Re: DOS 3.3 Question

[mfumu@alphalink.com.au (Bill Robbins)]

In article
<ggonter-0908981344190001@dial-150-tnt-btvt-01.ramp.together.net>,
ggonter@together.net (Geof Gonter) wrote:

> In article <35CD2A5B.69FF@pdq.net>, boucher1@iname.com wrote:
> 
> >Paul G wrote:
> >> 
> >> Can I make a 3.5" floppy with DOS 3.3 .......  Cuz i tried formatting
> >> port 5(smart port on GS) to where 3.5" was connected and it refused and
> >> didn't even recognized the drive ??!!  Was DOS 3.3 intended to use with
> >> 5.25" only
> >
> >
> > There use to be a download on the Alltech site for partitioning and
> >formatting a 3.5" disk with DOS 3.3.
> 
> There used to be (maybe still is) a program that allowed you to place DOS
> 3.3 files on a 3.5" disk, but I could never get it to work. I have a copy
> here among my PD/Share library from the user group. If you don't find
> anything, please let me know and I'll work harder to find it.

There were actually several of the schemes around, both commercial and
otherwise.  I typed in one I found it Nybble magazine, and customized it
in a number of ways, which is why it would not be a good idea for me to
send it to you.  I haven't used it for years and have long ago forgotten
exactly what I did.  It seems to me I remember that ProSel 8 had a scheme
for putting a DOS 3.3 partition on a 3.5 inch disk.  That might be the
easiest one to find.

Bill Robbins
mfumu@alphalink.com.au