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From: johnsonc@topaz.ucq.edu.au
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Reading 8-bit disks with an ST
Message-ID: <1991Jun8.095213.7533@topaz.ucq.edu.au>
Date: 8 Jun 91 00:24:42 GMT
References: <6DB632w164w@cellar.UUCP>
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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.
> 
> 
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> Brian Siano, aka      [ "Mr. A. Hitler, the old Nazi thing, says      
>                       [ Mickey's silly. Imagine that! Well, Mickey is 
> Rev. Philosopher-King [ going to save Mr. A. Hitler from drowning or  
>                       [ something some day. Just wait and see if he   
>  revpk@cellar.UUCP    [ doesn't. Then won't Mr. A. Hitler be ashamed!"
>                       [ -- Walt Disney, 1933.                         
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-- 
I've never really tried it yet, Brian, but I recall that ST Writer lets
you call in AtariWriter files via a modem line (?).  You would probably
need an 850 interface to do it.  I'm sorry but that is all I can offer.
Perhaps someone else would know more about that than I would.


P.S. Could you perhaps tell me how I can contact James Randi?

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