amiga reading pc floppy disks

Darkon · Post by **Darkon** » Wed May 25, 2005 11:35 pm

I know ive asked this before (a long time ago now)
but i honestly cant remember what needs doing in order for it to work

i know it has something to do with moving a file within workbench to another folder but i cant remember what the file was called or what folder...

anyone have any idea?

Alan · Post by **Alan** » Thu May 26, 2005 12:18 am

Wasn't it the program CrossDOS?

bojster · Post by **bojster** » Thu May 26, 2005 12:20 am

If it's a DD (720K) floppy, you need a CrossDOS for reading it. The device is PC0:
If it's a HD (1440K) floppy, you'll also need a HD floppy drive.

Post by **Holger** » Thu May 26, 2005 12:41 pm

Instead of using CrossDOS, you can also use Kickstart 2.0 / Workbench 2.0 or above, which has this functionality already built in.

Darkon · Post by **Darkon** » Thu May 26, 2005 2:00 pm

Ah, Holger was right, however it might be the fact that i moved the file long ago so it would work, and on that note it can be known as either xdos or crossdos

I wanted to tell a friend how to do it himself but i just couldnt remember how or what, so thanks :-p