Creating new CP/M disk from scratch

Roy: Creating a new CBIOS is easy using modern tools. Assuming I can get the first part done (floppy access on a modern PeeCee), my thought would be to use 22NICE (the CP/M emulator), DDT and SYSGEN to do it. I have a tool from Sydex to test the SD capability of a modern PeeCee controller. If this passes, then I'm OK. The 22DISK manual mentions that you can take an XT controller and modify it with an inverter to handle FM disks. Rich Rich Cini Collector of classic computers Lead engineer, Altair32 Emulator Web site: http://highgate.comm.sfu.ca/~rcini/classiccmp/ Web site: http://www.altair32.com/ /***************************************************/ -----Original Message----- From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Roy J. Tellason Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 8:55 PM To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts Subject: Re: Creating new CP/M disk from scratch On Friday 02 June 2006 08:44 pm, Richard A. Cini wrote: bootable I Writing the system tracks is definitely going to be the hard part, all right. Because you need that to include a BIOS that's specific to your hardware. I'm in the same spot with regard to my BigBoard II, which I can boot a Xerox SSSD floppy on but then I only get SSSD support, even though the hardware and the drives support DSDD. If you figure out how to do this I'd sure like to hear about it. -- Member of the toughest, meanest, deadliest, most unrelenting -- and ablest -- form of life in this section of space, a critter that can be killed but can't be tamed. --Robert A. Heinlein, "The Puppet Masters" - Information is more dangerous than cannon to a society ruled by lies. --James M Dakin