Haemogoblin
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Is it possible to read / write to disks formatted for Apricot computers on a modern, Win XP system?
Is it possible to read / write to disks formatted for Apricot computers on a modern, Win XP system?
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Reading Apricot Disks?
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WBST
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I'd say that would depend on which Apricot computer wrote them.
NeXT
Veteran Member
I've never had any success accessing Apricot floppies on an XP system, HOWEVER I have successfully read in and written back images made using Rawread/Rawrite.
Haemogoblin
Experienced Member
I was thinking of getting myself an Apricot Portable. just curious f I can get data off it on to a modern system.
For example, say I create a file on the Apricot, that I'd like to open on another system.
For example, say I create a file on the Apricot, that I'd like to open on another system.
JohnElliott
Veteran Member
Apricot PCs like the Portable have their own non-standard boot sector, which Windows won't recognise. However Apricot MS-DOS, at least in some versions, can access disks in the standard PCDOS 713k format.
The dsktrans utility in LibDsk includes options to convert the boot sector of a disk image to and fro between the PCDOS and Apricot formats.
The dsktrans utility in LibDsk includes options to convert the boot sector of a disk image to and fro between the PCDOS and Apricot formats.
Chuck(G)
25k Member
If you don't mind running MSDOS look for COTDOS on SIMTEL20. It's a device driver that allows standard DOS access, and formats using the standard Apricot boot sector. You'll need a 5.25" 1.2M or 720K floppy drive. I wrote it ages ago.