Transferring programs and files to/from the M20

The Olivetti M20 uses a proprietary disk formatting system which makes difficult to share data between this computer and other systems. There are actually several techniques useful to transfer files and programs to/from the Olivetti M20.

The first possibility is to work with disk images. This can be very useful when you need to transfer a whole disk at once.

Reading M20 floppies with modern (2023) USB controllers By Benjamin Eberhardt
How to read and write disk images for the M20 system using old PC's
Manipulate disk images

The second strategy is to transfer single files. You can find here a description of a PCOS program written to read and write MSDOS files and a few transfer techniques using a RS-232 cable.

Finally, it is possible to connect a Gotek floppy drive emulator directly to the Olivetti M20, to replace a standard disk drive. This way, the computer will use disk images on an USB stick:

Connecting a Gotek drive to the Olivetti M20

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