EVERHART%ARISIA.decnet@crdgw1.ge.com (08/17/89)
I've received a number of queries asking me how to get hold of CrossDos. There's a public domain read-only version on various BBSs around the country. You can get that for $5 from Consultron too. The read/write version is $30 in US, $36 in Canada. A $3 shipping charge exists ($8 outside US/Canada), $3 more for COD. Michigan sales tax applies too. (IF in Mich.) The address is Consultron Attn: Leonard Poma 11280 Parkview Plymouth, Michigan 48170 CrossDos does a very nice job of allowing access to MSDOS disks on Amiga; the MSDOS file structure is understood by a filesystem and CrossDos works on 3.5" and 5.25" drives. I have used it on both. You can switch a drive between MSDOS and AmigaDos file formats trivially (just insert a disk formatted for MSDOS and the DIn: alias works; insert an AmigaDos formatted disk and the DFn: alias works). I got my read/write pieces (first shipment) last night. I am however only a customer; I have no other connection with Consultron. They don't have credit card facilities so you need to send check/money order. They DO ship product. Our mail connection is not high bandwidth so please don't ask ME to supply the read/only version to the world; look on BBSs near you or send your money to Consultron. You'll get a very well done bit of work. Glenn Everhart Everhart%Arisia.decnet@crd.ge.com
ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu (Eric J. Kennedy) (08/30/89)
In article <21843@louie.udel.EDU> EVERHART%ARISIA.decnet@crdgw1.ge.com writes: > CrossDos does a very nice job of allowing access to MSDOS disks >on Amiga; the MSDOS file structure is understood by a filesystem Does CrossDos do CRLF<-->LF conversion on text files? -- Eric Kennedy ejkst@cisunx.UUCP
jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) (09/01/89)
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Date: 30-Aug-1989 07:50 CDT
From: CALVIN JONES
JONES
Dept: 3200SPTW/SCX (Plans)
Tel No: 904-882-3550
TO: _DDN[@uv4.eglin.af.mil:amiga-relay-request@louie.udel.edu]
Subject: Re: CrossDos sources
ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu asks:
> Does CrossDos do CRLF<-->LF conversion on text files?
Yes, you request it by embedding a 'flag' character (I think it's "[")
anywhere within the file name.
--- Cal Jones
Hobbit Hole BBS, 904-243-6219, 12/24/9600HST
340Meg online. Strictly Amiga.dwl10@uts.amdahl.com (Dave Lowrey) (09/01/89)
>Subject: Re: CrossDos sources > >ejkst@unix.cis.pittsburgh.edu asks: > >> Does CrossDos do CRLF<-->LF conversion on text files? > >Yes, you request it by embedding a 'flag' character (I think it's "[") >anywhere within the file name. > > --- Cal Jones > Hobbit Hole BBS, 904-243-6219, 12/24/9600HST > 340Meg online. Strictly Amiga. You append a ']' character to the file name to do the conversion. When reading the file, the ']' causes all carrage returns and EOFs (Ctrl-Z) to be removed from the file. When writing to a MSDOS file, the ']' causes carrage returns to be addrd before all linefeeds, and adds an EOF to the end of the file. Another note: The demo version od CrossDos has a bug in the TDPatch13 program, that causes it to not work. I called the author, and he gave me the following patch.... Use NewZap to edit TDPatch13. Search for two bytes with "0e00". There is only one occurance of these two bytes. Change the "0e00" to "0380" and save the program. That's all there is to it. -- "What is another word | Dave Lowrey | [The opinions expressed MAY be for 'Thesaurus'?" | Amdahl Corp. | those of the author and are not | Houston, Texas | necessarily those of his Steven Wright | amdahl!dwl10 | employer] (`nuff said!)