hh2x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu (10/01/90)
In article <kayZVPy00WBLA2Vkxa@andrew.cmu.edu>, rw2w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Robert William Weiman) writes: > Does anyone know if there is a program (or even if it is possible...) > to either read 720K MSDOS format disks in this drive - or to read/write > 1581 disks in a standard pc-clone drive (720K or 1.44M). > > thanks > bob > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > |Internet: | I've come to know the color of indecisiveness. | > | rw2w@andrew.cmu.edu | So tell me what I'm feeling, | > |BITnet: rw2w@cmuccvma | In seven words or less. | > |UUCP: Who knows?? | - King's X | > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- The 1581 can't format MS-DOS disks but it can read them if they're 720K. I think a program that does this appeared in an old issue of RUN but I don't know which one. Aaron
bhelf@athena.mit.edu (Bill Helfinstine) (10/02/90)
>> Does anyone know if there is a program (or even if it is possible...) >> to either read 720K MSDOS format disks in this drive - or to read/write >> 1581 disks in a standard pc-clone drive (720K or 1.44M). >The 1581 can't format MS-DOS disks but it can read them if they're 720K. I >think a program that does this appeared in an old issue of RUN but I don't know >which one. The 1581 can format, read, and write 3.5" MS-DOS 720K disks with the proper program. I believe the Big Blue Reader will do so, or there were several issues of RUN in early 1989 that had programs to format and read/write. Bill Helfinstine bhelf@athena.mit.edu