rbloom@APG-EMH1.APG.ARMY.MIL (Robert Bloom AMCICP-IM 3775) (02/10/89)
Re: urgent request from aquada@athena.mit.edu If the info on the disk(s) is in CP/M format, there is lots of people on the net and elsewhere that can help you with simple transfers. (For example, I have a N* and PC sitting next to each other and FTP between them vai a commo line and MEX quite frequently.) If the info on the disk(s) is really in NorthStar DOS (a N* proprietary disk format which was overcome by CP/M, giving you some idea of its age) things become much tougher. Even if the transfer is done, the files may be useless as most N* DOS data files involve N* proprietary *programs*, standard ASCII may not be available. In the latter, Randy Fischer of Fischer Computer systems may be the last surviving commercial N* DOS expert. Phone is (707)965- 2414, Angwin CA - no connection with me other than a satisfied customer. (Anybody know if N*, the company, still exists? - I'm still running a Horizon, but now under multi-processor TurboDOS. Last I heard they were making 'Dimensions' - a multi-user MS-DOS machine with some variant of TurboDOS ...) Bob Bloom