mc wrote:
Is it possible, in 2007, to read 20-year-old Apple II CP/M diskettes?
They contain WordStar files and my understanding is that a CP/M Z80
card was used rather than the native CPU. I'm open to either acquiring
software or using a service bureau. (Is there software for older PCs
that will read these? I have a PC XT available.) Thanks!
I'm not aware of any easy options, though this might help when it's
finally released:
http://silme.pair.com/~goldman/deviceside/
Since these are CP/M disks that were created on an Apple II, you'll
need an Apple II with a Z-80 card to read them. Apple drives use GCR
encoding, while just about every other CP/M machine back then used MFM
(or variant). This means that media for CP/M on the Apple isn't easily
interchangeable with the rest of the CP/M world (or MS-DOS)... so, if
you want to convert and read the files on something more modern, you'll
have to transfer them, via serial connection or other method.