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From: stekas@whuts.att.com (STEKAS)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Pc files to Atari
Message-ID: <5023@whuts.att.com>
Date: 10 Nov 88 13:35:27 GMT
References: <225@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories
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In article <225@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu>, arrom@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee ) writes:
> I wasn't trying to use MSDOS to write on the Atari disks.  What I did was
> to use a MSDOS copy program to copy an Atari disk onto a blank, unformatted
> disk. ...  I was partially successful.

The PC's disks turn at 300 RPM vs. 288 RPM for the Atari.  I have found it
impossible to write enhanced density disks on the PC without having the
last sector on a track overlap the first.  The just isn't enough "room" to
fit all those 128 byte sectors.

I have no trouble reading and writing 256byte formats, e.g. PERCOM.

Jim