Date   : Wed, 06 Feb 1991 06:11:54 GMT
From   : zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!mintaka!ogicse!emory!stiatl!toolz!todd@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Todd Merriman)
Subject: need CP/M file transfer binary for generic machine

andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner) writes:
>After ten years of Wordstar, my TRS-80 model II is fading away (one
>drive gone, keyboard is flaky, display column 2 overlays column 1), and
>I've bought a PC clone.  I need to get my files off the old 8-inch
>disks.  To that end, I'm looking for a CP/M serial port file transfer
>program.

Either Kermit or Xmodem should work fine for you, as they are both 
implemented on MSDOS and CP/M.  Kermit has the added advantage of
sending the file name across the transfer, and some implementations
accept wild cards.

The problem that you will have is getting a Kermit or Xmodem built
for your machine.  CP/M communications programs are tied to the 
hardware because CP/M is too limited to provide those kinds of services.

One other alternative you may not yet have considered is the retrieval
of the files directly from the 8-inch disks.  It is true that the
5.25" formats varied wildly between the various CP/M machines, but
8" formats (for those machines that supported 8" drives) were more
standard.  You may try to find a Zenith Z100 owner (there is a newsgroup
for Z100s) who has 8" drives, and see if they can read your disks.
The Z100 is/was a dual processor (8085/8088) box that could run either
CP/M or MSDOS and could pass files back and forth.

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