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- From: hinz@picard.med.ge.com (David Hinz Mfg 4-6987)
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- Subject: Re: TRS-80 disk -> MS-DOS disk
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.061751.10961@mr.med.ge.com>
- Date: 2 Sep 92 06:17:51 GMT
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- Arthur Gleckler (arthur@zurich.ai.mit.edu) wrote:
- :
- : I have a TRS-80 disk that I would like to convert to MS-DOS format.
- : However, I don't have access to a TRS-80 equipped with a disk drive or
- : a serial port. Also, I would rather not pay for a disk conversion
- : utility just to convert this one disk. Does anyone know how I can get
- : the data off this disk?
- :
- If it's a text file, you can just dski$ it, as they both use more-or-less
- the same disk controller. You might have to clean it up a bit, but you'll
- get most of the info in cleanly.
-
- If it's a machine-language program, no dice. Z-80 vs. 80x86 just doesn't
- work.
-
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- Dave Hinz - Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. Obviously.
- hinzd@picard.med.ge.com
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