Re: [TUHS] Floppy to modern files for Usenet maps

[Mary Ann Horton Gmail <mah@mhorton.net>]

These are great ideas. I can easily get USB-to-serial (and even 
USB-to-parallel) cables online that will fit the PC/XT compatible DB-25 
plugs on the back of the PC.  I'll have to figure out how to fiddle with 
the baud rates and such.

I solved the GRF file puzzle.  It turns out it's a text file - a Usenet 
article. And the same article is in the Google archive.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!search/group$3Anet.news.map$20philabs!dal/net.news.map/lhqyD7MOFe8/v0CQFMZyGboJ

There is a cutoff notice at the end, both on the Usenet article and on 
the floppy file, but that may be intentional.  I'll have some fiddling 
to do.

     Mary Ann

On 6/23/19 5:02 PM, Grant Taylor via TUHS wrote:
> On 6/23/19 5:52 PM, Arthur Krewat wrote:
>> Does the AT&T have a serial port?
>>
>> Kermit would be the way I'd go, but since you say you have nothing 
>> with serial ports, that could be a problem. A cheap usb-to-serial 
>> port might be in order. Then you can run Kermit 95 on a Windows 7 or 
>> earlier machine. (might work on later OS's too, but it's not supported)
>>
>> The flip side is how to get Kermit onto the DOS machine.
>
> Does Kermit have an option like INTERLNK & INTERSVR have where you can 
> run a "copy COM1 INTERxxx.EXE" to push the software across the serial 
> port?
>
> I wonder what the requirements are for INTERLNK & INTERSVR.  I don't 
> know if they would go back to (MS-)DOS 2.11 or not.
>
>> I used a floppy recovery service a while back to read my old 
>> Commodore 64/PET disks - he was relatively inexpensive, and very 
>> responsive.
>>
>> http://retrofloppy.com/
>
> If the machine is able to read the files without error, then a 
> recovery service might not be necessary.  IMHO it's a question of 
> getting one or more copies onto something else so that the existing 
> floppy isn't the only copy.
>
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