8" floppy system needed to recover old game data

[Kieron Wilkinson]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dave Mabry
>
> There has been lots of discussion lately about 8" formats.  
> Perhaps we might be lucky here.  There is a chance that the 
> 8" diskettes in question here were written in the one 
> standard 8" format.  Single-sided, single-density.  If that 
> is the case then there are lots of cp/m systems that can read 
> those diskettes.  Even my Intel development systems can read 
> that format!  And I would be happy to transfer the files to 
> today's format, whatever form that might be.  However I am 
> not on the left coast and the diskettes would have to travel 
> through the postal system or UPS, etc., to get to me and back.
> 
> Do you have a way to determine if the diskettes are SS, SD ???

I think ultimately, before we get further with this, I need to go back
to the developer and try to get some more information on the system
involved. If they can remember anyway!

I'll do that, and then report back. :)

Kieron

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