Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uunet!unhd.unh.edu!oz!pyr579 From: pyr579@oz.plymouth.edu (Technoid) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Reading 8-bit disks with an ST Message-ID: <1991Jun7.160145.1200@oz.plymouth.edu> Date: 7 Jun 91 16:01:45 GMT References: <6DB632w164w@cellar.UUCP> <1991Jun7.121908.7292@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> Reply-To: pyr579@oz.plymouth.edu (Technoid) Organization: Plymouth State College - Plymouth, N.H. Lines: 33 In article <1991Jun7.121908.7292@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> boyd@nu.cs.fsu.edu writes: >In article <6DB632w164w@cellar.UUCP>, revpk@cellar.UUCP (Brian 'Rev P-K' Siano) writes: >> >> 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 . . . . > Hello, It should also be mentioned that there is a fully 8-bit emulator for the ST. You will find it and more information on the STXformer on Atari.archive I have yet to find an Xformer cable though so if you have any luck, please get back to me. Stephan -- \/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/ pyr579@oz.plymouth.edu Stephan R. Cleaves Salamanders Are Cool... /\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\