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From: garlands@athena.mit.edu (Nathanial G Charles)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm,comp.sys.ibm
Subject: PET CBM 8022 ---> IBM PC-DOS Diskette CONVERSION
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Date: 26 Feb 90 17:55:10 GMT
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I have a 5.25 inch diskette that was created on a PET CBM 8022 using the
program WORDPRO 4.  I desperately need to transfer the data from those
files and put them onto a IBM PC-DOS readable format so I can import
them into WORDPERFECT or something.  

Is there some sort of device driver available that will allow IBM PC-DOS 
to read diskettes created by a PET CBM 8022?

Does the PET CBM 8022 have an RS_232 compatible serial port?  
(I could connect to the IBM PC in host mode and transfer the files.)

Is there a program on the PET that will write files in IBM PC-DOS format?

Are there any other ways that I could at least transfer the file from
PET format diskette to a PC-DOS formatted diskette?  If so, I could use
Norton Utilities to extract the data from the WORDPRO file.

Anyone with any ideas, please contact Nate Charles ( garlands@athena.mit.edu)
or post to the net, if appropriate.  I'd appreciate any and all leads, no
matter how small.  

Nate Charles     garlands@athena.mit.edu    

Thank you.