CP/M conversion

From: Ward Donald Griffiths III <gram_at_cnct.com>
Date: Wed Feb 4 05:05:06 1998

Tim Shoppa wrote:
>
> > >"CP/M" machine is pretty vague. 8" floppy? 5.25" floppy? 3.5" floppy?
> > >
> > Sorry, it's for a Kaypro 4, which is 5.25" (i think)
> > >
> > >*Which* long filenames? CP/M is 8.3, too!
> > >
> > Sorry again, I am not familiar with CP/M. I was told however that when he
> > (the one with the Kaypro 4) tried to convert files before, the CP/M <-->
> > DOS <--> Mac conversion truncated his files, I must have misinterpreted
> > this to mean filenames :(
>
> What was he using to transfer the files between the MS-DOS machine and
> the Mac? You have to keep in mind that different machines do have
> different end-of-line conventions for text files, and not all the world
> is binary!
>
> Tim. (shoppa_at_triumf.ca)

All the world _is_ binary. Not all of it is ASCII.

Forgive me, it's way past my bedtime.
-- 
Ward Griffiths
Dylan:  How many years must some people exist, 
			before they're allowed to be free?
WDG3rd:  If they "must" exist until they're "allowed",
			they'll never be free.
Received on Wed Feb 04 1998 - 05:05:06 GMT

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