rzh@FREEDOM.LLNL.GOV (Roger H. Hanscom (415) 423-0441) (04/11/88)
I've not had much experience with other multi-format disk reading programs (such as Uniform), but Media Master is a TURKEY! I worked for a guy who purchased it to transfer some old CP/M Wordstar files to an IBM PC. He had trouble with it and asked me to try it out. I had some old Osborne diskettes that it refused to read (I can do sector level reads on them with a Versafloppy controller). It made a good try with some Columbia Data 964?? diskettes. The directory came up but with all the wrong file sizes. Copies of the files would not run with their CP/M emulator. It will not format Cromemco CDOS DS/DD 5 1/4" so that I can write to them, and it will not read 5 1/4" CDOS diskettes created on the Cromemco. When I called the number that is on the Media Master docs., they were not only non-helpful, they were insulting ("your diskettes are bad" (they weren't)...."you don't know what you're doing"...etc.). I have yet to find a format that works with their program besides standard MS-DOS. You might want to try it only as a last resort, and/or try it out on the format you're interested in reading BEFORE you buy it. As far as I'm concerned, it isn't even worth the cost of a blank diskette to copy it on! Roger Hanscom rzh%freedom.llnl.gov@lll-lcc.llnl.gov
pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg) (04/11/88)
In article <8804110613.AA16885@freedom.llnl.gov> rzh@FREEDOM.LLNL.GOV (Roger H. Hanscom (415) 423-0441) writes:
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== I've not had much experience with other multi-format disk reading programs
== (such as Uniform), but Media Master is a TURKEY!
I beg to differ. I've used Media Master for years, both on my Kaypro 10
(along with Uniform) and on my PC clone, and have had nary a glitch!
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pechter@dasys1.UUCP (Bill Pechter) (04/16/88)
I don't know why you had problems but Media Master's worked like a charm for me. They had excellent tech support when I needed it. I've run a number of my CP/M programs on my AT&T6300. I really recommend it highly to all of my friends. -- Bill Pechter {sun!hoptoad,cmcl2!phri}!dasys1!pechter Lakewood Microsystems, 103 Governors Road, Lakewood NJ 08701 (201)370-0709 Evenings Big Electric Cat Public Access Unix, New York, NY