Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!wa3wbu!compnect!dave
From: dave@compnect.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Re: Single Density Osborne to MS-Dos [??] Format
Summary: Uniform CAN read single density
Message-ID: <693@compnect.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jul 90 23:34:50 GMT
References: <6320@helios.TAMU.EDU>
Organization: John Core at home, Harrisburg,PA
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In article <6320@helios.TAMU.EDU>, mcguire@cs.tamu.edu (Tim McGuire) writes:
> A few years ago I was using an Osborne I and then graduated to an
> Osborne Executive (it came w/ UCSD Pascal). 

[ ... ]
> I recently needed to access some of my data from my Osborne I days, and 
> found (actually remembered) that Media Master and Uniform will not read
> single density disks.  I presume that this is a hardware limitation of 
> the *BM drive.  Can anyone give me any info on how to read my ancient 
> manuscripts?

Musta been a REAL old version of Uniform. I thought it was capable of
single density so I just fired up version 1.08 and I'm looking at it on
my PC screen right now. Not only does it support several single density
formats, it even specifically lists TWO Osborne I formats, both double
AND single desity. So, all you need is a newer version of Uniform and
you've got it licked. :-)  As to Media Master, I can't help you there.
Never tried it.

              *>> Dave <<*

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