15340TDD@MSU.BITNET (Tom Davis) (08/02/89)
I assume this has been asked here before, but I couldn't find it anywhere. Is there any PD software that will allow me to read some TRS-80 generated files with a PC?
ehr@ecsvax.UUCP (Ernest H. Robl) (08/04/89)
In article <13715340TDD@MSU>, 15340TDD@MSU.BITNET (Tom Davis) writes: > I assume this has been asked here before, but I couldn't find it anywhere. > Is there any PD software that will allow me to read some TRS-80 generated > files with a PC? If you mean model III or 4 files -- there are, after all a lot of different machines called TRS-80 -- then I would suggest TRSCROSS, a commercial product, which is available from RS stores. (You may need to get them to order it for you.) Not only will it read the discs, but it also does the necessary file conversions while copying to your MSDOS machine. Super- Scripsit files are converted to ASCII; BASIC programs which were saved as BASIC programs (not ASCII source) are converted to MS BASIC, handling such things as cursor screen locations. No, this program won't do all such changes for you, but it does handle most of them, leaving only minor manual cleanup. I have about 60 discs or various data, much of it text files, created on a model III. From time to time, I want to use some of those old files on my Zenith SupersPort. So far, as long as the original disc had not been corrupted, TRSCROSS has worked fine. (I have no connection with the creators of TRSCROSS, Radio Shack, etc., other than being a paying customer.) -- Ernest -- My opinions are my own and probably not IBM-compatible.--ehr Ernest H. Robl (ehr@ecsvax) (919) 684-6269 w; (919) 286-3845 h Systems Specialist (Tandem System Manager), Library Systems, 027 Perkins Library, Duke University, Durham, NC 27706 U.S.A.
Mac.Druaidh@f69.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG (Mac Druaidh) (08/07/89)
"> Is there any PD software that will allow me to read some "> TRS-80 generated "> files with a PC? Not that I've been able to find; I bought TRSCROSS a while ago, and used it until I sold my TRS80's. I will sell you the ORIGINAL disk and manual if you are interested. Call me at 407/228-9055 and leave a name/number. .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. | "Who am us, anyway?" | Mac an Druaidh, Ambsdr | Matt Drury | | Fido 363/69, 407/859-2243 | to the Elfin Realms, | Box 561332 | | Egg 9008/1069, Para Nu-Beta | Darkwater, Trimaris | Orlando FL 32856 | `-------------------------------------------------------------------------' -- Fidonet: Mac Druaidh via 1:363/9 Internet: Mac.Druaidh@f69.n363.z1.FIDONET.ORG Usenet: ...!peora!rtmvax!libcmp!mamab!69!Mac.Druaidh