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From: boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu (Mickey Boyd)
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Subject: Re: Reading 8-bit disks with an ST
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Date: 7 Jun 91 12:19:08 GMT
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In article <6DB632w164w@cellar.UUCP>, revpk@cellar.UUCP (Brian 'Rev P-K' Siano) writes:
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>        I've got several megs' worth of old and very important text files on 
>floppy disks, leftovers from when I used an 8-bit Atari. Now that I have an 
>ST, I'd really like to be able to bring the text into my new machine and 
>transfer it to 720K floppies.
>
>        Can anyone either outline or recommend a way for me to work up a 
>quick transfer system? Is it possible to hitch an old 810 disk drive to an 
>ST, and read ASCII files from it>
>
>        Advice-- and especially a solution-- would be greatly appreciated.

I cannot give you a solution, but I can tell you where one is.  You need
to get STXformer (the 8-bit emulator), and make a cable.  At that point,
you can hook an 810 to your ST and read disks.  I don't know the details.

Of course, if you have an 850 you could always direct-connect the two 
together and modem them over . . . .

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