From: shane@cais.com (Taliesin_2) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Formatting 3.5 Disks Date: Mon, 03 Aug 1998 01:17:59 GMT Organization: Lost In The Evergreens With The Animals Lines: 2 Message-ID: <35c50ef1.25790845@newsreader.cais.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: shane.cais.com X-Trace: newsie.cais.net 902107252 28550 205.252.8.150 (3 Aug 1998 01:20:52 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@cais.net NNTP-Posting-Date: 3 Aug 1998 01:20:52 GMT X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.11/32.235 Path: ccw.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!news-raspail.gip.net!news-peer.gip.net!news.gsl.net!gip.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!news-backup-east.sprintlink.net!news.sprintlink.net!205.177.10.1!in1.nntp.cais.net!newsie.cais.net!newsie.cais.net!not-for-mail Hello. I have IBM Compatible formatted 3.5 disks. Is there anyway to format them to MS-DOS??? Does anybody know of any MS-DOS freeware programs for creating DOS-based databases that will allow me to put pictures in the database? Thanx!!! ###### Path: ccw.ch!usenet From: Neil Franklin Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Formatting 3.5 Disks Date: 03 Aug 1998 21:17:54 +0200 Organization: My own Private Self Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: <35c50ef1.25790845@newsreader.cais.net> X-Newsreader: Gnus v5.3/Emacs 19.34 shane@cais.com (Taliesin_2) writes: > > Hello. I have IBM Compatible formatted 3.5 disks. Is there anyway to > format them to MS-DOS??? Take a strong magnet and move it backwards and forward over the disk 10 times. > Does anybody know of any > MS-DOS freeware programs for creating DOS-based databases that will allow me to put pictures in the database? Thanx!!! Linux+Apache seem to do a good job of that for free. Neil "BOFH Laboratories" Franklin -- home: Neil.Franklin@ccw.ch.remove http://www.ccw.ch/Neil.Franklin/ work: franklin@arch.ethz.ch.remove http://caad.arch.ethz.ch/~franklin/ *** It's true ! I read it on Usenet and the Web ! *** ###### From: panoptes@iquest.net (Dan Johnson) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Formatting 3.5 Disks Date: 4 Aug 1998 05:00:26 GMT Organization: IQuest Internet, Inc. Lines: 12 Message-ID: <6q64ha$pjf$1@news.iquest.net> References: <35c50ef1.25790845@newsreader.cais.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: iquest7.iquest.net Path: ccw.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!news.maxwell.syr.edu!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-feed4.bbnplanet.com!cpk-news-feed1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!news.iquest.net!panoptes In article <35c50ef1.25790845@newsreader.cais.net>, Taliesin_2 wrote: >Hello. I have IBM Compatible formatted 3.5 disks. Is there anyway to format them to MS-DOS??? Query: What is the difference between "IBM Compatible formatted" and formatted for MS-DOS? -- Daniel W. Johnson panoptes@iquest.net http://www.members.iquest.net/~panoptes/ 039 53 36 N / 086 11 55 W ###### Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers From: bmarcum@iglou.com Subject: Re: Formatting 3.5 Disks X-Nntp-Posting-Host: lou-ts7-37.iglou.com X-Everything: Net-Tamer V 1.08X X-Nntp-Posting-User: [unauthenticated] Message-ID: Sender: news@iglou.com (News) Organization: IgLou Internet Services (1-800-436-4456) References: <35c50ef1.25790845@newsreader.cais.net> Date: Tue, 4 Aug 1998 17:43:23 GMT Lines: 10 Path: ccw.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news-ge.switch.ch!enews.sgi.com!news.idt.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!192.107.41.5!iglou!news On 1998-08-03 shane@cais.com(Taliesin_2) said: >Hello. I have IBM Compatible formatted 3.5 disks. Is there anyway >to format them to MS-DOS??? Does anybody know of any MS-DOS What do you mean? An IBM compatible 3.5-inch floppy disk IS formatted for MS-DOS. >freeware programs for creating DOS-based databases that will allow >me to put pictures in the database? Thanx!!! Net-Tamer V 1.08X - Test Drive ###### From: Chris Vail Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers Subject: Re: Formatting 3.5 Disks Date: Wed, 05 Aug 1998 03:00:07 -0500 Organization: Airnews.net! at Internet America Lines: 13 Message-ID: <87A6851D8AFB5C03.9F7F41F1EA183B50.825792A98C61D23D@library-proxy.airnews.net> X-Orig-Message-ID: <35C81107.2F51@airmail.net> References: <35c50ef1.25790845@newsreader.cais.net> <6q64ha$pjf$1@news.iquest.net> Reply-To: a0008573@airmail.net Abuse-Reports-To: abuse at airmail.net to report improper postings NNTP-Proxy-Relay: library.airnews.net NNTP-Posting-Time: Tue Aug 4 16:47:25 1998 NNTP-Posting-Host: c\OTQ+Bl.F%+TMKB (Encoded at Airnews!) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 3.01C-KIT (Win95; U) Path: ccw.ch!pfaff.ethz.ch!news-zh.switch.ch!news.belnet.be!newspump.monmouth.com!newspeer.monmouth.com!news.idt.net!WCG!news.airnews.net!cabal12.airnews.net!cabal1.airnews.net!news-f.iadfw.net!usenet Dan Johnson wrote: > > Taliesin_2 wrote: > >Hello. I have IBM Compatible formatted 3.5 disks. Is there anyway to format them to MS-DOS??? > > Query: What is the difference between "IBM Compatible formatted" and > formatted for MS-DOS? Marketing hype written by an idjut that don't speek gud inglesh. ;) Chris