At 12:57 PM 10/6/05 +0100, you wrote: It all depends on what system they were written on. There are hundreds if not thousands of different CPM formats. Some of them are litterally one of a kind and were only used on one type computer and can not be read on anything else. A good example is the M2FM format that Intel used on their MDS machines. Some also used hard sectored disks and there's no way that a modern disk controller can deal with that. OTOH if you're lucky, they used a computer that used the "standard" CPM format (actually it was an early IBM format). If your disks were written in that format then it should be easy to read them. Even a PC with an 8" drive adapted to it can read that format. If you have no idea what kind of machine wrote the disks then I'd suggest at least looking and see how many sector holes are in the disks. If only one then they're soft-sectored and there's a good chance they can be read. If they have more than one then they're hard sectored and are likely to be a problem since many of the machines that used that are long gone. That will at least give you an idea of what you're dealing with. Joe Didn't they use similar FDC Investment Management Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority (Firm Ref. No. 416024), and registered in England and Wales with Number 03169281. Registered Office: Mellon Financial Centre, 160 Queen Victoria Street, London EC4V 4LA, United Kingdom. Pareto is the registered trademark of Pareto Investment Management Limited. This message may contain confidential and privileged information and is intended solely for the use of the named addressee. Access, copying or re-use of the e-mail or any information contained therein by any other person is not authorised. If you are not the intended recipient please notify us immediately by returning the e-mail to the originator and then immediately delete this message.