We found a pair of 3" disks in a donation at the Australian Computer Museum (https://acms.org.au/) yesterday and while I was able to read them in my CPC, they appear to be intended for a PCW:
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I used a Ulifac to image the disks to DSK files, and opened the first DSK in a PCW emulator. I thought I'd just be able to type "MF8000" at the CP/M command line but it just sort of waits a few seconds then goes back to the prompt:
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Is there something else I need to type to get it to run?
The second disk was marked "daily" and had some kind of text files on both sides:
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I can open the files in Notepad++ but they have a bunch of control characters in them and I'd prefer to use the right software if anyone can identify it.
Thanks in advance!
Interesting...
The manual definitely says that typing MF8000 at the prompt should start the program.
You can check the manual here: https://habisoft.com/pcwwiki/doku.php?id=en:aplicaciones:masterfile_8000
I checked the Masterfile 8000 from the PCW Wiki and it starts without problem.
One thing I've noticed is your version of CP/M is different than mine, maybe that could be the issue?
Ok, I downloaded the Masterfile 8000 disk from the wiki you linked, and that one runs.
I can open the files on my disk with that, but it looks like they're just the example files anyway:
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I'm still not sure how to read the files on the other disk, I guess they are for a word processor but I don't know which one:
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Have you tried good ol' LocoScript?