Message-ID: <3A2DFAC5.4A94A73F@acm.org> From: Eric Sosman X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.72 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: CP\M to DOS or Windows References: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 35 Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 13:36:52 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 12.78.203.220 X-Complaints-To: abuse AT worldnet DOT att DOT net X-Trace: bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 976109812 12.78.203.220 (Wed, 06 Dec 2000 13:36:52 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 06 Dec 2000 13:36:52 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com MARK MERSEREAU wrote: > > To anyone who can help: > > My deceased wife was compiling genealogical data for a book using CP\M in a > Kaypro 4 when she died. > > I have no interest in completing her work, and probably not enough of her > energy. My son says he wants to finish her book. > > My question: Is there any way that I can get the data from all the 5 1/4 > inch floppies that she left? They contain text and dBase II on double > density disks. I still have her Kaypro 4, and I have access to a friend's > computer that has both DOS & Windows as well as both 5 1/4 inch and 3 1/2 > inch floppy drives. > > My thanks to anyone who can help. The good news: Programs to read and write many CP/M disk formats on DOS machines do in fact exist, and I used them myself when I retired my own much-beloved Kaypro 4 some years ago. The bad news: I no longer remember where I got them ... Clues to help your search: One, try the comp.os.cpm newsgroup; there used to be lots of folks there who did this sort of thing regularly. Two, try the SimTel archives at http://www.simtel.net/simtel.net/ ... and good luck! -- Eric Sosman esosman AT acm DOT org