Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!burdvax!bpa!cbmvax!phillip From: phillip@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Phillip Lindsay) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Re: controlling the Amiga drive Message-ID: <1152@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Fri, 19-Dec-86 14:24:23 EST Article-I.D.: cbmvax.1152 Posted: Fri Dec 19 14:24:23 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 21-Dec-86 21:02:49 EST References: <10621@sun.uucp> Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 16 > Summary: Yes, you can read foreign formats > read PC/DOS or CP/M format disks. The trick is to use the trackdisk > device in RAW mode, so that the entire track is read in and left > --Chuck McManis > uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com > These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you. One problem people run into using the trackdisk.device to RAW-READ with INDEX-MARK (like reading IBM format disks) is the fact that the device driver interface routines (ie. DoIO(), SendIO()) clear the flag that tells the device to read with the index mark. The solution is to use the direct entry point to the device "BeginIO()." ============================================================================== Phillip Lindsay - Commodore Business Machines - Amiga Technical Support UUCP: {ihnp4|seismo|caip}!cbmvax!phillip - Phone: (215) 431-9180 No warranty is implied or otherwise given in the form of suggestion or example. Any opinions found here are of my making. /* eof */