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From: vch@attibr.UUCP (Vincent C. Hatem)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 3B1<-}3B2
Summary: here it is...
Keywords: what compatibilities?
Message-ID: <80@attibr.UUCP>
Date: 3 Jan 89 23:07:37 GMT
References: <7047@ihlpf.ATT.COM} <598@whizz.uucp> <2328@cuuxb.ATT.COM>
Organization: AT&T International, Basking Ridge, NJ
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In article <2328@cuuxb.ATT.COM}, fmcgee@cuuxb.ATT.COM (~XT4103000~Frank McGee~C23~M24~6326~) writes:
} In article <598@whizz.uucp> bbh@whizz.uucp (Bud Hovell) writes:
} >In article <7047@ihlpf.ATT.COM>, gmark@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Stewart) writes:
} >> What are the compatibilities between the 3B1 and 3B2?  File
} >> formats?  Floppy interface?  Can I write a floppy on a 3B1
} >> in 8 or 10 sector format and read it on the 3B2, for instance?
} >
} >My understanding is that the 3b2 format is different than for the 3b1.
} 
} Yes, they are, and the software (and possibly hardware needed to do
} this) may be more difficult to do than you might think.  My suggestion
} is to purchase one of the commercial packages that lets you read DOS
} style disks on 3b2's.  Then use the Unix PC office stuff to write your
} data onto DOS formatted disks, and use the commercial package on the
} 3b2 to read them.  Sorry, don't have any pointers as to who sells the
} 3b2 software, but I know it exists.

You can get the software, called 3b2dos (r2.0.4) or (crum, I forget the name)
for 3.1 or higher, from Convergent Technologies, Inc. Somewhere in Texas.

-Vince