In a message dated 10-02-13, mark lewis said to Holger Granholm:   
      
   Hi Mark,   
      
    HG> I did never have the need to dig that deep. The translation    
    HG> program worked its magic.   
      
   ml>yeah, we did this because it was cheaper than buying a translation   
   ml>program and it was already built into the system...   
      
   I don't recall having paid anything for the program but it's a long   
   time ago. OTOH I have always registered programs I use.   
      
   ml>the thing is that many did not document all settings... i happened   
   ml>to have found out about it in an old Kaypro manual and it worked on   
   ml>all subsequent DOSes that i tried it on ;)   
      
   Standards are nice, everyone can have his own.   
      
   ml>FWIW: at one time, a friend did purchase a translation program for   
   ml>this task... they spent $150US or more on the software for the   
   ml>one-time job of copying data from five disks...   
      
   That is a consideration when buying something you need at the moment.   
      
   Regards,   
      
   Holger   
      
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