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Subject: Re: PLEASE HELP !!!!! (again)
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Date: 9 Feb 89 18:01:17 GMT
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Re: "Does this mean that the 850 used the CP/M directory structure, and the
same document format as the 860?"

No. The 850 had nothing whatsoever to do with CP/M or the CP/M directory
structure.

The 850 document structure is very similar to that of the 860, if not quite
identical. Both have been converted to other formats using the "Xerox 860
File Conversion"  and other conversion facilities of the Xerox Star (now
ViewPoint) software.

The Xerox organizational component which developed the 850 has long since
been disbanded and/or reorganized into another located halfway across the
country, so it isn't surprising that no-one can tell you anything about the
850 anymore.