amiga-IBM data transfer
25-Oct-89 09:17:19
Sb: #71118-amiga-IBM data transfer
Fm: Jim Vishoot 73577,522
To: Richard W. Lucio II, M.D 75176,2273
I've been using CrossDOS for several weeks now with no problems. It seems
to integrate well into the Amiga. What I like about it is that I can set up
my external 3.5" as DF1: for AmigaDOS disks and as MF1: (for example) for
MS-DOS disks at the same time (which says as much for the design of the
Amiga system software as it does for CrossDOS). When I pop an Amiga-DOS
disk into the drive, DF1: recognizes it, but MF1: says it is unreadable;
when I pop in an MS-DOS disk, DF1: says it is unreadable, but MF1:
recognizes it. No effort on my part, other than specifying the DF1: or MF1:
device as part of the filename. All of the AmigaDOS commands that I have
tried (e.g., dir, list, copy, info, delete, etc.) work fine with the MS-DOS
device. I also use TxEd+ quite often for editing MS-DOS files (MUCH better
than ANYTHING I've found for the PC). Since CrossDOS provides the device
handler for the MS-DOS device, it would seem that any program which follows
the rules in accessing the disk should work. CrossDOS also provides
utilities for formatting and copying MS-DOS disks (I've used the format
utility, but not the disk copy).
So, CrossDOS is worth checking out. I don't have any experience with
DOS-2-DOS (I came across CrossDOS in a local store while looking for
DOS-2-DOS, which wasn't on the shelf).