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   Message 5,184 of 5,684   
   Bill Gunshannon to REH   
   Re: Creating TRS80 disks from images   
   03 Mar 10 18:44:05   
   
   1b1bc40f   
   From: billg999@cs.uofs.edu   
      
   In article <830f237d-e51d-4b47-928c-84e437067c96@k17g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>,   
   	REH  writes:   
   > On Feb 26, 9:51 am, billg...@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:   
   >> I don't know about for others, but this is a major stumbling block for   
   >> me now that I have started playing with my TRS80's again.  I know there   
   >> are PC's that can read/write TRS80 format disks, but they are getting   
   >> rarer all the time.  Heck, just finding a PC with a floppy controller   
   >> is getting hard.  So, here's my real question.  Is it possible for a   
   >> Tandy Color Computer to read/write TRS80 disks?  Has anyone written   
   >> software to do this?  I would think that with something as powerful   
   >> as OS/9 if the hardware was capable the software would not be that   
   >> difficult.  Comments?   
   >>   
   >> bill   
   >> (Who is buried in the snow and has the whole day to play with stuff   
   >>  he actually likes to use!!)   
   > Hey Bill. Have you tried using a Cat Weasel card (or even a Central   
   > Point Option card--if you can find one)?   
      
   Aa couple people mentioned The Catweasel.  The last time I looked into   
   that it was out of production.  If it is available again I may have   
   another look.   
      
   bill   
      
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