Re: Dos 3.3 w/800k disks

[Tony Cianfaglione <ab616@chebucto.ns.ca>]

Get AmDOS which allows you to format a 3.5" disk to DOS 3.3 and move files
from 5.25" disks to them.  This won't work if the original program and 
disk is copy protected as many protection schemes needed the original
5.25" disk in the drive to work.

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On Sat, 7 Aug 1999, Randy Herx wrote:

> Hello again..  I have 12 - 5-1/4" disks from Softside magazine from years
> ago.  I would like to put these files on a 3.5" disk but they won't work
> with prodos due to the way prodos handles filenames with spaces in them...
> 
> ex: PR LOSE.BAS becomes PR.LOSE.BAS in prodos.
> 
> What I would like to do, is format a 3.5" disk to Dos 3.3 and copy the files
> there.  Can this be done?
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> Randy
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