15 Jan
2005
15 Jan
'05
3:27 a.m.
Anybody know if it's possible to read old Atari
8-bit 5.25" floppies
with some sort of PC-based software?
I used to develop software for the Ataris and some co-workers just
dredged up some floppies with source code from projects I did for Atari
that were never released. We're trying to dig up a functional 800
system to read them but it would save a lot of hassle if it was possible
to read them directly into a PC, where we have a good emulator.
-Tom
Just to add to my previous post (after rereading your message), no,
there's no way to read an Atari 8 bit floppy directly on a pc floppy. The
methods I mentioned are the most common among Atari 8 bit hobbyists for
transfering data back and forth. 1050 drives are cheap enough on Ebay, as
are Atari 8 bits in general.
Marty
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