Date   : Wed, 13 Nov 1991 09:38:02 CST
From   : hanscom@athens.eid.anl.gov (roger hanscom)
Subject: re: Reading CP/M files with MS-DOS

In <9859@cactus.org> crank@cactus.org (Erik Crank) asks:

> Anybody know of a MS-DOS program that reads CP/M diskettes?

Your best bet is 22DISK.  There are a number of others, including
UNIFORM and Media-Master.  Be careful!  Don't spend big bux before
you know for sure that the MS-DOS program can do the format you
are interested in.  Single density could be a problem.  So also
could diskettes written on hardware that doesn't use one of the
readily available FDC chips.  I've heard that some of the Apple
and Commodore written diskettes won't work with these programs.
What CP/M format are you interested in reading?

         roger             hanscom@eid.anl.gov
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