On 26 April 2015 at 16:48, Bob Rickard <bob at warriston.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:
While turning out my attic I unearthed obsolete *discs
for a 1980s Amstrad
computer *which has long been disposed of. One disc is, as far as I know,
in mint condition but a further twelve contain programmes. Another six discs
contain long forgotten person data which I can't access. I am intrigued to
know what they contain. Also in my searches I have found a *Microsoft Works
manual* complete with system discs, and an *Amstrad user's manual*. Also
about a*dozen 5" discs* containing stock records of warehouse long
demolished. Again, I am curious to see what I recorded 30 years ago.
I am reluctant to consign these items to the dustbin if a) the discs can be
deciphered, and b) they are are of use to someone else. Your organisation
has been suggested as a possible home for at least some of these items. Are
they of interest? If not, do you know any organisation that might be?
If they are 5.25" floppies, then they are from Amstrad's 1980s PC
clones -- the PC1512 or the PC1640. These ran MS-DOS or DR DOS-Plus,
with the optional GEM graphical user interface.
Both OSes share a disk format -- standard 360 kB MS-DOS FAT12 disks.
Even a modern PC will read them fine if you hook up an old 5.25" drive
to them. (Assuming it has a floppy controller, of course.)
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