wnp@iiasa.AT (wolf paul) (08/27/90)
I am looking for a program to read/write C128 diskettes on a
PC-compatible.
Is there such a beast? Ideally public-domain or shareware ...
Thanks!
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* * * * Kurt Waldheim for President (of Mars, of course!) * * * *ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) (08/30/90)
>I am looking for a program to read/write C128 diskettes on a >PC-compatible. > I've heard there is one called "the Big Blue Reader", but i've never seen it. If you get ahold of one, let me know. I have some C64 data that needs to go to IBM, too. -ted- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ted@helios.ucsc.edu |"He has showed you, O man, what is good; and what does the W (408)459-2110 |Lord require of you but to do justice and to love kindness H (408)423-2444 |and to walk humbly with your God?" Micah 6:8 (RSV)
mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Marc Roussel) (08/30/90)
In article <6441@darkstar.ucsc.edu> ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) writes: >>I am looking for a program to read/write C128 diskettes on a >>PC-compatible. >> >I've heard there is one called "the Big Blue Reader", but i've never seen it. Big Blue Reader isn't a PC program that let's you read CBM disks; it's a program for Commodore computers that let's you write IBM format disks. It requires either a 1571 or 1581 disk drive. (It WILL NOT work with the 1541.) There was a similar program published by Run! magazine a few months ago (sorry, I don't know the name). It too only works with 1571 and 1581 drives. If you have access to Qlink, the latter may be your cheapest alternative. Sincerely, Marc R. Roussel mroussel@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca
piskacrj@mentor.cc.purdue.edu (Robert J Piskac) (08/30/90)
In article <6441@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) writes: > >I am looking for a program to read/write C128 diskettes on a > >PC-compatible. > > > I've heard there is one called "the Big Blue Reader", but i've never seen it. > If you get ahold of one, let me know. I have some C64 data that needs to go > to IBM, too. -ted- > You missed the point. He wants the PC to do the read/write. Which cannot be done.
roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail) (08/31/90)
ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) writes: > >I am looking for a program to read/write C128 diskettes on a > >PC-compatible. > > > I've heard there is one called "the Big Blue Reader", but i've never seen it. Big Blue Reader is a Commodore program. There are 2 versions, one for the 64 and one for the 128. Both require a 1571 drive. I used to use it when I had both a Commodore and a PC... then I got DesTerm for the 128 and just ran files across a serial link at 9600 bps. :-) -- Roy M. Silvernail |+| roy%cybrspc@cs.umn.edu |+| #define opinions ALL_MINE; main(){float x=1;x=x/50;printf("It's only $%.2f, but it's my $%.2f!\n",x,x);} "This is cyberspace." -- Peter da Silva :--: "...and I like it here!" -- me
slogan@ms.uky.edu (Stan Logan) (08/31/90)
There is a program called the Big Blue Reader which works on a 1571 or 1581 drive. It can read and write to a Commodore formatted disk or a MS-DOS disk. The disk can then be used on a PC. Stan
rickc@pogo.WV.TEK.COM (Rick Clements) (09/05/90)
In article <6441@darkstar.ucsc.edu> ted@helios.ucsc.edu (Ted Cantrall) writes: >>I am looking for a program to read/write C128 diskettes on a >>PC-compatible. >I've heard there is one called "the Big Blue Reader", but i've never seen it. >If you get ahold of one, let me know. I have some C64 data that needs to go >to IBM, too. -ted- Big Blue Reader works well, but it doesn't run on the IBM. It runs on a C128 with a 1571. It will read and write the 48 TPI IBM disks (double density). It can't read the high density disks. (I have no trouble reading double density disks written on a high density drive.) -- Rick Clements (RickC@pogo.WV.TEK.COM)