22 Jan
2013
22 Jan
'13
3:15 p.m.
On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Dave Land <xmechanic at landcomp.net> wrote:
(Think I may have goofed on my earlier post (excess
formatting))
Hiya,
Just wondering if anyone has a Xerox 820-II with CP/M 2.2C that already has
Kermit installed, that could make a Image Disk of it and upload it
someplace? I have Dave Dunfield's Image Disk program, and I've successfully
transferred several programs to the machine this way, but I'd like to have a
comm program to transfer stuff, as I'm using a modified cable from the
existing 8" floppy drive to an old win98/DOS PC for transfers, and I don't
like to disconnect and connect those 50 pin edge connectors on and off the
boards too many times.
I actually have the .HEX files for the machine, but I tried to get them
transferred with 22disk, and it doesn't seem to like 8" drives too much
(ver. 1.42 or 1.44). I also tried the host terminal transfer, but hex files
seem to wreak havoc and don't transfer properly. So I'm kind of stuck
between a rock and a hard place. If anyone can help out, it would be greatly
appreciated! Thanks.
Dave Land
Land Computer Service
Have you looked at Cpmtools? http://www.cpm8680.com/cpmtools/index.htm
If you already have an image of a bootable disk for the target system,
and you already have the files you want to copy onto a bootable disk
for the target system, you should be able to use Cpmtools to copy the
files onto the image of the bootable disk. Then write that updated
image out to a physical disk. Then if all goes well that should be
the last time you need to use the Image Disk setup.
The only tricky part about using Cpmtools is that you usually have to
create a new disk format specification entry in the diskdefs file,
which can take some work to figure out, but shouldn't be too bad.
-Glen