@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA,@tufts.csnet:kjs@tufts.c (kjs) (06/09/86)
A colleague has all of his manuscripts entered into WORDSTAR running on an 8 bit CP/M SUPERBRAIN. Now he wants to convert everything to be readable on an IBM PC compatible. Are there programs for reading Superbrain diskettes under MSDOS? Are there cheap or free ones? So far I've heard about Uniform by Micro Solutions, Inc. and Media Master by I don't know what company. Any info on Media Master, Uniform, or any other programs to do this would be greatly appreciated. Please respond to me as I don't subscribe to this list. Kevin Sullivan Tufts University CSNET: kjs%tufts@csnet-relay BUTNET: kjs@tufts
aptr@ur-tut.UUCP (The Wumpus) (06/20/86)
In article <1220@brl-smoke.ARPA> @CSNET-RELAY.ARPA,@tufts.csnet:kjs@tufts.c (kjs) writes: > >A colleague has all of his manuscripts entered into WORDSTAR running on >an 8 bit CP/M SUPERBRAIN. Now he wants to convert everything to be readable >on an IBM PC compatible. Are there programs for reading Superbrain >diskettes under MSDOS? There is a program that came with the MSDOS when you bought a Xerox 16/8 PC that allowed you to read Xerox 820 (-II, 16/8 PC) format 5 1/4" disks, and the standard 8" SSSD disks. I have used it a couple of times to move stuff from CP/m to MSDOS, but I have not found it really satisfactory because it tends to loose some of the data in the move. What I have found works the best is to transfer the programs from computer to computer by connecting the modem ports of both computers together (with a null modem in between) and then using modem programs on both machines that support the same protocol, sending the files accross. This can be done very quickly if you set the baud of the modem port up to atleast 4800. I try to run at 19.2k, but have found that 9600 works the best. Ussually you can find Public Domain modem programs that support xmodem protocol for both CP/m machines and IBM PCs. The Wumpus UUCP: {seismo,allegra,decvax}!rochester!ur-tut!aptr BITNET: aptrccss@uorvm Disclaimer: "The videotapes are rigged! The witnesses are corrupt! The prosecutors are Nazi drunkards and my client was framed! By By the way, he was born-again last Tuesday. And I have no further comment since I certainly wouldn't want to see this case tried in the media." -Steve Dallas "Yet another triumphant performance of the famed 'Delorean Desperation Defense'" -Opus
ralph@ee.brunel.ac.uk (Ralph Mitchell) (06/22/86)
In article <1220@brl-smoke.ARPA> @CSNET-RELAY.ARPA,@tufts.csnet writes: > >A colleague has all of his manuscripts entered into WORDSTAR running on >an 8 bit CP/M SUPERBRAIN. Now he wants to convert everything to be readable >on an IBM PC compatible. Are there programs for reading Superbrain >diskettes under MSDOS? Are there cheap or free ones? So far I've heard >about Uniform by Micro Solutions, Inc. and Media Master by I don't >know what company. Any info on Media Master, Uniform, or any other >programs to do this would be greatly appreciated. Please respond to me >as I don't subscribe to this list. > I'm also interested in such a facility, as I have a SuperBrain at home and a variety of PC's at work. I think I'm more likely to want to go from PC -> SuperBrain, though. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ralph Mitchell | VOICE: +44 895 74000 Ext 2561 Computer Centre | ARPA: ralph%ee.brunel.ac.uk@ucl-cs.arpa Brunel University | UUCP: ...!mcvax!ukc!ee.brunel.ac.uk!ralph Uxbridge | JANET: ralph@uk.ac.brunel.ee UB8 3PH | UNITED KINGDOM | "Noli illegitemi carborundum" =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
DGilbert.ES@xerox.ARPA (06/30/86)
I've used UNIFORM PC to transfer files from Superbrain QD to IBM-PC and vice-versa. It works, but one problem. The disks had to be initially formatted on the IBM-PC to the Superbrain format. Then these disks used on the Superbrain. The UNIFORM documentation said it had to do with a GAP spacing problem with the NEC FDC chip used in the Superbrain. Disks formatted on the Superbrain are not read reliably by the IBM-PC. Within this constraint, files are transferred fine. I don't know if any other packages have this limitation.... Doug Gilbert