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   Message 14,940 of 15,439   
   Ken Springer to Arachide   
   Re: Macintosh emulation with STeem?   
   02 Sep 14 01:32:35   
   
   From: wordworks@greeleynet.com   
      
   On 9/2/14 12:49 AM, Arachide wrote:   
   > Le 02/09/2014 07:36, Axel a écrit :   
   >> Am 01.09.2014 23:09, schrieb Bill Marcum:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> As I recall, TOS used the MSDOS file system, and only the boot sector   
   >>> was different. You might be able to transfer the disk using Linux, or   
   >>> there were ST emulators for Win98.   
   >> The file system is similar with MSDOS, with just little changes. My old   
   >> PC with a floppy drive won´t read the discs, but Linux might be a good   
   >> idea.   
   >> I´ll get me a Linux live CD and give it a try.   
   >>   
   >> Axel   
   >   
   > Hi,   
   >   
   > The TOS disks are fully readable by a PC from TOS 1.2 or 1.4 (can't   
   > remember when they changed!). Only the very first Ataris had those   
   > little changes in the boot sector.   
   >   
   > I remember there was a little tool to modify the early disks so they   
   > could be read by both PC and ST.   
      
   One of those tools to modify the boot sector was from Little Green   
   Football, maybe Footballs.  Free stuff from the guys at Codehead   
   Software.  Can't remember the name of the program.   
      
      
      
      
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