From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=5.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [45.79.103.53]) by inbox.vuxu.org (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTP id d4fb79fa for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 00:03:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 4B92A9BC73; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:03:52 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B61AB9BC62; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:03:47 +1000 (AEST) Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 9CC689BC62; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:03:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from outgoing.mit.edu (outgoing-auth-1.mit.edu [18.9.28.11]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 1B1BC9BC4C for ; Mon, 24 Jun 2019 10:03:46 +1000 (AEST) Received: from callcc.thunk.org (168.sub-174-242-144.myvzw.com [174.242.144.168]) (authenticated bits=0) (User authenticated as tytso@ATHENA.MIT.EDU) by outgoing.mit.edu (8.14.7/8.12.4) with ESMTP id x5O03h4J024088 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NOT); Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:03:44 -0400 Received: by callcc.thunk.org (Postfix, from userid 15806) id B0607420484; Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:03:42 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 23 Jun 2019 20:03:42 -0400 From: "Theodore Ts'o" To: Mary Ann Horton Gmail Message-ID: <20190624000342.GB1805@mit.edu> References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Subject: Re: [TUHS] Floppy to modern files for Usenet maps X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On Sun, Jun 23, 2019 at 04:10:22PM -0700, Mary Ann Horton Gmail wrote: > I'd like to copy these files off for posterity. They read on DOS just fine. > Is there a current best practice for copying off files? I would have guessed > I'd need a to use the serial port, but my old PC has DOS 2.11 (not much > serial copying software on it) and I don't have anything live with a serial > port anymore. And it might not help with the GRF file. Maybe this? http://www.deviceside.com/fc5025.html - Ted