root@raybed2.msd.ray.com (omar) (06/04/91)
We have a bunch of DECstation and VAXstation platforms running ULTRIX that are equipped with 3.5" floppy drives. We would like to find some software that would allow us to Read/Write DOS-compatible disks. We have SoftPC for evaluation but it's pretty slow on disk operations and ideally we'd like something in the public domain (i.e. FREE ;^) ). Does such an animal exist or are we stuck with SoftPC? If it does exist, where is it and/or how can I get it? If there are commercial alternatives to SoftPC, I'd be interested in investigating them as well. Thanks in advance, Mark Marino *Mark Marino * she's the poor mans gold she's the anarchist *omar@raybed2.msd.ray.com* crucible *Raytheon Co. * flying in the face of the despot cannible *Tewksbury, MA * pretty pink rose
aej@manyjars.WPI.EDU (Allan E Johannesen) (06/04/91)
>>>>> On 3 Jun 91 20:20:31 GMT, root@raybed2.msd.ray.com (omar) said:
root> Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
root> We have a bunch of DECstation and VAXstation platforms running
root> ULTRIX that are equipped with 3.5" floppy drives. We would like
root> to find some software that would allow us to Read/Write
root> DOS-compatible disks.
I modified mtools a bit an initial tests seemed to work. I have not
heard back from the professors (I don't have that drive on my station)
about the latest changes, though. It's mtools.tar.Z via anonymous ftp
to wpi.wpi.edu.