6 Oct
2011
6 Oct
'11
11:57 a.m.
On Thu, 6 Oct 2011, Fred Cisin wrote:
Might be worth a shot of nothing else pans out.
>>>
The differences between the Bondwell models 12 and 14 seem to be 128KB
>>> RAM in the 14 (as opposed to 64KB in the 12) and double-sided drives in
>>> the 14 (versus single-sided in the 12). You could try the Bondwell 14
>>> disk images on your Retroarchive site. :-)
>>> http://www.retroarchive.org/hardware/bondwell/bw14dsks.zip
> ...or put a double-sided drive in it.
On Thu, 6 Oct 2011, Gene Buckle wrote:
For me it's just not worth the effort unless
I have the right media for
it. I don't even know what the thrift shop wants for the machine. I may
be up to my neck in Kaypro hardware soon anyway... :)
Howzbout:
cable up a double sided drive TEMPORARILY, with the existing single sided
drive as B:
boot, test, enjoy
format a single sided disk (good luck finding the right FORMAT command
line options, if it doesn't automagically switch)
SYSGEN
PIP
put the single sided drive back into A: position
There probably are numerous people on this list who
would like to purchase
a CP/M laptop.
This is only a laptop if you're 8 feet tall. It's Kaypro sized, just with
a plastic case. :)
g.
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