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From: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: 3B1<->3B2
Keywords: what compatibilities?
Message-ID: <550@mccc.UUCP>
Date: 5 Jan 89 21:59:49 GMT
References: <7047@ihlpf.ATT.COM> <598@whizz.uucp> <537@mccc.UUCP> <601@whizz.uucp>
Reply-To: pjh@mccc.UUCP (Pete Holsberg)
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In article <601@whizz.uucp> bbh@whizz.uucp (Bud Hovell) writes:
=I guess what I meant was a package for the 3B1 that would allow it to read
=and write 3B2 discs. 

Bud, I think someone pointed out that it is not possible for a std 3b1 floppy
disk drive to read a std 3b2 flppy disk.  The only possible medium of
exchange (sorreeeee!  :-)  would be MSDOS 360K format.
=
=And next time you talk to Emmett, if he's in a jolly mood, could you ask
=him if it is possible to write a routine to *format* DOS discs on the 3B1?

What's wrong with the formatting program that's on the 3b1?  

Pete

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