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

Both the AT&T and the USB cable will be "DTE" (Data Terminal Equipment - ala terminal) vs. "DCE" (Data Communication Equipment - ala modem) - you'll need a null-modem cable to correct that mismatch. Basically, if not using hardware handshake, swap pin 2 and 3. ;) On 6/23/2019 8:35 PM, Mary Ann Horton Gmail wrote: >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. >> >> >> >