Reading TRS-80 discs (was RE: Archiving old discs...) - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

14 Sep 1999

These were made for the Model I in SD.  They are flippy disks, with the
active part of the game (recorded with track order backwards as I recall) on
one side. I know the Coco supports SD, but most IBM PC's don't AFAIK.
Neil Morrison
email:morrison@t-iii.com

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  -----Original Message-----
 From:	Ethan Dicks [SMTP:ethan_dicks@yahoo.com]
 Sent:	Tuesday, September 14, 1999 10:55 AM
 To:	Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
 Subject:	Reading TRS-80 discs (was RE: Archiving old discs...)

 --- morrison(a)t-iii.com wrote:
  If the TRS-80 disks are DD you can usually read
them OK, but SD needs  some
  other computer (Model I, III, 4, Coco etc.)

 Hmm... I've got an ancient ORIGINAL of Zork I (published by Personal
 Software)
 I've wanted to back this thing up for years so I can see which data file
 is on
 it, but I've never owned anything that can read it.  Is it likely to be
 SD?
 What kind of non-period hardware can read this?  If need be, I could even
 hook up a 5.25" disk to my Amiga and get funky with that.

 Thanks,

 -ethan

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