--------------Original message: Date: Tue, 1 Mar 2005 07:08:16 -0800 (PST) From: Vintage Computer Festival <vcf at siconic.com> Subject: Re: Cromemco Software - what to do with it? On Sun, 27 Feb 2005 mhstein at canada.com wrote: -------------------------- That's my point; I'm sure there are many bits & pieces out there but, unlike the manuals, there doesn't seem to be much on the 'net anywhere in any organized way. Randy has suggested that Gaby might put it on her site, so that might be the answer. Maybe those of us who have some Cromemco S/W could get together here or off-list and compare who's got what. How about it Randy, you're doing such a fine job with the 8"/3.5" issue, feel like organizing something else? It's even relevant... ============== -------------------------- Well, that brings up the second point: if it's going to be archived on the 'net, in what format? As discussed elsewhere, PC images of Cromemco disks can be a problem because of their SD/DD mixed format. Ordinary CDOS files are less of a problem since they're 8.3 file names with no subdirectories; they can fairly easily be copied to a PC & ZIPped, and copied back to a CDOS disk. CROMIX & UNIX files are a little more problematic, because of the long file names & subdirectories. They can be TAR'd, but again, Cromemco being Cromemco, they used several incompatible TAR/TARZ80/FTAR formats. BTW, Cromix V31.58, for example, consists of 10 FTAR disks, although the Z80 versions are much smaller (2 disks) And of course there's still the problem of the mixed format boot disks. Any thoughts/a consensus? =============== ------------------------------ Well, that's what I've been doing, but a good dump would be welcome :) Just need an appropriate site. =============== ------------------------------ And what about Al Kossov's site? mike