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Re: [zzdev] :zz: New HotZiggity shd file in Windows-compatible format



On Thu, Aug 06, 1998 at 04:50:32AM -0700, Ted Nelson wrote:
> Would it be possible to save the data in a Windows-compatible
>  format, so that when the computer is rebooted in Windows
>  the data could be, e.g., mailed as an attachment?

Yes, that's already what I've done for exactly that reason.

> Am I right that this requires using "mcopy"?  Or does it
>  go deeper than that?

It would also be possible to use a kernel with the MSDOS filesystem and
mount the floppy but in this case it's simpler to just include mcopy
and use that, so that's exactly what I've done.

Cheers,
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