srt@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Scott Turner) (05/08/90)
My aunt is a writer who has been using a Commmodore 64 w/ Paperback
Writer for many years. She's like to change over to something more
only one decade out-of-date (no offense to C64s or PCs intended) but
doesn't want to leave behind all her work.
So, are there programs available for the IBM PC which will read C64
floppies? Perusing the archives on simtel20, I see a couple of
programs that will read CPM floppies. Will these work? If not, can
you point me in the right direction or (even better) send me a
program?
Scott R. Turner
UCLA Computer Science "Pull the Wool Over Your Own Eyes!"
Domain: srt@cs.ucla.edunolan@tssi.UUCP (Michael Nolan) (05/10/90)
In article <35078@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU>, srt@maui.cs.ucla.edu (Scott Turner) writes: > My aunt is a writer who has been using a Commmodore 64 w/ Paperback > Writer for many years. She's like to change over to something more > only one decade out-of-date (no offense to C64s or PCs intended) but > doesn't want to leave behind all her work. > > So, are there programs available for the IBM PC which will read C64 > floppies? Try XenoCopy-PC from XENOSOFT, 2210 Sixth Street, Berkeley, CA 94710-2210 (415) 644-9366 I don't see C64 on the list, but it's worth asking them! It sometimes takes a few days to get a response, as the author does this in his spare time. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mike Nolan "rm -f 'witty messages' Tailored Software Services, Inc. Lincoln, Nebraska (402) 423-1490 UUCP: tssi!nolan should work, if not try something like uunet!frith!upba!tssi!nolan
pnl@hpfinote.HP.COM (Peter Lim) (05/10/90)
As far as I can remember, I think you aunt is stuck !
I seem to remember that the C64 disk drive records data in a
format that have variable number of sectors per track. The
outer tracks have more sector, and the inner ones have less.
The PC's disk format is fixed number of sectors per track.
And the PC doesn't have very intimate control over the drive
(I could be wrong given that there are so many different
copy protection schemes which do screwy stuff with the disk).
So, will not ba able to vary the number of sectors on the fly.
So .........
The last time I helped somebody port her thesis written on the
C64 was to hook a C64 with serial port to the PC and transfer
the files over. .... Believe me, if you were ever going to do
that, you'll never want to go back the serial line the other
direction. :-)
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