6386 <-> 3B1 floppy compatibility?
Ford Prefect
ford at elgar.UUCP
Mon May 9 06:55:15 AEST 1988
In article <186 at ssbn.WLK.COM> bill at ssbn.UUCP (Bill Kennedy) writes:
>In article <1051 at woton.UUCP> riddle at woton.UUCP (Prentiss Riddle ) writes:
>>Does anyone know whether it is possible to write a floppy on a UNIX PC
>>and read it on a 6386 WSG, or vice-versa?
>Not entirely kosher, but it will work. If you can locate a copy of the
>cpiopc [sic] for the PC 6300 PLUS you can use the `x' option ...
Here's another alternative:
I have a program which lets the Unix PC read/write to the "raw" disk
in 360K format, suitable for use with SCO Xenix "/dev/rfd048ds9" and
Regulus "/dev/raw/fibm" devices. Probably others as well, but I have
tested those formats.
The usage is:
fdwrite /dev/rfp020 <program_which_writes_to_stdout>
or: fdread /dev/rfp020 <program_which_reads_from_stdin>
For example:
fdwrite /dev/rfp020 tar -cvf - foo bar baz
And then to read it on Xenix:
tar -xvf /dev/rfd048ds9
It's just a ten-liner that ioctl's the floppy and then execs the
desired program. I'll mail or post as interest indicates.
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