dar@cblpf.ATT.COM (David A. Roth) (06/21/87)
Is there ANYWAY to read/write MS-DOS format on a C64/1541? It would be ideal to be able to read/write the directory format but I would be happy with something simple. Can it be done? Thanks in advance. AT&T Bell Laboratories David A. Roth Columbus, Ohio uucp: cbosgd!cblpf!dar
schein@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Dan Schein MAGAZINES) (06/23/87)
In article <527@cblpf.ATT.COM> dar@cblpf.ATT.COM (David A. Roth) writes: > >Is there ANYWAY to read/write MS-DOS format on a C64/1541? >It would be ideal to be able to read/write the directory format but I >would be happy with something simple. > >Can it be done? > > >Thanks in advance. > > >AT&T Bell Laboratories >David A. Roth >Columbus, Ohio >uucp: cbosgd!cblpf!dar The answer is maybe - With a C128 & 1571 you can read and write text files between MS-DOS and CBM disks (1541 or 1571 format). The special utility for doing this is called "Super Sweep 128" and was run in the MARCH 1987 issue of Commodore Magazine. So if you have access to a 128 & 1571, along with a copy of the March issue - the answer is yes! Dan -- <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Dan Schein >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Working for, but in no way officially representing Commodore Business Machines 1200 Wilson Drive uucp: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!schein West Chester, PA 19380 arpa: cbmvax!schein@seismo.css.GOV (215) 431-9384 or schein@cbmvax.UUCP@{seismo|harvard} Quote: Those who worked the hardest Gary Ward - Oklahoma State are the last to surrender baseball coach
elg@killer.UUCP (Eric Green) (06/24/87)
in article <527@cblpf.ATT.COM>, dar@cblpf.ATT.COM (David A. Roth) says: > Is there ANYWAY to read/write MS-DOS format on a C64/1541? > It would be ideal to be able to read/write the directory format but I > would be happy with something simple. Sorry, can't with a 1541. 1541 is a single sided disk drive, and furthermore, uses GCR encoding instead of the usual "put-clock-bits-in-the-data" solution. It CAN be done on a Commodore 128 with a 1571 drive, I've seen a program called "Big Blue Reader" which does it. That's possible because the 1571 was designed to read CP/M disks, and MS-DOS was originally a derivative of CP/M... thus, the MS-DOS disk format is close enough so that they can trick the drive into reading it. No sub-directories, though, just vanilla 1.0 MSDOS.... Eric Green {ihnp4,cbosgd}!killer!elg elg@usl.CSNET