Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!water!ljdickey
From: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: IBM -> Atari Disk
Message-ID: <1977@water.waterloo.edu>
Date: 9 Dec 88 21:45:59 GMT
References: <672@stag.UUCP>
Reply-To: ljdickey@water.waterloo.edu (Lee Dickey)
Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <672@stag.UUCP> to_stdnet@stag.UUCP writes:
>From: dynasoft!john@stag.UUCP (John Stanley)
>[wfp5p@euclid.acc.Virginia.EDU (William F. Pemberton) writes...]
>> Does any one out there know of a way to for a ST and an IBM PC to 
>> read/write each others disk formats?

John gave I nice, clear explanation of a solution, and a discussion
of a better solution to come in the future.  I think that he did not
mention there are a couple of formatters that are free that will allow
you to format IBM style formatted floppies using your ST.  One that
comes to mind is IBMFMT by Moshe Braner.

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