3 Jul
2009
3 Jul
'09
11:38 a.m.
On Thu, 2 Jul 2009, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Natively, it was highly ROM-dependent as others have
noted. However,
I seem to remember a version of one of the interchange programs
(Media Master?) for the Kaypro that could be used to read a wide
range of formats. If you had a 96 tpi drive, the possibilities were
even greater.
Fred might remember...
I think that you're thinking of Uniform by MicroSolutions (DeKalb?)
They really got going on Kaypro - were they bundled for a while?
When they made their PC product, they talked to the 765 in order to handle
the second side of Kaypro disks (and later, others with similar oddities).
Later on, the nightmares of tech support of incompatabilities caused them
to draw back to the INT13 level. Eventually, the success of their
"Backpack" hardware permitted them to forget all about their earlier
ventures.
I thought that Media Master started on the PC? (and Rainbow!)
XenoCopy started on TRS80, but didn't really get moving well until 8/1981
when I decided to switch to PC. After my experiences with Vertex
distributing it, I have avoided publishers.
Mike Gingel's HyperCross, TRSCross? was a later TRS80 and then PC product.
22Disk was the first (only?) successful shareware conversion product
Flagstaff Engineering, Microtech Export, Discon (1 unit FSOT!) were
hardware and software bundles.
Who else was worthy of note?
--
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