| Title: | AMIGA NOTES |
| Notice: | Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2 |
| Moderator: | HYDRA::MOORE |
| Created: | Sat Apr 26 1986 |
| Last Modified: | Wed Feb 05 1992 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 5378 |
| Total number of notes: | 38326 |
Does anybody know how to use an external 3.5" drive in I.B.M. 720k
mode ?
The drive does not have a disable switch at the moment but this can
be added on to the drive (disconnet the sel line I think) later if
needed.
This question has been asked by a friend because he has lots of
I.B.M. software and transformer (yes he know that he can only use
non graphic S/W)
Thanks for any help
Steve G...
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| 2701.1 | DICKNS::MACDONALD | WA1OMM 7.093/145.05/223.58 AX.25 | Thu Jun 29 1989 13:59 | 9 | |
I must have missed something ... if he is using Transformer, his
internal 3.5" drive becomes the IBM drive. Transformer can read
the 720K disks fine, it just can't write beyond 360K. There is a
program called PCcopy and one called PCformat that comes with the
Workbench. If you run PCpatch, it will allow you to format and
write/read 720K IBM 3.5" diskettes on the Amiga under AmigaDOS.
Seems to be plenty of tools to get him to where he wants to be!
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| 2701.2 | Use drive E or D. | MQOA02::RHOUDE | Quebec district support | Thu Jun 29 1989 15:53 | 7 |
Re .0
The be able to use the external or internal drive as a 720k disk
you must use drive "E:" for "A:" and drive "D:" for "B:". The drive
E and D are the driver to be able to use the 3.5" in full capacity.
The driver is getting loaded when you boot MSDOS
Rene.
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| 2701.3 | Find the right format program | GLORY::SPATOULAS | Don't Automate the Past...Invent the Future... | Fri Jun 30 1989 10:50 | 10 |
The problem with early versions of MSDOS is that they would not format 720K 3.5 disks. Some comanies like Zenith had an extra format program just for the 720k disks. I was one of the masohists that was using the Emulator and had copied that program from a friendly ??? dealer. Newer versions of MSDOS have modified the FORMAT program to allow you to do that. ...gss... | |||||
| 2701.4 | Thanks for your help | VIVIAN::S_GOLDSTEIN | Steve G...01-234-5935 | Sun Jul 02 1989 08:30 | 1 |