jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) (08/08/89)
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Date: 28-Jul-1989 09:14 CDT
From: CALVIN JONES
JONES
Dept: 3200SPTW/SCX (Plans)
Tel No: 904-882-3550
TO: _MAILER! ( _DDN[AMIGA-RELAY@UDEL.EDU] )
Subject: MS-DOS FileSystem (LONG)
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Paul Peterson asked if there was software available to use MS-DOS formatted
disks on the Amiga. The following contains excerpts from a file called
MSDFS302.ZOO that was uploaded to my BBS last week. The system appears to be
well thought out, supporting Amiga compatible 3.5", 40 track 5.25", 80 track
5.25", and hard disk partitions with standard AmigaDos commands through its
own FileSystem and mfm.device. Filtering for end-of-lines, end-of-files, and
eight-bit character codes can be accomplished with special characters embedded
in filenames.
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CrossDos
Version 3.02 READONLY
The MS-DOS File System
CONSULTRON
11280 Parkview, Plymouth MI 48170
Copyright (c) 1988,1989, CONSULTRON. All Rights Reserved.
Author: Leonard Poma
Date: July 8th, 1989
CrossDos Version 3.02 READONLY
CrossDos is a software product that allows the user to read and
write MS-DOS/PC-DOS and Atari ST formatted disks (Version 2.0 or
higher) directly from AmigaDOS. It fully integrates itself into
the Amiga operating system to allow your MS-DOS formatted disks
to be accessed from virtually any utility or application. This
allows you to access any MS-DOS file just as you would any other
Amiga file. For more information about its features,
installation procedures and other relevant facts, refer to the
manual, CrossDOS.manual, supplied with this release.
The release you presently have is a "READONLY" version of the
CrossDos. It is a fully functional version of the product with
all writing functions disabled. If any writes are attempted to
the MS-DOS disk you will get a "Write-Protected" requestor to
pop-up.
CrossDos should work on ANY Amiga (500, 1000, 2000, etc.) with
ANY hardware configuration. It also needs Version 1.2 (or
higher) of the Amiga operating system. If you should have any
problems with any configuration, let us know by calling the
Technical Support phone number or describing the problem in
written form.
A manual file is included with this "READONLY" release and it is
called CrossDOS.manual. This manual is written for the
user who has purchased the "READ/WRITE" version so that
references to functions that require the ability to write do not
apply for this release. Although the use of CrossDos is very
simple and user transparent, a comprehensive manual is supplied
for technical reference.
FILE LIST
This is the current listing of the CrossDos Version 3.02
READONLY release:
c (dir)
Mount V1.3 compatible cmd to "mount" device
TDPatch12 trackdisk.device patch for V1.2
TDPatch13 trackdisk.device patch for V1.3
L (dir)
MSDOSFileSystem MS-DOS file system code
Devs (dir)
mfm.device mfm device driver code
mountlist.msdosFS partial mountlist for floppies
LIBS (dir)
arp.library ARP V1.3 library
Utilities (dir)
cmpPATH execution script to exercise filesystem
devinfo display device info
diskchk check disk blocks on any disk
diskchk.info
kill kill handler or filesystem
rawcopy diskcopy MS-DOS disks btw 2 drives
CrossDOS.manual The manual for this product
Install_msdosFS execution script for auto-installation
READ.ME This file
A format utility called "MFORMAT" will be provided in the
"READ/WRITE" version but not in this "READONLY" version.
If you need to format an MS-DOS disk, you can use the
PCUTILS/PCFORMAT utility found on the EXTRAS disk supplied with
your Amiga operating system.
A diskcopy utility called "MDISCOPY" will be provided in the
"READ/WRITE" version but in this "READONLY" version a utility
called "RAWCOPY" will be used instead.
Technical Support Line -- (313) 459-7271 9:00AM - 5:00PM EST
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The file MSDFS302.ZOO is available on the Hobbit Hole, 904-243-6219,
1200-9600HST. No fees, no hassle!jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu (08/09/89)
In article <21224@louie.udel.EDU>, jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) writes: [description of CrossDOS] > The file MSDFS302.ZOO is available on the Hobbit Hole, 904-243-6219, > 1200-9600HST. No fees, no hassle! No hassle? I tried four times to call and it hung up on me every time. ] Press RETURN... (I did it) ] Hobbit Node 1 2400 8N1 *> click! *< Nice! -- James A. Treworgy "You should have seen me with the poker man, jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu I had a honey and I bet a grand, jtreworgy%eagle@WESLEYAN.BITNET Just in the nick of time I looked at his hand" Box 5033 Wesleyan Station -Paul McCartney Middletown, CT 06475
msiskin@shogun.cc.umich.edu (Marc Siskin) (08/09/89)
WARNING!!!! SLIGHTLY COMMERCIAL RESPONSE FOLLOWS!! In article <421@eagle.wesleyan.edu> jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes: >In article <21224@louie.udel.EDU>, jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) writes: >[description of CrossDOS] > >> The file MSDFS302.ZOO is available on the Hobbit Hole, 904-243-6219, >> 1200-9600HST. No fees, no hassle! > The author of Cross Dos was at the MACRO (Michigan Amiga Computer Resource Orgamization) meeting last night and announced that Cross Dos will be ready for shipping in about 3 weeks. The Cost will be $30 plus $3-6 shipping and/or COD ($8 shipping in Canada and points out). It looked great. You can now directly read and write to Messy-DOS formatted disks on an amiga drive. You can run Amiga utilities on that disk too. For information and orders contact: Consultron 11280 Parkview Plymouth, MI 48170 *End commercial* I have no part in Consultron or Cross-Doss except as a viewer of the demo last night. Your mileage may vary. Offer void where prohibited by Law. In other words, don't complain to me if you are disappointed. :-) Marc Siskin, Supervisor OCR Lab for the College of LS&A University of Michigan Language Lab Media Production Person, etc. Msiskin@shogun.us.cc.umich.edu
aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu (David C. Powell) (08/11/89)
In article <421@eagle.wesleyan.edu> jtreworgy@eagle.wesleyan.edu writes: >In article <21224@louie.udel.EDU>, jones@uv4.eglin.af.mil (Calvin Jones, III) writes: >[description of CrossDOS] > >> The file MSDFS302.ZOO is available on the Hobbit Hole, 904-243-6219, >> 1200-9600HST. No fees, no hassle! > >No hassle? I tried four times to call and it hung up on me every time. > >] Press RETURN... >(I did it) >] Hobbit Node 1 2400 8N1 >*> click! *< > >Nice! >-- >James A. Treworgy "You should have seen me with the poker man, (signature deleted for some measure of brevity) Well, *I* had an entirely different thing happen: Using a 1200 baud modem I called from (4 letter word ahead do *NOT* blanch! ;-) ) a Mac II running Kermit (which does VT100 emulation) from work (Ball State University , which kindly lets me use their equipment... :-) ) and had NO problems what so EVER, I logged in, 'filled out' the application, and was INSTANTLY approved*.. Hmm... just out of curiosity, what *TYPE* of 2400 baud modem were YOU using, I have heard that the Supra 2400 generates a slightly 'off' 2400 baud TONE, so that could have been your problem.. then again, the HST modem could have mistaken you for a BALROG and logged you off in self defense!!!! :-) :-) :-) Sincerly a VERY satisfied Hobbit Hole user (and DEVOUT Tolkien fan!) *Note: the Sysop 'Bilbo' was 'on' when I called, and approved me after I had filled out the application, he seemed like a thouroughly (sp?) nice guy, and even helped me FIND the Cross-dos .zoo file... DL'ed the file in a little under 1 hour to boot, at 1200 Baud, that was D^&N good throughput!!!!!! (was about 103,000 bytes long...) David C. Powell M.I.S. Senior Ball State University Muncie, Indiana *-David Powell :ARPA: aegnor@bsu-cs.bsu.edu--------------------------* | \/ President :UUCP: <backbones>!{iuvax,pur-ee}!bsu-cs!aegnor | | /\etwnk Industries, Ltd. : | *-"If it doesn't work, we DIDN'T do it!"-----------------------------*
gaspar@stl-08sima.army.mil (Al Gaspar) (08/11/89)
Does Cross-Doss work with 3.5" 720k ms-dos disks? The original posting seemed to imply it only worked with 5.25" disks. Thanks-- Al -- Al Gaspar <gaspar@stl-08sima.army.mil> (used to be <gaspar@almsa-1.arpa>) USAMC CSDA, ATTN: AMXAL-OW, Box 1578, St. Louis, MO 63188-1578 COMMERCIAL: (314) 263-5118 AUTOVON: 693-5118 uunet.uu.net!stl-08sima.army.mil!gaspar