[comp.sys.amiga.emulations] Wanted: program to read/write 3.5" Messy Dos disks

paulz@hpspdra.spd.HP.COM (Paul Zander) (05/15/91)

I am looking for a utility program (or set of programs) to that will
read ASCII files on a 3 1/2 MSDos disk and copy them to an Amiga disk.
Also to copy files from the Amiga to that other format.

The PCUtils in AmigaDos 1.3 only work with a 5 1/4 inch drive.  I am
looking for the same thing using the Amiga 3.5 inch drives.

paulz@hpspdra.spd.HP.COM (Paul Zander) (05/17/91)

Several people have sent email with these answers:

A commercial program called CrossDos.  There is a public domain version
that allows one to try out the program, but this version will not write
files.

A public domain program called msh on Fish 327.

Thanks to all who responded.

rhialto@cs.kun.nl (Olaf'Rhialto'Seibert) (05/30/91)

In article <30580005@hpspdra.spd.HP.COM> paulz@hpspdra.spd.HP.COM (Paul Zander) writes:
>A public domain program called msh on Fish 327.

Sigh. Sorry to be picky, but MSH is not public domain. It is copyrighted,
though the versions released on the net and on Fish disks 327 and 381 (or
was it 382?) are freely distributable. This fact is clearly mentioned in
the documentation and all source files. (Don't people read?)

-- 
Olaf 'Rhialto' Seibert                               rhialto@cs.kun.nl
How can you be so stupid if you're identical to me? -Robert Silverberg

paulz@hpspdra.spd.HP.COM (Paul Zander) (06/06/91)

My apologies.  I received a reference to the Fish disk, and posted the
info to the net before I had the opportunity to actually procure the
disk complete with documentation on SHAREWARE and other useful
information.