25th Anniversary of Ward Christensen's BBS

From: Dave Mabry <dmabry_at_mich.com>
Date: Tue Feb 18 16:32:00 2003

Send me your snail-mail address and I'll make a copy of what I have for
Kermit for CP/M. You'll probably just have to modify the part that does
the UART I/O.

Erik S. Klein wrote:
> The disks in question are IBM format SS/SD and I've got an Altos system
> with dual drives that I can read them with. I've got my PC hooked up as
> the terminal at the moment and all I really need is a transfer program
> that I can run on the Altos to move the files through the serial cable.
>
> I found some old MODEM7 and XMODEM (I think) software on some of the
> disks but I'm not sure if those will work (yet).
>
> If I could get a copy of Kermit on 8" I'm pretty sure it would make this
> easier.
>
> Once the disk contents are available on the PC side I'll probably make
> them available on my website even though I'm fairly certain that a ton
> of the stuff is duplicated at other sites.
>
> I've got a bunch of other software on DS/DD disks that are incompatible
> with any of my current gear. I'm waiting to get the machine capable of
> reading those. . .
>
> Erik S. Klein
> www.vintage-computer.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
> On Behalf Of Dave Mabry
> Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 9:49 AM
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: Re: 25th Anniversary of Ward Christensen's BBS
>
> I can offer this if it helps. I have a CP/M system that reads standard
> IBM-formatted single-sided single-density 8" diskettes (seems kinda
> funny to call those monsterous things disk"ettes", doesn't it?). I can
> transfer files, using Kermit, to a PC and make CDs.
>
> Just a thought. I live in the Detroit area.
>
> Erik S. Klein wrote:
>
>>Coincidentally I just spent much of the past week going through dozens
>>of old CPMUG disks. I saw Ward's name throughout much of the
>>collection.
>>
>>Now that I've cataloged the contents of these disks I need to figure
>
> out
>
>>how best to get the files over to a more transportable format then 8"
>>media.
>>
>>Erik S. Klein
>>
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-admin_at_classiccmp.org]
>>On Behalf Of Feldman, Robert
>>Sent: Monday, February 17, 2003 6:42 AM
>>To: 'cctalk_at_classiccmp.org'
>>Subject: FYI: 25th Anniversary of Ward Christensen's BBS
>>
>>The following link is to the story in the February 16th Chicago
>
> Tribune.
>
>>Not
>>the most detailed story, but still some recognition of an important
>>event in
>>computer history.
>>
>
> http://www.chicagotribune.com/templates/misc/printstory.jsp?slug=chi%2D0
>
>>3021
>>60428feb16&section=%2Ftechnology
>>
>>
>>Bob
>>
>>.
>>
>
>
>


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Dave Mabry             dmabry_at_mich.com
Dossin Museum Underwater Research Team
NACD #2093
Received on Tue Feb 18 2003 - 16:32:00 GMT

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