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From: acliu@skat.usc.edu (Alex C. Liu)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: PET CBM 8022 ---> IBM PC-DOS Diskette CONVERSION
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Date: 27 Feb 90 01:45:44 GMT
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In article <2594@uwm.edu> jgreco@archimedes.math.uwm.edu (Joe Greco) writes:
>In article <1990Feb26.175510.12858@athena.mit.edu> garlands@athena.mit.edu (Nathanial G Charles) writes:
>>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.  
	[ Lots of Negatives from Joe about trasnfering files the
	"standard" way]

>>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.  

Could it be possible to transfer files by getting an IEEE-488 card for
the IBM and connect the PET with the IBM using an IEEE-488 connection?
(Sorry, i am not that familiar with IEEE-488 interfaces...)

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