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Dano, You can get a program called CrossDos, by Consultron, that reads/writes and formats disks in the IBM format. If you don't have AmigaDos 2.x you could update to it and get CrossDos at the same time. It is now included with the OS. Otherwise purchase it separately and get with it CrossPC which allows you to emulate in software a PeeCee, albeit a very slow one, not recommended for use with non-accelerated Amigas. Look in AmigaTech for a couple files that let you do the same thing. CrossDos is highly recommended and is very inexpensive. Consultron has great support too! Chris

Just got my Photo CD info package. It came quite quickly by calling (800)-242-2424 EXT 77. For additional info try Ext 53. So here is what I found out in the info pack. KODAK Photo CD Access Software View Photo CD images in any of five different resolutions–from thumbnail resolution to preview images to full-detail resolution for photographic-quality printing and enlargement. Select and display multiple images Rotate and flip images Export images to a variety of formats Copy, cut and paste images to other applications Choose from color, grayscale and bitonal formats View and crop low-resolution images, then export high-resolution images with all changes intact Work in one color specification, then export to another Macintosh version Convert to RGB, grayscale, bitonal and all color QuickDraw pixel depths, including 24-bit Export images to EPS, TIFF and PICT format Windows: Convert to 4-bit, 8-bit, or 24-bit; grayscale, color or bitonal Export images to EPS, TIFF, RIFF, PCS and BMP (DIB) formats SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: 4 MB OF RAM 4+ MB of hard drive free space (30 MB of disk space for loading full-resolution Photo CD images) CD-ROM XA Mode 2, Form 1 drive to access Photo CD KODAK Renaissance Design Software Lets you design layouts on your Macintosh computer the way you're used to designing them on your drawing board–quickly and intuitively. there's no need to interrupt the design process with pull-down menus and dialog boxes. The package gives you easy access to all the elements of design, including text, graphics, drawings, fonts, Photo CD images and other popular image formats. FEATURES: Tear-away toolbox and color palette provide interactive point-and-click access to design elements Stretch, squeeze and resize type interactively Drop color and images into any shape or text Use PANTONE or CMYK palettes or create your own colors Import images and ASCII files Zoom, crop, cut, paste, rotate, and mask elements. Produce composite proofs and spot-color film. <continued>

Combine pages and pre-separated DCS images to produce PostScript separations. Create multiple pages sizes within a single document. Create libraries to store frequently used images, templates, palettes, type and more. Preview, select and crop multiple images before applying them to your design. Import ASCII text files. Import images from TIFF, EPS and PICT formats. Access images at all resolutions from KODAK Photo CD Master Discs. Combine pages and pre-separated DCS images to produce PostScript separations. Produce spot color and CMYK process color. Create EPSF files for import to other desktop programs. Support PostScript language output devices, both color and grayscale. System Requirements 5 MB of RAM Apple 32-bit QuickDraw software Adobe Type Manager software and Type 1 fonts Mac System 6.05 or higher CD-ROM XA Mode 2, Form 1 drive KODAK PHOTOEDGE SOFTWARE Access Photo CD images in any of five different resolutions–from thumbnail resolution for selecting and previewing images to full-detail resolution for photographic-quality resolution printing and enlargement Select from six screen languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian and Dutch Display Photo CD contact sheets Convert to 4-bit, 8-bit, or 24-bit; grayscale, color or bitonal. Correct focus and exposure Adjust brightness, contrast and color balance Sharpen or soften photos Zoom, crop, rotate, flip mirror and change perspective Resize or rescale images Print, copy or save images to other formats Macintosh and Windows versions available. Mac version imports images from Photo CD, TIFF, PICT and RAW formats Export images or paste images to the system clipboard in TIFF, PICT, RAW and EPS formats. Windows: Import images in Photo CD, TIFF, RIFF, BMP, PCX and RAW formats. Export images or paste images to the system clipboard in TIFF, RIFF, BMP, PCX, RAW and EPS formats. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 1MB of disk space for program storage Both versions: 4 MB of RAM 30 MB of disk space for loading full-resolution Photo CD images <continued>

CD-ROM XA Mode 2, Form 1 drive Well, it sounds like the only thing we can't do right now is access the Photo-CD images, everything else is available already in one package or another. Renaissance Design is a DTP package, PhotoEdge is like imagemaster or ADPRO. PhotoEdge is like Photo Access plus the abilities to edit the appearance of images. Renaissance is page layout. Time to call KODAK is now if you haven't done so already. Please be firm but polite.? For support or additional information, call (800) 242-2424 ext. 53 Chris Chris

CrossDOS will format IBM-format disks. You can get it at your dealers for about $20-30, or if you have 2.1 OS, it is already part of your system. —Betty

In lib 11 of AmigaTech: [76702,337] Lib:11 MESSYF.LZH/Bin Bytes: 13550, Count: 156, 04-Dec-91 Last:02-Dec-92 Title : Patch to make MSH work under 2.04 Keywords: MESSYFIL MSH MESSYDOS PATCH 2.04 MessyFileSystem – patched MSH FileSystem for use under AmigaDos 2.04 This Posting is a contains patched version of the FileSystem for Olaf Seibert's MSH, version 1, patch level 3, to allow MSH to work correctly under AmigaDOS 2.04. Author:Andrew Chalmers [76702,337] Lib:11 MSDOS1.LZH/Bin Bytes: 49401, Count: 363, 17-Jul-90 Last:03-Jan-93 Title : V.1.3 of MSDOS, read/write MS-DOS disks in AMy Keywords: MSDOS13 V1.3 OLAF SIEBERT MESSYDOS CROSSDOS This new version of MSDOS, version 1.3, can place an index mark needed by some MS-DOS disks, no longer produces read error messages when a bootblock cannot be read (just ignores it), more polite to dfx: which is used for AMigaDOS as well, and reduced the stack sizes considerably. Author: Olaf Siebert