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From: sjk@ut-emx.UUCP (bob)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: PET CBM 8022 ---> IBM PC-DOS Diskette CONVERSION
Summary: Via Amiga
Message-ID: <25190@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 27 Feb 90 14:35:17 GMT
References: <1990Feb26.175510.12858@athena.mit.edu>
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas
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Nate charles asks how to convert his 8022 diskettes to PC format.
First, I think he means 8032. This is the name of the machine. The
disks might have been made from either a 4040 or 8050 type drive.
If they are 4040 format, then a 64 or 128 style computer can read
them.  If they are 8050, I don't know what to do. (If they are
8250, then they are double-sided 8050 disks.)

So, I don't know if there exists utilities in the 64 world for such
conversions, but if you have access to an Amiga with a 5 1/4"
drive, you can read the files into it with a program called
disk-2-disk, and then write them out as PC files with another
program, Dos-2-Dos, for example. I don't know what format
disk-2-disk reads, but my guess is just 4040 style.  I have an
SP-9000 with a 4040 drive, and an Amiga with a 5 1/4 drive and
Dos-2-Dos. I do not, however, have disk-2-disk.  If we can work
around this somehow (ideas?), I'd be glad to make the conversions
for you if you send me the disks.

And no, the 8032 does not have a standard RS-232, though there are
cables and software that can connect to the parallel port to make
it mimic an RS-232 for communications.  (This is what I use.)

Good luck, let me know if I can be of help.

Scot
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