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echo: 64_talk
to: GREG MCNAMARA
from: Mark Dowsett
date: 1994-02-12 13:57:00
subject: 1541 drives

G'day Greg,

 GM> Well if your like me ...I have a laptop
 GM> ibm which only has 3.5 drives l/d.
 GM> So if you hook up the 1541 to the ibm you
 GM> should be able to read /write ibm
 GM> files and also download any 64/128
 GM> programs on the ibm and save them to 5.25 format...

 Sorry, but you will NOT be able to read IBM disks with a 1541 drive at
ALL..
 you can read / write to Commodore disks but with the 1541 you are
stuck with Single Sided format.. This will not hold many MS-DOS files!!

 The formats are two far different... A 1571 drive CAN read IBM disks
but it needs sofware as well so I don't see how this could be
implememted with a X1541 cable...

 Cheers,
                               Speedy

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