Extract WordPerfect 5.1 files from DECMATE floppy disk Images
Budget: $10 – $120 USD
I have two floppy disk images from a DECmate computer from the early 1980s in IMG format. I need the files on the disks using some old .C code (attached) that exports those files as WordPerfect files.
There are two floppy disk images. Play.img has 20 documents on it. Movie.img has 5 documents.
This code was written many years ago to extract the DECmate WPS files and convert them into WordPerfect 5.0 files.
These disk images were processed using Transformenator into 8-bit disk images as required by the .C program. https://github.com/RetroFloppy/transformenator
Specifically, the decmate_wps internal transformer was used. https://github.com/RetroFloppy/transformenator/blob/main/src/org/transformenator/transforms/decmate_wps
I have included the original binary dumps of the floppy disks in the zip file just in case, but I don't think they will be needed.
Ideally, a GUI wrapper can be made that makes this process easier in the future.
Ideal skills and experience for this job:
- Proficiency in C programming using Linux
- Experience with data extraction from disk images
- Knowledge of working with floppy disk images
- Ability to troubleshoot and modify provided code if necessary
- Document the steps used to create the WordPerfect files
There are two floppy disk images. Play.img has 20 documents on it. Movie.img has 5 documents.
This code was written many years ago to extract the DECmate WPS files and convert them into WordPerfect 5.0 files.
These disk images were processed using Transformenator into 8-bit disk images as required by the .C program. https://github.com/RetroFloppy/transformenator
Specifically, the decmate_wps internal transformer was used. https://github.com/RetroFloppy/transformenator/blob/main/src/org/transformenator/transforms/decmate_wps
I have included the original binary dumps of the floppy disks in the zip file just in case, but I don't think they will be needed.
Ideally, a GUI wrapper can be made that makes this process easier in the future.
Ideal skills and experience for this job:
- Proficiency in C programming using Linux
- Experience with data extraction from disk images
- Knowledge of working with floppy disk images
- Ability to troubleshoot and modify provided code if necessary
- Document the steps used to create the WordPerfect files