bode@cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de (09/13/90)
Hi Netlandians ! Is there any posibility to read *normal* DOS-discs with a Rainbow ?? Greetings Marvin
fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay) (09/14/90)
In article <3483@rwthinf.UUCP> bode@cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de () writes: > > >Is there any posibility to read *normal* DOS-discs >with a Rainbow ?? > if you turn mediacheck on, you can read ibm single sided disks. (and write to them, too.) this, of course, only applies to msdos. the drives in the rainbow are single sided, and cannot read a double sided disk, which is the ibm norm. there was rumored to be a product from suitable solutions that was basically an ibm compatible drive that plugged into your rainbow. however, SS no longer sells rainbow stuff anymore, and they were expensive to begin with. connecting double sided drives to the rainbow is real simple, it's getting the proper device drivers that's a bitch. if i could find such a driver, i'd remove the rx50 from my rainbow and stick in a tandon tm101-4 drive i have sitting around here. (a brand new drive, never used.) -- fzsitvay@techbook.COM - one of these days i'll get it right... Version 2 of anything is usually the version that works.
SLSW2@cc.usu.edu (Roger Ivie) (09/14/90)
In article <3483@rwthinf.UUCP>, bode@cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de writes: > Is there any posibility to read *normal* DOS-discs > with a Rainbow ?? Certainly. Simpy use the following definition: normal = single-sided, 8 sector/track (i.e., 160K) =============================================================================== Roger Ivie 35 S 300 W Logan, Ut. 84321 (801) 752-8633 ===============================================================================
fzsitvay@techbook.com (Frank Zsitvay) (09/20/90)
In article <34366@cc.usu.edu> SLSW2@cc.usu.edu (Roger Ivie) writes: >In article <3483@rwthinf.UUCP>, bode@cip-s01.informatik.rwth-aachen.de writes: >> Is there any posibility to read *normal* DOS-discs >> with a Rainbow ?? > >Certainly. Simpy use the following definition: > >normal = single-sided, 8 sector/track (i.e., 160K) > >=============================================================================== I use the 9 sector (180k) format all the time and it works fine. -- fzsitvay@techbook.COM - one of these days i'll get it right... Version 2 of anything is usually the version that works.