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From: rbloom@APG-EMH1.APG.ARMY.MIL (Robert Bloom  AMCICP-IM 3775)
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Subject: Re: NorthStar DOS file help
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Date: 10 Feb 89 13:50:08 GMT
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Re: urgent request from aquada@athena.mit.edu

If the info on the disk(s) is in CP/M format, there is lots of 
people on the net and elsewhere that can help you with simple 
transfers.  (For example, I have a N* and PC sitting next to each 
other and FTP between them vai a commo line and MEX quite 
frequently.)
 
If the info on the disk(s) is really in NorthStar DOS (a N* 
proprietary disk format which was overcome by CP/M, giving you 
some idea of its age) things become much tougher.  Even if the 
transfer is done, the files may be useless as most N* DOS data 
files involve N* proprietary *programs*, standard ASCII may not 
be available.
 
In the latter, Randy Fischer of Fischer Computer systems may be 
the last surviving commercial N* DOS expert.  Phone is (707)965-
2414, Angwin CA - no connection with me other than a satisfied 
customer.
 
(Anybody know if N*, the company, still exists? - I'm still 
running a Horizon, but now under multi-processor TurboDOS.  Last 
I heard they were making 'Dimensions' - a multi-user MS-DOS 
machine with some variant of TurboDOS ...)
 
Bob Bloom