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  • Re: TRSDOS <--> CP/M conversion

    From jeffshearbooks@jeffshearbooks@gmail.com to comp.sys.tandy on Mon Nov 11 12:39:40 2019
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    On Thursday, March 14, 1996 at 4:00:00 AM UTC-4, Sharron Butler Owens wrote:
    I need a program that will let me convert files on a TRSDOS 6.2 (LS-DOS
    6.3) disk to a format readable by CP/M? (preferably a CP/M program that could read these files). I am trying to move a bunch of old text files
    over to a PC, and I have a CP/M disk utility on my PC. However, if any of you know of a utility for PC that will read TRSDOS files, that would be
    even better.

    Thank you,
    Amanda Owens
    sbowens@tenet.edu

    Hi, welcome to 2019. In 1908, I converted my TRS-80 from TRS-DOS to CP/M. It was a hardware fix. No software was involved. I had to solder the circuit board together.
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  • From Tom Lake@tlake@twcny.rr.com to comp.sys.tandy on Mon Nov 11 12:42:56 2019
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.tandy

    On Monday, November 11, 2019 at 3:39:42 PM UTC-5, jeffshe...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, March 14, 1996 at 4:00:00 AM UTC-4, Sharron Butler Owens wrote:
    I need a program that will let me convert files on a TRSDOS 6.2 (LS-DOS 6.3) disk to a format readable by CP/M? (preferably a CP/M program that could read these files). I am trying to move a bunch of old text files over to a PC, and I have a CP/M disk utility on my PC. However, if any of you know of a utility for PC that will read TRSDOS files, that would be even better.

    Thank you,
    Amanda Owens
    sbowens@tenet.edu

    Hi, welcome to 2019. In 1908, I converted my TRS-80 from TRS-DOS to CP/M. It was a hardware fix. No software was involved. I had to solder the circuit board together.

    What model TRS-80 was it? Do you still have the plans? If so are they available somewhere?
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