18 Jul
2002
18 Jul
'02
12:48 a.m.
Ross Archer wrote:
Cameron Kaiser wrote:
It's second-hand (or more).
For all I know, the original
owner accidentally deleted those files.
It seemed strange to me too, that there was help
for so many commands that just weren't there
on the disk.
Hmm, are you sure that's not the C64 with CP/M
cartridge only, and the C128 is actually true
MFM-capable? That's what I've read on the web somewhere.
My C128 manual recommends you purchase CP/M
software formatted for various Kaypro and
Osborne machines, which are obviously MFM.
Since at least some of these programs have to
write configuration files (pretty sure Wordstar
had to run a "Winstall" (ironically) program).
It would seem pretty useless if you could purchase
software and then couldn't configure it.
At least I didn't see anything in the C128 manual
about converting your Kaypro disks before you
installed the software. May have missed something
though.
Maybe I could DMA in the data for an XMODEM
program with toggle switches. :)
-- Ross
I do know that the 1571 will read an IBM 360k DSDD disk format. I was
going to try to copy my Osborne software off, but it is SSSD and the
1571 don't do those disks, only the double density Ozzie disks. NUTS!!
I'm looking for a working 360k IBM drive to copy stuff from the Linux PC
here to the 128 cp/m system. Serial transfers work too, and since the
files are pretty short as a rule it shouldn't take long.
That is a project that was put on the back burner here . . . . keep us
posted
Gary Hildebrand
St. Joseph, MO
I can boot CP/M+ on Commie, but the distribution
is very minimal. It doesn't even include ED.
Eh? I could have sworn that ED was on the disk, or at least somewhere in
the C128 distribution set. How many disks do you have?
One CP/M disk.
It does have PIP, if this is useful,
Oh, only slightly. :-) software
to do the trick (but I don't think it can write MFM
as needed by C128 CP/M mode.)
The Commodore CP/M format is actually GCR -- the 1571 just can read MFM
formats as well, but it's natively GCR actually (so that the 1541 can be
used to boot C128 CP/M too).