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From: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: ibm pc diskettes
Keywords: ibmpc
Message-ID: <1295@netmbx.UUCP>
Date: 2 Sep 88 14:40:54 GMT
References: <5914@gryphon.CTS.COM>
Reply-To: hase@netmbx.UUCP (Hartmut Semken)
Organization: netmbx Public Access Unix, Berlin, West Germany
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In article <5914@gryphon.CTS.COM> freuden@gryphon.CTS.COM (Ralph Freudenberger) writes:
>Is there software available for the st that will write ibm/pc compatible
>diskettes?

This is called GEMDOS and is located in the ST ROMs.

The builtin FORMATTER will format diskettes with a format, not known to
DOS 3.3 (or 3.2 or the like).
If you format the disk on the IBM and write to it on the ST, all will
work fine.

There rare some problems with the 40-cylinder (360k) disk drives
connected to the ST: the track-to-track time of these drives is about 6
msec, the ST assumes 3 msec. You can patch that wit ha simple POKE (or
the like).
Mabe Atari will make the system variables related to the external
hardware (like 5.25 inch disk drives) official?

hase
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