QUESTION: can x86 Linux write ATARI TOS boot image?

From: J. Maynard Gelinas <jmg_at_iac.net>
Date: Wed Feb 18 22:11:04 1998

        I'm about to pick up an ATARI with 5 1/4" 1050 floppt drive,
but it will lack an OS and software. Can I use a standard DD 5 1/4"
drive (say an old shugart with the BIOS set to 360K) and use dd to
write an ATARI boot image file to this drive? I don't see why not,
but I'm not certain if the ATARI drives used some pecular hardware,
like the old mac 400k/800k variable speed drive incompatabilities.

        If so, does anyone have a boot/OS image for this thing? And
where do I find old DD floppies these days?

Thanks!
J. Maynard Gelinas
Received on Wed Feb 18 1998 - 22:11:04 GMT