31 Oct
1998
31 Oct
'98
7:10 a.m.
On Tue, 27 Oct 1998, CLASSICCMP(a)trailing-edge.com wrote:
] To: classiccmp(a)u.WASHINGTON.EDU
] Subject: 8 inch floppies on PC's (was: TRS-80 Model II stuff!)
] Message-ID: <981027110530.222003f4(a)trailing-edge.com>
]
] >...
] > I can serial port the machines togethet but, I have no idea how
] > to read off all the sectors of the 8 inches.
]
] This is a question that has been dealt with very thoroughly in the
] past.
]
] Sydex (http://www.sydex.com/) has some very excellent software
] available for dealing with "foreign" floppy formats, and can deal
] with many (but not all) 8" floppy formats. Instead of going into
] ...
If you are referring to teledisk, it is worth noting that they no
longer offer a single-user non-commercial license; they stopped
offerring it as shareware in 1991, and is now solely a commercial
product with a licensing fee of $150. The shareware version that
can still be found out there is now "warez" - illegal, copyable
only by pimply-faced HaKkErZ with bad breath and no morals. :-/
I exchanged e-mail with them recently about this, and though they
were polite, they refused to consider licensing it for less than
their stated price.
Anybody know of any reasonable alternatives, for those of us that
are hampered by rules against theft? I suppose I'll eventually
write my own, but my schedule looks pretty well jammed clear into
the next millenium.
] Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com
] Trailing Edge Technology Voice: 301-767-5917
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] Bethesda, MD, USA 20817
Cheers,
Bill.