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From: rac@jc3b21.UUCP (Roger A. Cornelius)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Pc files to Atari
Message-ID: <493@jc3b21.UUCP>
Date: 11 Nov 88 00:37:55 GMT
References: <1270014@hpclkms.HP.COM>
Organization: St. Petersburg Jr. College, FL
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From article <1270014@hpclkms.HP.COM>, by ken@hpclkms.HP.COM (Kenneth Sumrall):
< / hpclkms:comp.sys.atari.8bit / arrom@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee ) /  9:47 pm  Nov  3, 1988 /
<>
<>So, how do I convert files between the PC and Atari?  (And for that matter, can I
<>copy Atari disks on a PC?)  In other words, please, please, please supply the
<>details...
< 
< Details, details.  Just look up the ad for Happy Computers in any issue of
< Antic magazine, (or look for ads from B&C computervisions or American Techna-
< vision, they also sell the Happy upgrades)  What you want is the Happy 
< enhancement.  It cost me ~$100.00.  Copies any disk, has full track buffering,
< hi speed SIO, True double density on a 1050, and also reads single sided
< MS-DOS disks on the 1050.  A good investment for any Atari owner.
< 
< Installation is quite simple, just requires you pull two chips and put a 
< board in one of the vacated sockets.
< 
< Kenneth Sumrall
< ken%hpclkms@hplabs.hp.com
< ...!hplabs!hpclkms!ken


I have the program that was posted awhile back by Charles
Marslett (author of MyDOS) that does a fair job of reading/writing
Atari disks in a PC.

It claims to also be able to format Atari disks, but my experience
was that it left the drive in a strange mode, and I couldn't read a
PC formatted disk again until doing a reboot.

Note this will only read/write to Atari disks formatted in true
double density, although the source (asm and C sources included)
makes references to enhanced density.  With a little work you
might be able to use it with single density disks.

It doesn't do as much as the happy, but then it's free.  I'll
send a (uuencoded) copy to anyone that wants it (Email me).

Roger Cornelius      ...!uunet!pdn!jc3b21!sherpa!rac