0,"C:"
  30 TRAP 200
  40 GET #1,X
  50 PUT #2,X
  60 GOTO 40
 200 CLOSE #1
 210 CLOSE #2
 220 END
This would be a bit slower, but should work.  

If you are talking about copying boot disks, as opposed to DOS files, things
get a whole lot more complicated, and you won't find a general purpose
program to do this job for you.