ml@ktibv.uucp (Marinko Laban) (12/19/89)
Hello, World I've posted this before, but since I didn't get any response, I think it got lost in the mists of the network. Here I go again. I'm looking *DESPERATELY* for a program for my Amiga 1000 that can read 3.5 inch MS-DOS floppies on an Amiga drive. I've heard of a program called Dos2Dos, but I don't know anything about it. Please tell me all you know about such programs. Maybe there's a PD version that does it ? Any other programs ? Please answer me by e-mail ... Thanx! -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Greetings, Marinko Laban | | E-mail to: hp4nl.nluug.nl!hp4nl!ktibv!ml | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
jcfst@unix.cis.pitt.edu (John C. Fossum) (12/23/89)
In article <1587@ktibv.uucp>, ml@ktibv.uucp (Marinko Laban) writes: > > I'm looking *DESPERATELY* for a program for my Amiga 1000 that can read > 3.5 inch MS-DOS floppies on an Amiga drive. I've heard of a program called > Dos2Dos, but I don't know anything about it. > -- > +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ > | Greetings, Marinko Laban | > | E-mail to: hp4nl.nluug.nl!hp4nl!ktibv!ml | > +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ Fred Fish Disk 158 has a program on it called MSDos. The description of it is: 'A program to list the files written in standard MSDos or Atari ST format. The files can then be copied to RAM and rewritten to disk in Amiga DOS format.' -Steve M. Suhy
bjc@pollux.UUCP (Betty J. Clay) (12/25/89)
In article <1587@ktibv.uucp> ml@ktibv.UUCP (Marinko Laban) writes: > >Hello, World > >I've posted this before, but since I didn't get any response, I think it >got lost in the mists of the network. Here I go again. > >I'm looking *DESPERATELY* for a program for my Amiga 1000 that can read >3.5 inch MS-DOS floppies on an Amiga drive. I've heard of a program called >Dos2Dos, but I don't know anything about it. > > > >| Greetings, Marinko Laban | This is really a topic for comp.sys.amiga - not for comp.sys.amiga.tech you know! However - since it is virtually impossible for me to get mail out of this system, here is your answer: There are two commercial programs that let you both read and write MS-DOS format on the Amiga drives. The older one is Dos-2-Dos, which you mentioned. It comes from Central Coast Software, is advertised in almost every Amiga magazine, and is available for about $35 from the mailorder firms. It works quite well. The newer program is CROSSDOS from Consultron, and is also advertised and sold by most dealers and mailorder firms - usually for about $20-25. I have used both, and I prefer CROSSDOS. It works by installing an msdos. device in your devs: drawer so that your drive literally becomes an MS-DOS drive when used with that device and its handler. If you address the drive by its MS-DOS name, the drive responds as an ms-dos device; if you call on it by its Amiga name, it responds as an Amiga drive. You can use the drives transparently and alternately without rebooting. Great way to do it! Betty ======================================================================= Betty Clay bjc@pollux.seas.smu.edu.UUCP CompuServe 76702,337 Internet: 76702.337@compuserve.com ======================================================================== A D D D D D D D D D D Internet 76702.337@ D D D D D CompuServe 76702,337
jim@syteke.be (Jim Sanchez) (12/25/89)
I have both dos2dos and crossdos and would strongly suggest that CrossDOS is
by far the better way to go and cheaper to boot. It is available in
a demo version - no I do not have it - or the regular version is only
about $30. I bought mine at the recent Cologne AMIExpo for DM 65. It
really turns the ms-dos floppy into a mountable device so anything you
can do with an amiga disk you can do with a ms-dos disk. Really nice.
Too bad I cannot say the same thing about dos2dos.
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