davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) (05/14/87)
Is there a product which will allow a PC to read Amiga floppy disks
(and write them), or to allow the Amiga to read/write PC 3-1/2" disks?
I'll settle for a clear specification of the Amiga disk format.
The Amiga is being operated by a beginner non-programmer, so I can't
expect him to program or even have a compiler. I am willing to write a
program to generate Amiga disks, but would rather buy or download one.
Please don't tell me about the PC disk specs, I can already write PC
disks on the PC, and can't program the Amiga, or even download to it
(that's the object of this excercise).
If possible use my signature rather than the replay address, this is
posted from a news machine, not where I get my mail.
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"Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward"bryce@COGSCI.BERKELEY.EDU.UUCP (05/15/87)
> Is there a product which will allow a PC to read Amiga floppy disks > (and write them), No. The IBM controller would have a *very* rough time decoding the Amiga format. The Amiga stores more data on a disk because it ignores trivialities like "inter-sector gaps" and reads/writes entire tracks in one DMA bite. > or to allow the Amiga to read/write PC 3-1/2" disks? A utility to read/write 5.25" disks comes with V1.2 of the Amiga operating system (On the "Extras" disk). This requires a 5.25" drive on the Amiga. A company makes a utility to read/write 90mm (3.5") disks. It will read/ write the IBM 720kb format as well as the older 360kb format. The company is Central Coast Software, 268 Bowie Drive. Los Osos, Ca 93402 805-528-4906. Same company claims to have a utility to read 4040/1541 zoned GCR disks as well. The products are DOS-2-DOS and DISK-2-DISK. oo BPTR? Just say *NO*! \/ bryce@cogsci.Berkeley.EDU Funded by the coalition to ban the BPTR! Disclaimer: I have no relation to Central Coast Software except that I know how to read english, the language they chose for their magazine advertisments.