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I had a
similar problem but still had an old Amstrad PCW with
additional 3.5 inch drive fitted. Indeed I still do have it -
but not used in ages so I'm not sure it still works.
If
you've already got the file on a 3.5 inch floppy disc you
don't need that stage perhaps. For the method I used
I think you'd need first to copy your file from the ext4
to a dos-formatted floppy disk.
Then I
installed an MS-DOS emulator on my Linux PC (DosBox, dosemu or
similar), and loaded Amstrad's original LocoScript software
Amstrad's floppy discs. I think I have images of them too
somewhere. After that it was possible to open the original
Amstrad files and save to WordPerfect format which
LibreOffice can read/write.
All a
bit clunky but it saved my old work.
BW
Rod
---------- Treweythyow yw restrennow serghys y'n furvas Skrifen Igor (*.odt po *.ods). Prag? Drefen na gregi war unn kowethas hepken rag dhrehedhes ow resyow yn termyn a dheu. Gwel: https://www.documentliberation.org/ Martesen a lavarro MS-Office 'restren gans fowt' rag digolenni homma mes ev a wrello igeri an restren(now) yn despit dhe henna. Attached files are likely to be open-document format (*.odt or *.ods). Why? So as not to depend on one company for accessing my own data in future. See: https://www.documentliberation.org/ MS-Office may say 'damaged file' to discourage this but should open the attachment(s) anyway. ---------- Rod Sheaff 'Dunsland', Barn Street, Liskeard, Kernow / Cornwall PL14 4BL UK Ebost: rod@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Pellgowser: 01579 345674
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.
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