19 Apr
2010
19 Apr
'10
5:46 a.m.
I found what purports to be a diskdef for cpmtools,
but am not having any
success at all. The file _appears_ to copy into the image and I can read
it back out uncorrupted with cpmtools, but when I write it to a disk with
Dave Dunfield's NST and boot it, the file is filled with E5s.
I did note the diskdef is for 70 tracks (double-sided) and tried changing
the track value to 35. No luck.
I'm trying to move the Morrow HD format/test utility to a diskette that
can be accessed from my N* CPM 2.2 boot diskette, but so far it's "Can't
Get There from Here..".
I'd try a comm program, but guess what I don't have on an N* diskette?
:-).
You can transfer files via serial port, using PIP, XMODEM etc.
At the most basic level, you can transfer a index hex file load and save
it.
You can also use my simulator to transfer files into and out of images,
and then use NST to transfer those images to the real system. This may
be easier than hooking up serial lines etc.
You can "mount" files for input/output over the virtual serial port. This
means you can mount a file then receive from it into CP/M just like you
would have done with an external PC and TTY emulator (but without the
syncronization problems).
Another way to transfer files into the simulator is to halt the simulation,
then use the simulator 'L'oad command to load an image into memory, then
restart the simulation and save it with CP/M.
Regards,
Dave
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