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From: rzh@lll-lcc.UUCP (Roger Hanscom)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Converting CP/M files to MS-DOS
Keywords: CP/M, MediaMaster, be careful
Message-ID: <2605@lll-lcc.UUCP>
Date: 21 Sep 89 16:35:38 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Livermore Labs, LCC, Livermore Ca
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In <1640017@hpspcoi.HP.COM> dlow@hpspcoi.HP.COM (Danny Low) says:

=>Not to long ago I saw an ad for a company which sells hardware/
=>software to convert between CP/M disks and MS-DOS.  Now that I need
=>this info, I can't find it. :-(  If someone could drop me a line with a
=>name and telephone number of a company which sells products like this,
=>I'd greatly appreciate it.
=
=The Programmer's Catalog (800) 421-8006 lists 3 programs that
=do conversion between CPM and MSDOS. They are
=
=   Convert $64
=   Media Master $60
=   Uniform $65.
=
=I have no experience with this company. I have used Media Master
=to do this type of work and it barely works.

Indeed, be careful with MediaMaster.  The version that I have had experience
with would not work with a number of CP/M formats that the vendor claimed
were handled.  Make sure it works with the format(s) you are interested in..
*before* you spend your $'s.  The only format I've gotten it to work with
is Kaypro.  It failed on Cromemco, Columbia Data Systems, and Osborne.  Worse
than that, the people who answer their technical help phone were no help, and
seemed *very* defensive.  I've been flamed before for flaming MediaMaster, so
if you're so inclined, save your energy.  The fact is that the product was (is?)
flawed, and the vendor is no help with it.  BE CAREFUL!
           roger             rzh@lll-lcc.llnl.gov