Article 48786 of comp.sys.cbm: Xref: undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca comp.sys.cbm:48786 Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm Path: undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca!csbruce From: csbruce@ccnga.uwaterloo.ca (Craig Bruce) Subject: Re: Pc to c64 Sender: news@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (news spool owner) Message-ID: Date: Wed, 31 Jan 1996 17:06:33 GMT References: <4eme3p$cge@cloner3.netcom.com> <4emiav$f7c@cloner3.netcom.com> <4emqcs$3g2@victoria.pe.net> Nntp-Posting-Host: ccnga.uwaterloo.ca Organization: University of Waterloo, Canada (eh!) bob masse wrote: >: I find that the best way to do this is to use Big Blue Reader. It will >: work with a 1581 drive. If you can't find Big Blue Reader or can't >: afford to pay, there is a PD version called Little Red Reader. > >I believe that Little Red Reader only works on a C= 128.... This is correct. It is amazing how often mis-information about Little Red Reader gets circulated around. Here is the straight poop: Little Red Reader is a program that allows a C128 (but not a C64) to copy files to and from MS-DOS floppy disks. The menu-driven program requires two disk drives to work, where the one containing the MS-DOS disk must be a 1571, 1581, or CMD-FD. With the CMD FD's, the program supports the 1.44-MB (high-density) disk format. The program does not buffer data internally, so the only size restriction on copying is the capacity of the target disk. The program provides PETSCII/ASCII conversion but will work only with the root directories of MS-DOS disks. The program is also available via FTP and is FREE. It appears that the latest version (2.00) is not compatible with RAM-DOS. Keep on Hackin'! -Craig Bruce csbruce@ccnga.uwaterloo.ca "The irony, of course, is that if the entire herd of deer were to turn and trample the tiger, the tiger wouldn't stand a chance."