Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!topaz.rutgers.edu!spl From: spl@topaz.rutgers.edu (Lesniewski) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: how do i transfer Atari 800 files to a IBM PC Keywords: transfer, files, ibm Message-ID: Date: 4 Mar 89 22:53:11 GMT Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 32 OK People here the problem. I have alot of assorted files for my Atari 800 computer stored on floppies and these same floppies are becoming quite old( going on 8 years) and I'm afriad that i will soo loose some of them to the rotting of the disk. I heard a couple of years ago that a disk only have a life expectancy of maybe five years, then the data's integrity becomes questionable. Here my question, Is there a simple way to transfer all of the files from the OLD floppies to a set of NEW IBM floppies? I relize that i cant use the IBM floppies in an Atari disk drive, but with the programs/ data on IBM disks i can take care of it and watch over it a lot easier plus i can compress it and store it on less volitale media. If ever in the future i waht to use the program again on my Atari, i will transfer them back. One way i thought of doing it was via serial ports but i don't have the time to write programs for both machines. Are there any programs out there designed to do this? I know that i could us a modem program to accomplish the job but the only program i have to do this is an old version of AMODEM that have a max speed of a cranken 1200 baud w/XMODEM. I would like a program that i could leave unattended (hint: maybe Ymodem or some of that nature, you know something woth some protocol and something that will pass a filename). If you see any solution to my problem please send me a reply, or even if you have idea on a way i can resolve it please reply. - Thanx to whoever may solve my problem Stephen Lesniewski spl@topaz.rutgers.edu LESNIEWSKI@CANCER