Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!samsung!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!snorkelwacker!bloom-beacon!eru!luth!sunic!dkuug!iesd!iesd.auc.dk!per From: per@iesd.auc.dk (Per Langfeldt Hagen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Pc IBM --> A500 transfer tools wanted Message-ID: Date: 7 Feb 90 13:12:27 GMT References: <54573@oliveb.olivetti.com> Sender: per@iesd.auc.dk (Per Langfeldt Hagen) Organization: Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Aalborg Lines: 71 In-Reply-To: ldc-n@oliveb.olivetti.com's message of 5 Feb 90 16:28:14 GMT I move quite a bit of software between our Suns an my Amiga. What I do is: I use FTP from a PC, with NFS, and this way I have my files on 3.5 inch 720Kb ibm pc format. To move the files from pc format to Amy-format, using my Amy, I have used Dos-2-Dos, which serves it's role, but I think, what is more comfortably is to use the CrossDos filesystem. CrossDos is a filesystem which supports 720kb pc format and 720kb Atari format. The reason I say it is more comfortably to use CrossDos, is it is a mountable filesystem. When the filesystem is mounted you can access your pc files with your favorite shell. (instead of using a closed and awkward system). You will find a tryware version of CrossDos on Fish-disk 240, which is unable to write to pc/Atari disks. I have used this for a period and I like it! (Unfortually I have not seen a danish dealer for it yet! May be threre will be one in a not so distant future [:-( ). I have included the discription of CrossDos Fred Fish describes it. You will be able to find the above mensioned Fish-disk at etana.funet.fi (128.214.1.1), in /amiga/fish/ff240 . - Per CONTENTS OF DISK 240 -------------------- CrossDOS A "tryware" version of a mountable MS-DOS file system for the Amiga. This is a software product that allows you to read and write MS-DOS/PC-DOS and Atari ST formatted disks (Version 2.0 or higher) directly from AmigaDOS. This tryware version is a "readonly" version, which does not allow any writes to the disk. A fully functional version is available for a very reasonable price from CONSULTRON. Version 3.02, binary only. Author: CONSULTRON, Leonard Poma |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | ___ ___ ___ | | / / / / / Aalborg University, Denmark | | /__/ /__ /__/ ARPA per@iesd.auc.dk{...} | | / /___ / \ USENET alias {...}!mcvax!dkuug!auc!iesd!per | | | | Per L. Hagen, Revlingbakken 73, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark, Europe | | International | +45 98 18 40 24 | | Telephone: -------------|----------------- Opinions are my own! | | National | 98 18 40 24 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | ___ ___ ___ | | / / / / / Aalborg University, Denmark | | /__/ /__ /__/ ARPA per@iesd.auc.dk{...} | | / /___ / \ USENET alias {...}!mcvax!dkuug!auc!iesd!per | | | | Per L. Hagen, Revlingbakken 73, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark, Europe | | International | +45 98 18 40 24 | | Telephone: -------------|----------------- Opinions are my own! | | National | 98 18 40 24 | ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| | ___ ___ ___ | | / / / / / Aalborg University, Denmark | | /__/ /__ /__/ ARPA per@iesd.auc.dk{...} |