Help with .C00 file conversions?
Posted by Opposite_Service6897@reddit | vintagecomputing | View on Reddit | 11 comments
I have a digital copy of a very specific, very out of print book about a sewing machine I own from 1998. Unfortunately, it's in .c00 files and none of my attempts to extract them have been successful.
I'm using a Mac and have tried MacUnace (too old), acefile (I don't know python well enough to figure it out), and peazip (can't do .c00 files). I figured my next move would be running a WindowsXP emulator and WinAce, or lucking out and finding someone who could do the extraction for me. Any ideas? Thanks!
ajass@reddit
If all the files are around the same size, My guess is HJSplit
blackheva@reddit
Can you share a link to the file for examination?
Opposite_Service6897@reddit (OP)
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1xNOqG1kbngws4-sf-DTH0kYqu3ckocII?usp=drive_link
blackheva@reddit
Do you have the 4th file?
justeUnMec@reddit
is there more than one file? "C00" feels like the first "chunk" of a zip or other archiver. Back in the day archivers could split big files like this to allow for transport on floppies.
Opposite_Service6897@reddit (OP)
Sorry, I should have specified there are six files (00-06)!
justeUnMec@reddit
Ah, so it's most likely a multifile zip. Back in the day you could unarchive these using command line tool pkunzip. I'd research unzipping multifile zip archives.
hamellr@reddit
Have you tried opening in a text editor? A lot of document files in those days were just renamed text files.
If nothing else, you might get lucky to find an header that says what created the file.
Opposite_Service6897@reddit (OP)
Unfortunately, this results in a big garbled mess
chriswaco@reddit
or Hex Fiend
Scoth42@reddit
It'd be worth trying 7Zip, it extracts a ton of random formats and things.
My concern with an archive file with a number is it might have been split into multiple files to fit on floppies or something.