garlands@athena.mit.edu (Nathanial G Charles) (02/27/90)
I have a 5.25 inch diskette that was created on a PET CBM 8022 using the program WORDPRO 4. I desperately need to transfer the data from those files and put them onto a IBM PC-DOS readable format so I can import them into WORDPERFECT or something. Is there some sort of device driver available that will allow IBM PC-DOS to read diskettes created by a PET CBM 8022? Does the PET CBM 8022 have an RS_232 compatible serial port? (I could connect to the IBM PC in host mode and transfer the files.) Is there a program on the PET that will write files in IBM PC-DOS format? Are there any other ways that I could at least transfer the file from PET format diskette to a PC-DOS formatted diskette? If so, I could use Norton Utilities to extract the data from the WORDPRO file. Anyone with any ideas, please contact Nate Charles ( garlands@athena.mit.edu) or post to the net, if appropriate. I'd appreciate any and all leads, no matter how small. Nate Charles garlands@athena.mit.edu Thank you.
geoffw@xenitec.on.ca (Geoffrey Welsh) (02/28/90)
Please don't take this too personally, as it will no doubt come accross as very harsh and I don't mean to bite your head off: In article <1990Feb26.175510.12858@athena.mit.edu> garlands@athena.mit.edu (Nathanial G Charles) writes: >I have a 5.25 inch diskette that was created on a PET CBM 8022 using the No, it wasn't. The 8022 was a printer, and these tend to have VERY flaky read heads (with a few notable exceptions), so they weren't used very often for read/write storage. >I desperately need to transfer the data from those >files and put them onto a IBM PC-DOS readable format so I can import >them into WORDPERFECT or something. That's not too difficult, if you can tell me the model of disk drive used to format it. Your choices are 2040 (unlikely), 3040 (even more unlikely, unless you're in Europe), 4040, 8050, 8250, or SFD. I currently have a 4040 sitting here and could fairly easily get access to any other format. Therefore I could probably copy the files from the Commodore format disk to an IBM format (preferrably 360K 5 1/4"), as long as there aren't too many - the procedure will be manual, slow, and tedious. >Is there some sort of device driver available that will allow IBM PC-DOS >to read diskettes created by a PET CBM 8022? The Commodore drives used, in their native mode, Group Code Record ("GCR"). This is a modulation scheme similar in concept to RLL and, sadly, beyond the capability of any PC floppy controllers I know of. >Does the PET CBM 8022 have an RS_232 compatible serial port? >(I could connect to the IBM PC in host mode and transfer the files.) There are existing routines to do serial I/O on the pins at the back of the machine, but they are slow and clumsy. Depending on the format of the disk, I'd be doing the transfers at 4800 or 9600 bps using a C64 or a Commodore 128. This single application doesn't merit porting my fast serial drivers (and someone's terminal) to the PET. >Is there a program on the PET that will write files in IBM PC-DOS format? The drives that plug into the PET have their DOS in ROM, and use CGR so they are not capable of writing MFM formats like the PC's. >Are there any other ways that I could at least transfer the file from >PET format diskette to a PC-DOS formatted diskette? If so, I could use >Norton Utilities to extract the data from the WORDPRO file. > >Anyone with any ideas, please contact Nate Charles (garlands@athena.mit.edu) >or post to the net, if appropriate. I'd appreciate any and all leads, no >matter how small. Copy the files onto a new disk and send it to me. I'll transfer them over and filter the WordPro 4 character set to ASCII so you can read it into Word Perfect. Note that the result will NOT be a document file, and it may take a bit of work to make WP format it the way you'd like... that's strictly up to you. If the files don't fit onto one disk, then we should talk about a nominal fee for time spent, or someone with a bit more time on their hands could undertake the same task. Sound fair? Geoff UUCP: watmath!xenitec!zswamp!root | 602-66 Mooregate Crescent Internet: root@zswamp.fidonet.org | Kitchener, Ontario FidoNet: SYSOP, 1:221/171 | N2M 5E6 CANADA Data: (519) 742-8939 | (519) 741-9553 ========================================================================== This posting speaks for no one but myself, nor does it obligate any other.