22 Mar
2017
22 Mar
'17
12:51 p.m.
I have for sale this fine STM Pied Piper, Z80 CP/M machine from Canada
circa 1983. Please see details here:
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?56872-STM-Pied-Piper-Portable-Com…
Thanks!
Sellam
23 Mar
23 Mar
1:12 a.m.
On 22/03/2017 19:51, "cctalk" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I have for sale this fine STM Pied Piper, Z80 CP/M
machine from Canada
circa 1983. Please see details here:
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?56872-STM-Pied-Piper-Portable-Com…
er&p=453120#post453120
I have several of these including the full disk set of 'Perfect'
applications and diagnostics, demo disk etc. One of my jobs for last year
was to image those disks but it took me so long to find them I never got one
of those tuits we all need.
If anyone buys this let me know and I'll see what's still readable.
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
24 Mar
24 Mar
12:20 p.m.
I have several of these including the full disk set of 'Perfect'
applications and diagnostics, demo disk etc. One of my jobs for last year
was to image those disks but it took me so long to find them I never got one
of those tuits we all need.
If anyone buys this let me know and I'll see what's still readable.
I have one as well in the original box with the external drive, manuals, etc. but no disks
- so I?ve never had it fully running. If you could see what?s available that would be
fantastic.
Thanks much!
2:03 p.m.
What format are those disks in? I did find the software and manuals but I
have to image my disks too. I have not used them yet and have never
powered on my Pied Piper at this point. I hope to image them this weekend
(if they are still good).
Wish my Pied Piper was in better shape but I'm happy to have what I got.
Here's a link: http://vintagecomputer.ca/stm-pied-piper-computer You can
see a pic of the manuals too. I was considering scanning them but I'd have
to tear them apart so I haven't.
Santo
On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Pete Plank via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
I have several of these including the full disk set of 'Perfect'
applications and diagnostics, demo disk etc. One of my jobs for last year
was to image those disks but it took me so long to find them I never got
one
of those tuits we all need.
If anyone buys this let me know and I'll see what's still readable.
I have one as well in the original box with the external drive, manuals,
etc. but no disks - so I?ve never had it fully running. If you could see
what?s available that would be fantastic.
Thanks much!
3:10 p.m.
On 24/03/2017 21:03, "Santo Nucifora" <santo.nucifora at gmail.com>
wrote:
What format are those disks in?? I did find the
software and manuals but I
have to image my disks too.? I have not used them yet and have never powered
on my Pied Piper at this point.? I hope to image them this weekend (if they
are still good).
Wish my Pied Piper was in better shape but I'm happy to have what I got.?
Here's a link:? http://vintagecomputer.ca/stm-pied-piper-computer? You can see
a pic of the manuals too.? I was considering scanning them but I'd have to
tear them apart so I haven't.
Santo
On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 3:20 PM, Pete Plank via cctalk <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
I have one as well in the original box with the external drive, manuals, etc.
but no disks - so I?ve never had it fully running. If you could see what?s
available that would be fantastic.
Thanks much!
Hi Santo, Pete,
I did email you (Santo) when I found them last year but I didn?t get round to
imaging them at the time. The win98 machine I built to do this is still where
I left it in the kitchen so I?m going to have a go tomorrow; the disks
themselves have been indoors in a decent climate so hopefully they?re all as I
left them when I last read them in 2002.
I?ve just realised how long ago that was :/ At least I know one of my Pied
Piper floppy drives was ok because that was originally what I used in said
win98 imaging machine 8 months ago.
Results as I get them!
Cheers
--
Adrian/Witchy
Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
collection?
I have several of these including the full disk set of 'Perfect'
applications and diagnostics, demo disk etc. One of my jobs for last year
was to image those disks but it took me so long to find them I never got
one
> of those tuits we all need.
>
> If anyone buys this let me know and I'll see what's still readable. 
4:17 p.m.
On 03/24/2017 02:03 PM, Santo Nucifora via cctalk wrote:
What format are those disks in? I did find the
software and manuals
but I have to image my disks too. I have not used them yet and have
never powered on my Pied Piper at this point. I hope to image them
this weekend (if they are still good).
The samples that I have are 96 tpi 10x512 byte sectors or 800KB.
--Chuck
5:43 p.m.
Thanks Chuck.
I was able to create a good bootable Pied Piper CP/M 2.2 copy but I used a
Kryoflux in RAW preservation format so that probably won't be much good for
most unless you have a Kryoflux.. I'll have to put together an ImageDisk
set up to capture it in a more shareable format.
I have
- CP/M
- Perfect Software Product Disk 1
- Perfect Software Product Disk 2
- Perfect Software Scratch Disk
- Pied Piper Peripherals DIskette (in bad shape) This has terminal and
modem software but some of the utilities hang.
I'll try to set it up and get images this weekend. Glad to see my Pied
Piper working for the first time :)
Santo
On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 03/24/2017 02:03 PM, Santo Nucifora via cctalk
wrote:
What format are those disks in? I did find the
software and manuals
but I have to image my disks too. I have not used them yet and have
never powered on my Pied Piper at this point. I hope to image them
this weekend (if they are still good).
The samples that I have are 96 tpi 10x512 byte sectors or 800KB.
--Chuck
25 Mar
25 Mar
1:46 p.m.
Disk images have been uploaded in IMD format.
For those who might be considering Sellam's Pied Piper (tying this back to
the original post), you have software for it now if Sellam cannot find his.
Hope this helps Pete and Adrian, if you find any other disks, please share.
NOTE: The Pied Piper Peripheral disk is mostly bad but some files may be
salvageable.
Thanks,
Santo
On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 8:43 PM, Santo Nucifora <santo.nucifora at gmail.com>
wrote:
Thanks Chuck.
I was able to create a good bootable Pied Piper CP/M 2.2 copy but I used a
Kryoflux in RAW preservation format so that probably won't be much good for
most unless you have a Kryoflux.. I'll have to put together an ImageDisk
set up to capture it in a more shareable format.
I have
- CP/M
- Perfect Software Product Disk 1
- Perfect Software Product Disk 2
- Perfect Software Scratch Disk
- Pied Piper Peripherals DIskette (in bad shape) This has terminal and
modem software but some of the utilities hang.
I'll try to set it up and get images this weekend. Glad to see my Pied
Piper working for the first time :)
Santo
On Fri, Mar 24, 2017 at 7:17 PM, Chuck Guzis via cctalk <
cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
On 03/24/2017 02:03 PM, Santo Nucifora via cctalk
wrote:
What format are those disks in? I did find the
software and manuals
but I have to image my disks too. I have not used them yet and have
never powered on my Pied Piper at this point. I hope to image them
this weekend (if they are still good).
The samples that I have are 96 tpi 10x512 byte sectors or 800KB.
--Chuck
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