Re: Reading Apple II CP/M diskettes

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Linards Ticmanis wrote:
> 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!
>
>
> You won't need a Z80 card to read them, but having an Apple II helps
> immensely - the only way to read them in a PC is with hackery of the
> evilest type: it requires a MS-DOS system (or at least nothing newer
> than Windows 98) with two 5.25 inch PC drives, a second DOS-formatted
> floppy disk, and can't read the back side of most Apple disks. If you
> can meet these requirements, use the program DSK2FDI (search Google).

Just one tweak--you don't need two 5.25" floppies.  The master can be a
3.5", a much more likely later configuration.

-michael

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