# 💾 Anybody Able to Convert

**URL:** <https://www.sotonians.com/t/anybody-able-to-convert/5961>\
**Category:** Geekery\
**Created:** [25 January 2021 14:29 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/anybody-able-to-convert/5961 "2021-01-25T14:29:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\
**Post date:** [25 January 2021 14:29 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/anybody-able-to-convert/5961/1 "2021-01-25T14:29:18Z")

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A 3" Amsoft Floppy Disk to MS Word or even a simple text file.

Have a couple of them with a travelogue from my first visit to the US back in the '70s. Was going to make a book of my journey.

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**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\
**Post date:** [25 January 2021 14:33 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/anybody-able-to-convert/5961/2 "2021-01-25T14:33:48Z")

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Do you know anyone with an Amstrad CPC64?? Would still be pretty hard to do methinks…

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**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\
**Post date:** [25 January 2021 14:57 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/anybody-able-to-convert/5961/3 "2021-01-25T14:57:48Z")

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Nope…sold my Amstrad WP years ago…unless it’s in the loft. 🤣

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**Author:** ![Waylander](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/waylander/32/3868_2.png) [@Waylander](https://www.sotonians.com/u/Waylander)\
**Post date:** [25 January 2021 15:05 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/anybody-able-to-convert/5961/4 "2021-01-25T15:05:00Z")

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Look on Ebay, there appear to be several for sale

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**Author:** ![BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/btripz/32/75839_2.png) [@BTripz](https://www.sotonians.com/u/BTripz)\
**Post date:** [25 January 2021 15:10 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/anybody-able-to-convert/5961/5 "2021-01-25T15:10:34Z")

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[https://www.gee-k.net/article.php?id=67](https://www.gee-k.net/article.php?id=67)

So basically you need an Amstrad with a built in floppy drive, an old 3.5" disk drive from PC, and some software…seemples.

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**Author:** ![lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/user_avatar/www.sotonians.com/lifeintheslowlane/32/690_2.png) [@lifeintheslowlane](https://www.sotonians.com/u/lifeintheslowlane)\
**Post date:** [25 January 2021 16:11 UTC](https://www.sotonians.com/t/anybody-able-to-convert/5961/6 "2021-01-25T16:11:38Z")

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Ah this looks like an easier way… [http://www.cambridgedatarecovery.co.uk/floppy-disk-transfer-to-cddvd/](http://www.cambridgedatarecovery.co.uk/floppy-disk-transfer-to-cddvd/)  
Just reading on their website: _“Please contact us if you require information on recovery of older formats of floppy disk such as 5.25 inch floppy disks, or 3 inch Amstrad disks”_