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On 12/04/2021 20:10, Grant Phillips-Sewell wrote: > On Mon, 12 Apr 2021, 19:23 maceion@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:maceion@xxxxxxxxx>, > <maceion@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:maceion@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > > To List DCG LUG <list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>> > Copy maceion (Gmail) <maceion@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:maceion@xxxxxxxxx>> > Dear FOLK, > 20210412 > Help please > 20210412 OT How to read an old Amstrad file (word type) today? > > Friend giving talks to a German class has an old talk about travels > through East Germany ( "DDR") by rail in 1960s. Saved to an Amstrad > file. > > We have tried various ways to read file. It is on a 3" floppy and copy > on is modern computer is unreadable on his computer. > > Any way to read file from his computer via some file system or method? > > Thanks for help in advance. > > > Is the old machine still usable? > If so, does the old machine have any kind of serial port? > If so, can the machine be connected to another and transfer the file(s) > over a serial line? > > If the machine is not usable, can the drive be extracted? There are some > good guides online on how to connect up an old CF2 drive to a PC - it > connects to a 5.25in floppy connector, not to the 3.5in one, so you'd > need a machine old enough to have one of those. There's also mention of > some software to read the CF2 disk, but mostly that seems to be because > Windows doesn't know how to handle unusual disk formats. If you manage > to get the drive hooked up correctly, and Linux sees it as a floppy > drive, then I'd say you could probably extract the data from the disk on > Linux without the need for strange software. > > Grant. > > Answers and thanks for very quick response. No Amstrad machine available. No old drive available . Only 'residue' of copy on modern computer as a 'file' and copy of file on a 3.5" modern floppy. (Amstrad was a 3" Japanese file format) I have copy file (saved to Ext 4 data disc) but it does not open in any systems I use. I.e typical archive problem. Unless you also store the old machine, you cannot read. Mud clay tablets and Rolls of Parchment fare better it seems. Any help appreciated. -- Regards Eion MacDonald -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG https://mailman.dcglug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/listfaq