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From: SAGE@LL.LL.MIT.EDU
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Subject: Re: Morrow Design
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Date: 7 May 90 17:10:23 GMT
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I tried to respond to ucla-seas!seashell.seas.ucla.edu!mitch@cs.ucla.edu
directly, but the mail bounced.

>> Is there some kind of MS-DOS program available that will let her read her
>> old cpm floppies on an XT?  (Have I just insulted everyone in this
>> newsgroup?)  I saw some mention of running a CPM environment on a DOS
>> machine.  Is that the sort of thing she should be interested in?

   This problem is very easy to solve.  You can get the shareware program
22DISK (latest version is in 22DSK130.ZIP, I believe) on BBSs, perhaps at
SIMTEL20, too.  Or you can purchase Uniform from Micro Solutions as
described in another message recently on the net.  I use Uniform.

   You do not need to run a CP/M emulator in order to read the disks; you
need that only if you want to RUN the CP/M programs.  There are many such
emulators and even Z80 cards that go in PCs.  I have such a card from Micro
Solutions in my Compaq 386/16, and it makes a dynamite CP/M system.  One
emulator is the companion to 22DISK called 22NICE.

>> Also, I have an old Sanyo MBC-2000 ... I need to unload this soon, my
>> wife wants it outta her way. Is this worth more than $1/pound to anyone?

   Probably not worth even that.  If you are ready to give it away, we at
the Boston Computer Society regularly accept donations of CP/M machines, and
we try to find new owners who will care for them with respect during their
declining years.  If you are ready to make such a donation, please contact
me at SAGE @ LL.LL.MIT.EDU.  My address is 1435 Centre St., Newton Centre,
MA 02159-2469.  Home phone is 617-965-3552.


-- Jay Sage