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From: randy@oetl.UUCP (Randy O'Meara)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: news -> amiga
Summary: Unix to Amiga file transfer
Keywords: mtools,PcCopy,PcPatch
Message-ID: <399@oetl1.oetl.UUCP>
Date: 25 Oct 88 21:40:43 GMT
References: <7880003@hpuamsa.UUCP> <155@dms3b1.UUCP>
Reply-To: randy@oetl.UUCP (Randy O'Meara)
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Organization: Lockheed Missiles & Space Co, Env. Test Lab., Santa Cruz, Ca.
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In article <155@dms3b1.UUCP> dave@dms3b1.UUCP (Dave Hanna) writes:
>In article <7880003@hpuamsa.UUCP> marco@hpuamsa.UUCP (Marco Lesmeister) writes:
>>I know this is probably a stupid question, but I'm going to ask it

	* Glad you asked!  It has been done!

>I don't mean to be facetious, but get one.  You can get 1200 baud modems
                                                         ^^^^
							 don't you mean 300
							 or maybe 150!
>these days for under a hundred dollars, and if your time is worth anything
>at all, you'll spend a lot more than that trying to do it any other way.
         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

	 * I guess this is true if you don't believe that others may
	   have experienced this situation (and overcome it)!

	[other stuff on modem applications deleted]

	 * A modem really would open up a great frontier for you, but
	   do yourself a favor and spend $150 for a 2400 baud modem.
	   Back to the point in question.

	   I run a HP9000 series 320 with HP-UX 6.x, and have modified
	   the ``mtools'' package (comp.sources.unix Vol_11 ) to use 
	   HP9122 3.5" drives.

	   On the Amiga end, I use PcCopy/PcFormat (from the 1.2 Extras
	   disk) and pcPatch (a program that patches PcCopy/PcFormat to
	   use the Amiga's 3.5" drives).

	   The only problem that exists (I feel) is the inability to
	   read/write 720k MS-DOG disks (limited to 360k).

	   I would be glad to send off the ``mtools'' cdiffs for the
	   mod to use 3.5 inchers by mail request.

				Always glad to help,

					Randy

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