| Title: | Atari ST, TT, & Falcon |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting! |
| Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
| Created: | Mon Apr 04 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1433 |
| Total number of notes: | 10312 |
Hi,
does any of You know about a program to read and write files to/from
the Aladin-Disk into normal ST-File format as VMS EXCHANGE does with
RT11 and Files11 file format?
When using PC-ditto there is no problem working with a PC-program,
producing a file and continue to work with it on the ST. Is this
possible for Aladin files too?
Thanks
Matthias
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| 191.1 | you need alot of info | BERN01::RUGGIERO | Wed Aug 10 1988 11:48 | 12 | |
Well, the physical diskformat is the same on Aladin and TOS but
the logical is not! (MSDOS and PCDITTO have the same LOGICAL
diskstructure as TOS, so there is no problem to read each others
disk).
If you want to read Aladin disks under TOS, you must do diskIO via
bios and xbios functions on track/sector level and sort the things
out by yourself. So this means that you have to know exactly the
LOGICAL diskstructure of a Mac disk/Aladin disk. Perhaps someone
can provide us with this information. If I get the info and find
the time, maybe I'll write a program that can do such transfers...
---markus---
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| 191.2 | Maybe use Sac utilities? | DNTVAX::MESSENGER | An Index of Metals | Wed Aug 10 1988 13:45 | 4 |
Magic Sac has 2 different Sac <-> GEM exchange utilities. If Aladin
uses the same disk format as Magic Sac, these utils could work...
- HBM
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| 191.3 | Version 2.01 has it, I think... | UTROP1::JONG_MARC | Thu Aug 11 1988 03:48 | 14 | |
The most recent version of Aladin has some utilities for file exchange.
For example, if you have a double sided disk drive, you may use
one side of a disk as an Aladin/Mac side while the other side may
be used a GEM side. Furthermore, I believe Aladin V2.01 includes
file exchange utilities.
Then there's the Aladin public domain software. I'll have a look
at it and try to find what you're looking for.
Marc
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