18 Feb
2003
18 Feb
'03
8:32 a.m.
Send me your snail-mail address and I'll make a copy of what I have for
Kermit for CP/M. You'll probably just have to modify the part that does
the UART I/O.
Erik S. Klein wrote:
The disks in question are IBM format SS/SD and
I've got an Altos system
with dual drives that I can read them with. I've got my PC hooked up as
the terminal at the moment and all I really need is a transfer program
that I can run on the Altos to move the files through the serial cable.
I found some old MODEM7 and XMODEM (I think) software on some of the
disks but I'm not sure if those will work (yet).
If I could get a copy of Kermit on 8" I'm pretty sure it would make this
easier.
Once the disk contents are available on the PC side I'll probably make
them available on my website even though I'm fairly certain that a ton
of the stuff is duplicated at other sites.
I've got a bunch of other software on DS/DD disks that are incompatible
with any of my current gear. I'm waiting to get the machine capable of
reading those. . .
Erik S. Klein
www.vintage-computer.com
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Dave Mabry
Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:49 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: Re: 25th Anniversary of Ward Christensen's BBS
I can offer this if it helps. I have a CP/M system that reads standard
IBM-formatted single-sided single-density 8" diskettes (seems kinda
funny to call those monsterous things disk"ettes", doesn't it?). I can
transfer files, using Kermit, to a PC and make CDs.
Just a thought. I live in the Detroit area.
Erik S. Klein wrote:
--
Dave Mabry dmabry(a)mich.com
Dossin Museum Underwater Research Team
NACD #2093
Coincidentally I just spent much of the past week
going through dozens
of old CPMUG disks. I saw Ward's name throughout much of the
collection.
Now that I've cataloged the contents of these disks I need to figure
out
how best to get the files over to a more
transportable format then 8"
media.
Erik S. Klein
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-admin(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin@classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Feldman, Robert
Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 6:42 AM
To: 'cctalk(a)classiccmp.org'
Subject: FYI: 25th Anniversary of Ward Christensen's BBS
The following link is to the story in the February 16th Chicago
Tribune.
Not
the most detailed story, but still some recognition of an important
event in
computer history.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=chi%2D0
3021
60428feb16§ion=%2Ftechnology
Bob
.