Hello People, I was on here a while some months back, and you were such a friendly and helpful lot, I have come back for seconds.
I have here a Genie3, which takes TRS-80 Model 3 format disks ( and maybe others too). I have got the machine to give me a green screen, but it doesn't seem to read the disks, even though the drive is working. I need to access the disks to extract any text files on there.
The machine was bought new by a writer when they first came out, and he used it a lot in the early years of his career. He died about a year ago, and his wife has asked me if I can recover his work.
As I could not get the machine to read the disks, someone suggested I try 22Disk. So I did, and it seems to be doing its job well enough, but even when I know I have the correct format in the drive, it still can't read it.
Can anyone advise me? Perhaps I am doing something wrong.
If I can't get the info off via 22Disk, then plan B is to get the Genie working somehow, so if anyone knows where I might get a schematic ( I know that is asking a lot) I would appreciate it.
My husband is an electrical engineer so the task is not as daunting as it would be if I had to do it alone, but even so, if I can get the 22disk to work, that would probably be the quicker option.
The machine I am using is a fairly elderly PC, running Windows 98. it has ISA slots in, should it be that I need to get a special controller card.
All help appreciated
I have here a Genie3, which takes TRS-80 Model 3 format disks ( and maybe others too). I have got the machine to give me a green screen, but it doesn't seem to read the disks, even though the drive is working. I need to access the disks to extract any text files on there.
The machine was bought new by a writer when they first came out, and he used it a lot in the early years of his career. He died about a year ago, and his wife has asked me if I can recover his work.
As I could not get the machine to read the disks, someone suggested I try 22Disk. So I did, and it seems to be doing its job well enough, but even when I know I have the correct format in the drive, it still can't read it.
Can anyone advise me? Perhaps I am doing something wrong.
If I can't get the info off via 22Disk, then plan B is to get the Genie working somehow, so if anyone knows where I might get a schematic ( I know that is asking a lot) I would appreciate it.
My husband is an electrical engineer so the task is not as daunting as it would be if I had to do it alone, but even so, if I can get the 22disk to work, that would probably be the quicker option.
The machine I am using is a fairly elderly PC, running Windows 98. it has ISA slots in, should it be that I need to get a special controller card.
All help appreciated
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