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- From: curt.tucker@ehbbs.gwinnett.com (Curt Tucker)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
- Subject: Osborne1 disk translation help
- Message-ID: <1465.569.uupcb@ehbbs.gwinnett.com>
- Date: 3 Jan 93 14:47:00 GMT
- Distribution: world
- Organization: Ed Hopper's BBS - Berkeley Lake, GA - 404-446-9462
- Reply-To: curt.tucker@ehbbs.gwinnett.com (Curt Tucker)
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- I'm trying to get some advice on how to translate some old SSSD
- 5.25" Osborne1 CPM disks to MS-DOS readable ones.
-
- Does anyone know of an Osborne User Group or BBS?
-
- There do exist some CPM conversion utilities (ala 22DISK) which
- will run on a PC, but these will *not* convert the older (early
- model Osborne1) SS floppies without some kind of surgery to the
- PC floppy controller to allow it do deal with a single-sided disk.
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- We have an ancient copy of Crosstalk that actually runs on the
- Osborne, but we can't get it to drive an external modem. The
- machine with this software did drive the modem a decade ago, but
- we've completely forgotten how it was set up. Maybe a bad serial port?
-
- The disks to be converted are old WordStar document files which
- have both personal and professional value. The floppy drives on
- this machine sound like they're grinding rocks, and it can't last
- forever.
-
- I'd appreciate any help or suggestions. Thanks muchly.
-
- --Curt-- curt.tucker@ehbbs.gwinnett.com
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