6-Apr-92 10:19:47-MDT,9479;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Mon, 6 Apr 92 10:15:19 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #23 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920406101520.V92N23@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Mon, 6 Apr 92 Volume 92 : Issue 23 Today's Topics: Attache fix More Sanyo Help Needed Re: .ark and FAQ Re: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #21 Re: interrupts, arunz, problems Re: OASIS (sp?) Operating System Re: Reply to Michael Traub, Brighton, UK typing tutor ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 4 Apr 92 16:29:56 GMT From: news.u.washington.edu!milton.u.washington.edu!sperigo@beaver.cs.washington.edu (Susan Perigo) Subject: Attache fix Message-ID: <1992Apr4.162956.15102@u.washington.edu> Turned on my Otrona Attache with the keyboard not connected and ever since it fails in this way. With power on there is no monitor prompt for disks. Disks don't boot. The drive lights glow faintly while power is on and flash as power is turned off. Does this grand little computer have much chance at another life? I replaced the button battaries but have no test point docs. Neither do the local fixers. Please reply with mail. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 3 Apr 92 11:00:56 -0500 From: Jay Sage Subject: More Sanyo Help Needed Message-ID: <9204031100.AA29631@LL.MIT.EDU> Well, I have overcome one part of the problem I was having getting MEX to run on someone's Sanyo 1250, and now I face the next phase. Someone pointed out that there was a superbly written MEX overlay for the Sanyo 1250 sitting right on my own Z-Node BBS! I had not recognized it because it used the ID letters SN instead of SY. Now the trouble is that the screen codes are all messed up. That overlay, I guess, includes only the modem-control-hardware overlay and not the terminal overlay. So, now I want to ask if anyone has a terminal overlay for the Sanyo 1250 or, lacking that, a complete set of screen codes. Someone already gave me the basic ones. Does it support any graphics characters? -- Jay Sage ------------------------------ Date: 4 Apr 92 19:42:29 GMT From: bobsbox.rent.com!gnat!cmcewen@rutgers.edu (Chris McEwen) Subject: Re: .ark and FAQ Message-ID: mrdunn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael Robert Dunn) writes: > first, can anyone tell me where the FAQ for this group would be > located and perhaps what it would be called? > second, could someone tell me the name of a program that would deal > with programs ending in .ark (something I could perhaps find at the > oak.oakland.edu ftp sight would be very nice) FAQ file? Hmmm, that's a novel idea. I don't think this group has seen one in a while. ;-) As to your other question: UNARC16.COM is a self-extracting file that can then extract from *.ARC and *.ARK files. ARK11.ARK gives full functionality -- it can make, update, extract. The results are fully SEA and PKARC (oops!) compliant. Note: *.ARC and *.ARK files are identical in structure. The difference in the extension is only to highlight files of interest to CPMers (the *.ARK). Chris McEwen Internet: cmcewen@gnat.rent.com | The Computer Journal Editor, TCJ uucp: ..!att!nsscmail!gnat!cmcewen | PO Box 12 GEnie: c.mcewen -or- TCJ$ | S Plainfield NJ 07080 The Spirit of the Individual Made This Industry | 1-908-755-6186 ------------------------------ Date: 1 Apr 92 04:56:43 GMT From: world!bmarcum@uunet.uu.net (Bill Marcum) Subject: Re: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #21 Message-ID: In article <9203301357.aa02448@APG-9.APG-9.APG.ARMY.MIL> ltelets@APG-9.APG.ARMY.MIL (Louis Teletski AMSTE-TAF 4377) writes: >IF THE MEETING GOES ACCORDING TO HISTORY, NEITHER WILL ANY ONE ELSE KNOW PIDDLE-DIDDLE ABOUT IT -= I EXPECT THE PM WILL COME UP WITH SOME "NEW ACQUISITION STRATEGY" AND ASK FOR COMMENTS. THE MMS LOOKS CLEAN NOW--I'LL SWEAR I NEVER SAID THAT A T A LATTER >THE CONTRACTOR WAS TO HAVE DONE THE TESTS, BUT WE HAVE NOT SEEN DATA YET. SHOULD BE EASY TO SOLVE--I'LL SWEAR I NEVER SAID THAT EITHER. > >THIKN YOU SHOULD SEND A BACKUP TO PICATINNY???? A LOT OF TIMES THERE'S CHANGES TO THE PROGRAM THAT ARE ANNOUNCED AT THIS TYPE OF MEETING. > >LOU Where is the original message that this was a reply to? Am I missing something by getting comp.os.cpm but not being on the Info-CPM mailing list? If so, what is the address to subscribe to the list? Bill Marcum bmarcum@world.std.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 92 09:30:16 -0500 From: Jay Sage Subject: Re: interrupts, arunz, problems Message-ID: <9203310930.AA08790@LL.MIT.EDU> Jeff Wieland added to my comments about using DI/EI around code that must not be interrupted: >> Shouldn't this code be examining the current interrupt state before it >> goes changing them? Yes, it certainly SHOULD. However, as you noted yourself, it may not be possible in operating-system code, which runs under severe memory constraints. This is something I will certainly look into (thanks for the exact TCJ references). My guess is that the problem does not affect very many people. This was the first report of any problem, though, of course, this is not always a good indicator. I am always amazed at how quick people are to blame software problems on themselves rather than on the author (where it belongs), and terrible bugs sometimes sit unreported for long periods of time. -- Jay Sage ------------------------------ Date: 31 Mar 92 19:27:38 GMT From: haven.umd.edu!cs.wvu.wvnet.edu!a.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu!jdm@ames.arc.nasa.gov (James D Mooney,205K, 7,2913548) Subject: Re: OASIS (sp?) Operating System Message-ID: <1977@h.cs.wvu.wvnet.edu> From article <1992Mar26.170851.7959@petunia.csc.calpoly.edu>, by jgrimes@garden.csc.calpoly.edu (Joe Grimes): > I need some information regarding a single user operating system called > OASIS (sp?) used on S-100 bus computer that evolved to a multi-user > operating system called THEOS (sp?). What I need is information that This OS is described fully in the following book: THEOS/OASIS User's Handbook by Walter C. Stagner Jr. Weber Systems, Inc. 8437 Mayfield Road Chesterland, Ohio 44026 ISBN 0-938862-00-6 1985 As of 1985 THEOS was distributed by THEOS Software Company. The former distributor was Phase One systems. I don't know if they are still in business. no address is given in the book. There is also reference to a THEOS User's Group: Fred Bellomy THEOS User's Group PO Box 2400 Santa Barbara, CA 93120 805/965-0265 The book lists the following implementations: Seiko 16-bit systems, apparently including much application software and a "CP/M Adapter" to run CP/M programs. ALTOS IBM PC/XT ONYX 186D (apparently a primary platform) Advanced Digital Super System II Presumably the OS could be obtained (as of 1985) through the hardware vendors. Again, no addresses are given. -- Jim Mooney Dept. of Stat. & Computer Science PHONE: +1 304 293 3607 West Virginia University FAX: +1 304 293 2272 Morgantown, WV 26506 USA INTERNET: jdm@cs.wvu.wvnet.edu ------------------------------ Date: 1 Apr 92 19:44:56 GMT From: amethyst!salado!afthree.as.arizona.edu!tom@arizona.edu (Thomas J. Trebisky) Subject: Re: Reply to Michael Traub, Brighton, UK Message-ID: <1992Apr1.194456.5788@salado.rc.arizona.edu> jm59@prism.gatech.EDU (MILLS,JOHN M.) writes: >On the other side, re: disassemblers, I had two ideas: > > (1) I found a Z80 dissassembler on OAK's SIMTEL mirror: > OAK.oakland.edu, /pub/simtel20/msdos (I think), as > /pub/simtel20/msdos/disasm/dasmz80.arc (whew) > I haven't ftp'd it nor tried it, but the name looks right. I have a Z80 disassembler written in C (should be quite portable). I run it under unix on a sparc and feed it intel hex files sucked out of roms by my prom burner. It would be easy to modify it to accept other kinds of input (and to run on other systems). Anybody that wants it, let me know. -- Tom Trebisky ttrebisky@as.arizona.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 31 Mar 92 16:52:05 BST From: Christopher Currie Subject: typing tutor Message-ID: <15488.9203311552@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> >------------------------------ > >Date: 28 Mar 92 04:54:56 GMT >From: hp-cv!ogicse!adaptive!casey@hplabs.hpl.hp.com (Casey Bahr) >Subject: Wanted: Computer Typing Teacher for Kaypro >Message-ID: <1992Mar28.045456.29484@asi.com> > >Does anyone have or know of a program written for a Kaypro II >or Kaypro 10 that helps someone learn to type? Much thanks >for any and all replies. > The Caxton Touch 'n Go typing tutor for CP/M has a large terminal installation file which I'm almost certain includes Kaypro. It's very good, though not PD. Christopher Currie ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #23 ************************************ 11-Apr-92 14:08:39-MDT,8037;000000000000 Mail-From: W8SDZ created at 11-Apr-92 14:05:36 Return-Path: Date: Sat, 11 Apr 92 14:05:36 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #24 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920411140536.V92N24@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Sat, 11 Apr 92 Volume 92 : Issue 24 Today's Topics: CP/M on an Apple II Need info regarding OASIS (sp?) Operating System Prewritten Apartment management/accounting software RC Piccolo boot & info ? Re: OASIS (sp?) Operating System The Word: Specials.cmp ? Wordstar to DOS conversion - HELP! Xerox 645 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 23 Mar 92 15:10:28 GMT From: meaddata!johnt@uunet.uu.net (John Townsend) Subject: CP/M on an Apple II Message-ID: <1992Mar23.151028.13651@meaddata.com> I run CP/M on an Apple //e with a Microsoft Premium Softcard //e installed. This card is a 6 MHz Z80 coprocessor, 64K memory expansion, and 80-column combination card that fits the AUX slot of the Apple //e. However, I'm in the process of migrating to an Apple IIgs, which doesn't have an AUX slot. I'd like to know if there is a high-speed Z80 card that will work in one of the standard slots of the IIgs, preferably without disabling the built-in function of the slot or slowing down the system speed. I've heard of an "AppliCard" (or something like that), but don't know anything about it or where I can get one. I'd consider buying such a card from someone, or trading the Softcard for it and a normal 64K/80-column card for the //e. Thanks! -- John Townsend Internet: johnt@meaddata.com c/o Mead Data Central UUCP: ...!uunet!meaddata!johnt 9555 Springboro Pike GEnie: J.E.TOWNSEND Miamisburg, OH 45342 Telephone: (513) 865-7250 Telefax: (513) 865-1655 ------------------------------ Date: 27 Mar 92 05:39:51 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ucselx!petunia!rat!polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu!jgrimes@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Joe E Grimes) Subject: Need info regarding OASIS (sp?) Operating System Message-ID: <1992Mar27.053951.29345@rat.csc.calpoly.edu> I need some information regarding a single user operating system called OASIS (sp?) used on a S-100 bus computer that evolved to a multi-user operating system called THEOS (sp?). What I need is information that might lead me to a copy of it and a computer that it would run on. This information might include the developer and company that distributed it and which class(es) of S-100 computer were compatible with it. Joe Grimes Professor Cal Poly State University jgrimes@polyslo.calpoly.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 7 Apr 92 1:48:51 EDT From: eudoh@st6000.sct.edu (Etop Udoh) Subject: Prewritten Apartment management/accounting software Message-ID: <9204070548.AA28196@st6000.sct.edu> hi, excuse my brief interruption but I have but one question or request... I'm wondering if anyone knows of any Prewritten apartment managing/accounting software ???? thanks ..................................................................... : Southern College of Technology : : << Eudoh@sct.edu >> Marietta, Georgia : : : : ||||| ||||| ||||| || ||||| ||||| ||||| || || || ||||| : : || || || || || || || || | || | || || || || | : : ||||| || || || || || || || | ||||| || || || || | : : || || || || || || || || | || | || || || || | : : ||||| ||||| || || || ||||| ||||| || | ||||| || ||||| : : : : Abandon all hope ye who have entered " CYBERSPACE " : :...................................................................: ------------------------------ Date: 25 Mar 92 11:10:31 GMT From: eru.mt.luth.se!lunic!sunic!news.funet.fi!kannel!news@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Willi Messmer) Subject: RC Piccolo boot & info ? Message-ID: <1992Mar25.111031.24136@lut.fi> Hello net! If someone of you have a boot disk or some general info on danish RC Piccolo cpmbeast I would like to hear from you. Willi messmer@lut.fi ------------------------------ Date: 27 Mar 92 06:05:33 GMT From: baron!baron!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil (Don Maslin) Subject: Re: OASIS (sp?) Operating System Message-ID: <1992Mar27.060533.28871@baron.uucp> I have some information on OASIS and the company that still (as of a year or so ago) supports it. I'm sure that there were a number of S-100 machines that it was ported to, but the only one that I know of first hand was by NNC (so called No Name Computer) Electronics in the L.A. area. OASIS, of itself, was a multiuser operating system, rather in the vein of MP/M. I think that THEOS was rather more the PC compatible implementation of OASIS. I need to dig out some information from a text that I have, and will e-mail it to you. - don Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: baron!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil - San Diego Computer Society - | INET: donm@pnet07.cts.com ------------------------------ Date: 7 Apr 92 15:32:27 GMT From: cc.gatech.edu!news@gatech.edu (Harold C. Forbes) Subject: The Word: Specials.cmp ? Message-ID: <1992Apr7.153227.3724@cc.gatech.edu> I STILL use my kaypro to run the Word (a spelling checker). I normally use it just for letters, but lately I've been writing some technical stuff. I added a bunch of words to the specials.cmp file, but TW still displays them as not being correctly spelled. I've lost the manual. Could someone who remembers, or still has their manual tell me how to deal with additional dictionaries? Thanks. harold PS. If you know of a MSDOS or UNIX spelling checker that works like the word on cpm, I'd like to know about it. FORBES, HAROLD C. N5JCM Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 uucp: ...!{allegra,amd,hplabs,seismo,ut-ngp}!gatech!cc!harold ARPA: harold@cc.gatech.edu PACKET: N5JCM @ W4QO ------------------------------ Date: 6 Apr 92 17:08:01 GMT From: sdd.hp.com!megatek!tpd@hplabs.hpl.hp.com (Tim Dietz) Subject: Wordstar to DOS conversion - HELP! Message-ID: <1992Apr6.170801.19175@megatek.uucp> Hi all. I just subscribed to this newsgroup and noticed on an earlier posting that there is no FAQ. In that case, I'm going to ask for help from you kind souls out there. My wife has an Osborne Vixen and she'd like to convert some of her Wordstar files over to PC format. Is there anybody who can give me the information on how to make this conversion? She'll be doing work on Word for Windows when the conversion is complete. Please reply via e-mail. Thanks in advance. Tim -- Tim Dietz tpd@megatek.uucp ------------------------------ Date: 26 Mar 92 14:56:52 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!malibu!cornett@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (dan cornett) Subject: Xerox 645 Message-ID: <29025@crdgw1.crd.ge.com> Does anyone know if the Xerox 645 word processor is CPM based? If so, do any of the floppy format conversion programs handle conversion of Xerox 645 to MSDOS? Thank you for any help. Danny Cornett ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #24 ************************************ 15-Apr-92 11:47:11-MDT,8836;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 11:45:14 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #25 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920415114517.V92N25@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Wed, 15 Apr 92 Volume 92 : Issue 25 Today's Topics: CP/M <-> DOS file transfer Hard disk for S-100, CP/M MIX C Name this Z80 micro !!! Pointer to ADAPTEC Inc. wanted. RC Piccolo boot & info ? Re: interrupts, arunz, problems Re: TRS-80 emulators ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 24 Mar 92 15:27:05 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!network.ucsd.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!utgpu!blaze.trentu.ca!ccksb@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Ken Brown) Subject: CP/M <-> DOS file transfer Message-ID: <1992Mar24.152705.2211@trentu.ca> A friend has an old Epson CP/M system and wants to transfer files to a DOS machine. We can make up a null modem and Epson supplied a telcom program called TERM. Does anyone know what can be used on the DOS side to talk "TERM"? Thanks in advance... -- +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Ken Brown voice: (705)748-1540 | |Trent University Computer Services fax: (705)748-1246 | |Peterborough, Ontario internet: kbrown@trentu.ca | |Canada, K9J 7B8 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: 14 Apr 92 13:38:21 GMT From: dove!cme.nist.gov!kent@uunet.uu.net (Ernie Kent) Subject: Hard disk for S-100, CP/M Message-ID: <2787@dove.nist.gov> I have an S-100 based CP/M system. It's purely home-brew, and I can't get rid of it since there's too much effort invested in special-purpose boards I've built for it. I would like to put a hard disk on it. It has a 10 MHz 80186 CPU. Does anyone have a reccomendation for a controller card? Does anyone make them for S-100? Does anyone know how to interface a PC controller card to S-100? Thanks for any help. Ernie Kent ------------------------------ Date: 7 Apr 92 14:30:13 GMT From: van-bc!wolfe.wimsey.bc.ca!rsoft!agate!spool.mu.edu!yale.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun!tamuts!jdb8042@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (John Donald Baker) Subject: MIX C Message-ID: <11948@tamsun.tamu.edu> Not to steal any of Ed's thunder, but MIX C for CP/M may also be ordered from MIX software themselves. Just look for any POWER C ad to get their address/ phone #. Make sure you say that you want the CP/M version. John D. Baker ->An Apple 3.5", 5.25", 8" PCPI Applicard ZCPR3 nut// Internet: JDB8042@{tamuts|rigel|sigma|summa|zeus|venus}.tamu.edu UUCP: The Black Box: ...buster!blkbox!jdb8042 [(713) 480-2686|-2685 (2400)] BBSs: JOHN BAKER on Z-Node #45 [(713) 937-8886], The Vector Board [(716) 544-1863], PIC of the Mid-Town [(713) 527-8939] ------------------------------ Date: 13 Apr 92 06:04:25 GMT From: mcsun!news.funet.fi!cc.tut.fi!kent@uunet.uu.net (Kentt{l{ Marko) Subject: Name this Z80 micro !!! Message-ID: <1992Apr13.060425.12510@cc.tut.fi> Ok. Got a interesting problem for you guys out there. Name this Z80 based micro and I'd be very happy about any info about this machine. I'm planning too hook it up to my own Z80 machine. MLGMBH 16214 CPU-Z82 E0081 : --------------------------235mm---------------------------------- | | | * * **8807A** | | * * | | * * * | | * * * | | 2*SCN2681A * | | * * | 135mm D8257C-5 * * | | * *EPROM | | * * | | Z80 | | | | .....32 pins...... .....32 pins..... | | .....32 pins...... ..2 pins | | .....32 pins..... | ----------------------------------------------------------------- Bought busses facing downwards. E 1032 MLGMBH RAM 384 16082 : Same size and similar bus to the right one on the above card. 40 MK4564N-15 RAM chips (320Kb) and room for another 8 chips (total of 384Kb). Got Intel D3242 on right just above the bus. So what is this thing ? I'd be very grateful for documents about the bus this thing uses so I could connect it to my own micro. All I got is these two cards so I don't know anything more :-( Thanks, maybe you could help me ! Make -- ............................................................................. : MAKE MY DAY : Marko Kentt{l{ TTKK/AuTek : Paununkatu 5 : FINLAND - : : or : kent@lehtori.cc.tut.fi : 33700 Tampere : THE FUNLAND : : 180 ov. : MK102142@RAPOLA.cc.tut.fi : Finland : WITH FINLANDIA : ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 14 Apr 92 18:51:43 IST From: "Jacques J. Goldberg" Subject: Pointer to ADAPTEC Inc. wanted. Sorry dear friends for this trivial request, due to my very remote location. Would any Silicon Valley good soul be willing to try to get for me at least an address and phone number, at best a FAX number, for ADAPTEC (peripheral controllers) from whom I need a small spare part? Thanks in advance - Jacques Please reply to phr00jg@technion.technion.ac.il with attention to the two weird zeroes in phr00jg! ------------------------------ Date: 25 Mar 92 11:10:31 GMT From: eru.mt.luth.se!lunic!sunic!news.funet.fi!kannel!news@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Willi Messmer) Subject: RC Piccolo boot & info ? Message-ID: <1992Mar25.111031.24136@lut.fi> Hello net! If someone of you have a boot disk or some general info on danish RC Piccolo cpmbeast I would like to hear from you. Willi messmer@lut.fi ------------------------------ Date: 24 Mar 92 17:00:52 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!network.ucsd.edu!sdd.hp.com!think.com!mips!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!ea.ecn.purdue.edu!wieland@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Jeffrey J Wieland) Subject: Re: interrupts, arunz, problems Message-ID: <1992Mar24.170052.9552@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> In article <9203231428.AA27601@LL.MIT.EDU> sage@LL.MIT.EDU (Jay Sage) writes: > > I would not expect ARUNZ to be doing anything with interrupts, but I have >not looked at the source code yet to check. Are you perchance now using the >type-4 version of the program? All type-4 programs have DI and EI >instructions as part of the address relocation code in the type-4 loader, >which occupies the second record of the COM file (bytes 80H to FFH). I >believe that this code cannot work with interrupts enabled because of the way >it uses the stack pointer. > > I should point out that versions 3.3 and later of ZCPR also have parts of >the code that turn off interrupts and then reenable them. This occurs in the > >-- Jay Sage (author of ARUNZ and ZCPR33 and later) Shouldn't this code be examining the current interrupt state before it goes changing them? I mean, if interrupts aren't enabled, it should detect this and not enable them when it gets through the critical section of the code. Bridger Mitchell had some examples for doing this in The Computer Journal, Vols. 36 & 37. Be sure to see both articles, because the second has a work-around for a Z80 that the code in the first article. Specifically, if an interrupt occurs while your code is checking the interrupt status, the Z80 will wrongly report that interrupts are disabled. On the other hand, the code to do this might not fit, either in the Type 4 header or in the command processor. -- Jeff Wieland wieland@ecn.purdue.edu ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 15 Apr 92 08:00:40 EST From: wilker@hopf.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson) Subject: Re: TRS-80 emulators Message-ID: <9204151300.AA03878@hopf.math.purdue.edu.math.purdue.edu> A TRS-80 Model I emulator was recently posted to the net (alt.sources??) as Xtrs. It compiled and ran (slowly) on my Sun 3/50. ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #25 ************************************ 16-Apr-92 07:20:48-MDT,9750;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 07:16:02 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #26 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920416071603.V92N26@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Thu, 16 Apr 92 Volume 92 : Issue 26 Today's Topics: Attache fix Re: .ark and FAQ Re: Need someone who knows about CPM... RE: Televideo 803H information wanted Re: TurboDOS file compression program Reply to Michael Traub, Brighton, UK Urgent info/suggestions for CP/M 3+ (Z80)??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 4 Apr 92 16:29:56 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!usenet.coe.montana.edu!news.u.washington.edu!milton.u.washington.edu!sperigo@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Susan Perigo) Subject: Attache fix Message-ID: <1992Apr4.162956.15102@u.washington.edu> Turned on my Otrona Attache with the keyboard not connected and ever since it fails in this way. With power on there is no monitor prompt for disks. Disks don't boot. The drive lights glow faintly while power is on and flash as power is turned off. Does this grand little computer have much chance at another life? I replaced the button battaries but have no test point docs. Neither do the local fixers. Please reply with mail. ------------------------------ Date: 4 Apr 92 19:42:29 GMT From: bobsbox.rent.com!gnat!cmcewen@rutgers.edu (Chris McEwen) Subject: Re: .ark and FAQ Message-ID: mrdunn@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Michael Robert Dunn) writes: > first, can anyone tell me where the FAQ for this group would be > located and perhaps what it would be called? > second, could someone tell me the name of a program that would deal > with programs ending in .ark (something I could perhaps find at the > oak.oakland.edu ftp sight would be very nice) FAQ file? Hmmm, that's a novel idea. I don't think this group has seen one in a while. ;-) As to your other question: UNARC16.COM is a self-extracting file that can then extract from *.ARC and *.ARK files. ARK11.ARK gives full functionality -- it can make, update, extract. The results are fully SEA and PKARC (oops!) compliant. Note: *.ARC and *.ARK files are identical in structure. The difference in the extension is only to highlight files of interest to CPMers (the *.ARK). Chris McEwen Internet: cmcewen@gnat.rent.com | The Computer Journal Editor, TCJ uucp: ..!att!nsscmail!gnat!cmcewen | PO Box 12 GEnie: c.mcewen -or- TCJ$ | S Plainfield NJ 07080 The Spirit of the Individual Made This Industry | 1-908-755-6186 ------------------------------ Date: 24 Mar 92 07:42:32 GMT From: aunro!ugc!ersys!davem@lll-winken.llnl.gov (Dave McCrady) Subject: Re: Need someone who knows about CPM... Message-ID: trekker@buhub.bradley.edu (Tim Lister) writes: > > At my evening job they are having me sell off some > Rainbow 100A's that they used as terminals. > I am surprised people are still using CPM. What is it > good for? What are its advantages? The computers each have > two 5.25" floppy drives. HOw do I determine if they are > 800K or 1.6Meg? They are neither. They are single-sided, 96tpi drives ... about 400k. Dave McCrady davem@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca Edmonton Remote Systems: Celebrating 10 years of service to Northern Alberta ------------------------------ Date: 27 Mar 92 01:55:03 GMT From: uunet.ca!canrem!lfergus!larry@uunet.uu.net (Larry Moore) Subject: RE: Televideo 803H information wanted Message-ID: In Message-ID: , bmarcum@world.std.com (Bill Marcum) writes: >If the 803H is like the TPCI, it uses port 13H to bank-switch >between ROM and RAM, and the top 16K of RAM is not switched. Thanks, Bill! It's likely that Televideo used similar tricks on the whole line of their CP/M machines ... worth running with anyway :-) Are there particular bit patterns used to swap in and to swap out banks? ------------------------------ Date: 4 Apr 92 07:25:11 GMT From: baron!baron!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil (Don Maslin) Subject: Re: TurboDOS file compression program Message-ID: <1992Apr4.072511.17968@baron.uucp> Sorry for the bandwidth on this, but the mailer-daemon struck again! Len - You write: >I am trying to locate a compression program ( Squeeze , etc ) to run on a >TurboDOS-8086 machine. It doesn't matter what compressor it is so long as a >companion decompressor is available for MSDOS. > >Would any CPM-86 compressor run under TurboDOS-8086 ? If so , a pointer >to that would be just as good. > It should. To that end, I reviewed the files at SIMTEL20 under CP/M-86 and drew a blank. The only thing they appeared to have was an Un-Sqeeze program, which sounded like the opposite from what you wanted. There is a possibility that you might want to explore, if you are not successful in getting one directly. That is to get the source for an 8080/Z80 compression program and translate it to 8086 compatible source code and assemble it for your use. To that end, following are a couple of directory and file cites from SIMTEL20 that could be used in that way. Directory PD2: CRNCH24S.LBR B 97536 880218 Source for Cruncher/Uncruncher Directory PD2: XLT86.LBR B 83584 850916 8080 to 8086 source code translator It is possible that you might have to create some macros to convert Z80 instructions into something that the 8086 can do, but that should be the only major stumbling block. As a point of curiousity, what type of TurboDOS 86 system are you running? Single user or network? What hardware? Thanks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - don Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: baron!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil - San Diego Computer Society - | INET: donm@pnet07.cts.com ------------------------------ Date: 25 Mar 92 14:29:36 GMT From: prism!jm59@gatech.edu (MILLS,JOHN M.) Subject: Reply to Michael Traub, Brighton, UK Message-ID: <52795@hydra.gatech.EDU> I am unable to get mail to traub@rtf.bt.co.uk. Please excuse my posting worldwide. Perhaps someone will see this who can be more helpful than I, however. *************** From: MAILER-DAEMON@prism.gatech.edu (Mail Delivery Subsystem) Subject: Returned mail: User unknown [etc, etc.] --------------- Subject: re: CCS cp/m BIOS source Michael -- Sorry for the delay. My copy of the CCS documentation for cp/m 2.2 only reproduces the DRI documents. It includes no ccbios.asm BIOS source except the skeleton that DRI provided to all their customers. Sorry. On the other side, re: disassemblers, I had two ideas: (1) I found a Z80 dissassembler on OAK's SIMTEL mirror: OAK.oakland.edu, /pub/simtel20/msdos (I think), as /pub/simtel20/msdos/disasm/dasmz80.arc (whew) I haven't ftp'd it nor tried it, but the name looks right. (2) Many BIOS were written with 8080 instructions, only. Do you _know_ you need z80 instructions decoded in your BIOS? (Naturally, you may need a z80 source if you intend to patch it with z80 opcodes.) -------------- If anyone else can help, jump on. Regards --jmm-- -- John M. Mills, SRE; Georgia Tech/GTRI/TSDL, Atlanta, GA 30332 uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!jm59 Internet: jm59@prism.gatech.edu "f U cn rd dis, U mst uz Unix!!!" ...jaw ------------------------------ Date: 4 Apr 92 07:40:06 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!think.com!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!sage.cc.purdue.edu!tgf@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Trever Furnish - Starfreedom) Subject: Urgent info/suggestions for CP/M 3+ (Z80)??? Message-ID: <43855@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> Hello. I know this is a ridiculus rush, but I'm left with little choice. I have literally two to three weeks to learn everything I can about the CP/M software available for my computer's version of the OS, called in the manual, "CP/M 3+", for the Commodore 128. The processor used is the Z80, without any math coprocessors or whatever else there is. Several stores have been unable to help me find the reference manual for the version I have, and the I can't find any books in the campus library for my version. I don't even know what versions would be similar to the one I have or what versions came before and after it. I have *very* little experience with it, so *absolutely anything* would be helpful and greatly appreciated. The reason I am so desperately interested in the OS all of the sudden is it seems to be the only chance I have of finding a *good* C compiler for my computer. Is there a C compiler for CP/M 3+ that conforms to the ANSI standard or at least conforms completely to the K&R standard? Is any of it available from ftp? Does anyone know of a source for the manual? Knowing so little about the subject, if my post doesn't belong in the cpm group, or I haven't given enough info or anything else is wrong, please tell me... Thanx, Trever, tgf@sage.cc.purdue.edu ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #26 ************************************ 17-Apr-92 05:50:27-MDT,9045;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 05:45:27 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #27 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920417054528.V92N27@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Fri, 17 Apr 92 Volume 92 : Issue 27 Today's Topics: CP/M Plus manual & K&R C Email address proppi FTP... OASIS (sp?) Operating System Re: Need info regarding OASIS (sp?) Operating System Re: The Word: Specials.cmp ? TRS-80 Emulator(s) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 92 03:35:52 -0400 From: ac959@cleveland.Freenet.Edu Subject: CP/M Plus manual & K&R C Message-ID: <9204170735.AA19729@cwns2.INS.CWRU.Edu> Trever, the Commodore 128 runs CP/M Plus (aka CP/M 3.0). If you have a manual for your 128, it includes a coupon that when sent in to DRI (Digital Research Inc.) along with a check for $19.95, will get you manual for CP/M Plus. If you do not have the manual, I can send you a copy of the coupon which works equally well. Send SASE and mention what it is for. In regards to a full K & R C compiler: C FEVER catch it! I have copies of a booklet with the above title. It explains all the features of the MIX C compiler and the MIX Editor. If you would like to know more about these bargain priced products, send a stamped, self-addressed envelope to me at the address below. Outside of the US, send $1.00 (refundable with your order) along with your name and address. C FEVER, catch it for CP/M or DOS, without going broke. To the best of my knowledge there is no ANSI compatible C compiler for CP/M. -- Ed Grey \*\ Sysop of The Grey Matter BBS & RCP/M 213-971-6260 P.O. Box #2186 \*\ Bitnet: ac959%cleveland.freenet.edu@cunyvm Inglewood, CA 90305 \*\ Internet: ac959@cleveland.freenet.edu USA \*\ v.: 213-759-7406 \*\ Fido: 1:102/752 \*\ GEnie: E.GREY1 ------------------------------ Date: 8 Apr 92 19:32:26 GMT From: mcsun!fuug!nntp.hut.fi!puukko.hut.fi!k36888l@uunet.uu.net (I Salmensaari) Subject: Email address proppi Message-ID: <1992Apr8.193226.29041@nntp.hut.fi> Proppi kadotin email osoitteesi... En saanut sit{ toimimaan.... - - - - - - - - - - - - Ilkka Salmensaari - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cygnaeuksenkatu 8 A 14 EMAIL: Ilkka.Salmensaari@hut.fi (InterNet) SF-00100 Helsinki Voice: +358-0-444-071 Finland, EUROPE Telex: +358-0-100-1825; Salmensaari Mikko ------------------------------ Date: 8 Apr 92 08:59:04 GMT From: mcsun!sun4nl!tuegate.tue.nl!rw9.urc.tue.nl!wspas59@uunet.uu.net (Rob Gijsbers) Subject: FTP... Message-ID: This week I downloaded some CPM software from wuarchive.wustl.edu. Because it had been arc-ed I downloaded the unarcer too, although I already have one on my MSX system (with cp/m+). Although I set the binary mode in FTP something is essentially wrong with the files. After I copied them to 3,5" disks on an AT, and converted them to cp/m format, the unarcer refuses to unarc them (well, that IS what an unarcer should do isn't it...) . It keeps telling me that something is wrong with the archive file header and then it skips some bytes. At first I thought it was the unarcer I downloaded. In my opinion it had a strange length (just about 5KB) while the one on my MSX system is about 15KB I believe, and that's just a cp/m conversion..... Maybe it should be mentioned that this one won't unarc my files either. Can someone tell me what I'm doing wrong (without laughing me in the face...) ? all help appreciated, Rob wspas59@urc.tue.nl ------------------------------ Date: 26 Mar 92 17:08:51 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!network.ucsd.edu!usc!newshub.sdsu.edu!ucselx!petunia!garden.csc.calpoly.edu!jgrimes@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Joe Grimes) Subject: OASIS (sp?) Operating System Message-ID: <1992Mar26.170851.7959@petunia.csc.calpoly.edu> I need some information regarding a single user operating system called OASIS (sp?) used on S-100 bus computer that evolved to a multi-user operating system called THEOS (sp?). What I need is information that might lead me to a copy of it and a computer that it would run on. This information might include the developer and company that distributed it and which class(es) of S-100 computers were compatible with it. Joe Grimes Professor Cal Poly State University jgrimes@garden.csc.calpoly.edu ------------------------------ Date: 15 Apr 92 23:07:00 GMT From: csusac!sactoh0!fcg@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu (Frank C. Giachino) Subject: Re: Need info regarding OASIS (sp?) Operating System Message-ID: <1992Apr15.230700.2204@sactoh0.sac.ca.us> In article <1992Mar27.053951.29345@rat.csc.calpoly.edu>, jgrimes@polyslo.csc.calpoly.edu (Joe E Grimes) writes: > I need some information regarding a single user operating system called > OASIS (sp?) used on a S-100 bus computer that evolved to a multi-user > operating system called THEOS (sp?). What I need is information that > might lead me to a copy of it and a computer that it would run on. > This information might include the developer and company that distributed > it and which class(es) of S-100 computer were compatible with it. > > Joe Grimes > Professor > Cal Poly State University > jgrimes@polyslo.calpoly.edu -- Joe, I have an IBC MultiStar running Oasis. It is an 8 bit multiuser machine based on >Z80 processors. For information re:machines contact Integrated Business Computers, 21621 Nordhoff Street, Chatsworth, CA 91311...(818) 882-9007. If they can't help you, I may be persuaded to sell mine...:) I have six serial (RS-232) ports and one Centronix, a 55 Meg HD, and Documentation for the system, which is no longer in print. If you find a system, and need help, just let me know, I'd be happy to help. -- ########################################################### # Never attribute to malice # sactoh0.SAC.CA.US # # that which is adequately # # # explained by stupidity. # UUCP=..ames!pacbell!sactoh0 # ------------------------------ Date: 8 Apr 92 06:23:29 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!uicvm.uic.edu!u58288@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU Subject: Re: The Word: Specials.cmp ? Message-ID: <92099.012329U58288@uicvm.uic.edu> In article <1992Apr7.153227.3724@cc.gatech.edu>, harold@cc.gatech.edu (Harold C. Forbes) says: > >I STILL use my kaypro to run the Word (a spelling checker). >I normally use it just for letters, but lately I've been >writing some technical stuff. I added a bunch of words to >the specials.cmp file, but TW still displays them as not >being correctly spelled. > SPECIALS.CMP must be in alphabetical order. THEWORD includes the DICTSORT program to alphabetize lists. Enter: DICTSORT SPECIALS.CMP to prep the list. Your original file is retained as SPECIALS.BAK. >PS. If you know of a MSDOS or UNIX spelling checker that >works like the word on cpm, I'd like to know about it. > THEWORD was available for MSDOS 1.0. It runs in later releases od MSDOS, but it does not recognize subdirectories. I don't know if a version of THEWORD was ever produced that supported subdirectories. Alan R. Hinds U32472.uicvm.uic.edu ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 16 Apr 92 12:20:20 EDT From: eudoh@st6000.sct.edu (Etop Udoh) Subject: TRS-80 Emulator(s) Message-ID: <9204161620.AA17077@st6000.sct.edu> hi, I recently saw a posting for a TRS-80 Model I emulator.... Does anyone have any information on this and other TRS-80 emulators if there are any ???? p.s. What system is it written for ???? ..................................................................... : Southern College of Technology : : << Eudoh@sct.edu >> Marietta, Georgia : : : : ||||| ||||| ||||| || ||||| ||||| ||||| || || || ||||| : : || || || || || || || || | || | || || || || | : : ||||| || || || || || || || | ||||| || || || || | : : || || || || || || || || | || | || || || || | : : ||||| ||||| || || || ||||| ||||| || | ||||| || ||||| : : : : Abandon all hope ye who have entered " CYBERSPACE " : :...................................................................: ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #27 ************************************ 18-Apr-92 11:21:37-MDT,9210;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Sat, 18 Apr 92 11:15:55 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #28 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920418111556.V92N28@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Sat, 18 Apr 92 Volume 92 : Issue 28 Today's Topics: CP/M <-> DOS disks dos <-> cpm GSX-80 and other stuff Re: CP/M <-> DOS disks Re: CP/M Plus manual & K&R C Re: dos <-> cpm Re: Oasis Re: Urgent info/suggestions for CP/M 3+ (Z80)??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 9 Apr 92 14:27:45 GMT From: att!cbfsb!cbnewsg.cb.att.com!edbruij@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (edgar.de.bruijn) Subject: CP/M <-> DOS disks Message-ID: <1992Apr9.142745.17208@cbfsb.cb.att.com> I am a new user and i could not find the FAQ for this newsgroup So i'm sorry if i mess up your group. My question is the following: Does anybody out there know about the existance of a program which runs under CP/M that can read DOS disks (360KB of course). Please respond via e-mail to: edbruij@hvlpb.att.com ---------------------------------- | | | _ /| | | \`o-O' | | ( ) "Woof Woof" | | U | | | ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 92 04:13:50 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!rpi!sci.ccny.cuny.edu!eleni.gc.cuny.edu!timessqr.gc.cuny.edu!cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu!NAV@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU Subject: dos <-> cpm Message-ID: <1992Apr18.041350.22481@timessqr.gc.cuny.edu> Hi, I am looking for a program to run under dos that will let a pc read and write to a cpm disk. There was one called uniform, does anyone know the publisher? Or if not where to find shareware that does the same? Please respond to me at nav@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu, or nav@cunyvms1 on bitnet. Bob ------------------------------ Date: 7 Apr 92 22:27:05 GMT From: mcsun!unido!ira.uka.de!smurf.sub.org!altger!doitcr!jungkunz@uunet.uu.net (Helmut Jungkunz) Subject: GSX-80 and other stuff Message-ID: <1745@doitcr.doit.sub.org> To: jacobsen@itexjct.jct.ac.il Subject: Re: GSX software from DR? Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm In-Reply-To: <1211@itexjct.jct.ac.il> Organization: DOITCR / FLOENZ1, Public Access Unix Munich/Germany Cc: Bcc: Hi, from me, naturally. Here's my address: Helmut Jungkunz, Zacherlstr. 14, 8045 Ismaning, Westgermany, T.089/96937 I have all kinds of goodies. Ciao, regards and cu (-: , -> Helmut Jungkunz <- ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 92 16:28:45 GMT From: ryptyde!tommy@nosc.mil (Tom Williams) Subject: Re: CP/M <-> DOS disks Message-ID: U32472@uicvm.uic.edu writes: > In article <1992Apr9.142745.17208@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, edbruij@cbnewsg.cb.att.c > (edgar.de.bruijn) says: > > > >Does anybody out there know about the existance of a program which > >runs under CP/M that can read DOS disks (360KB of course). > > Please respond to the group, as well as the original poster. > I want to know this too. There was once a program called Uniform, which had both CP/M and DOS versions, which allowed conversion of the other. I believe another program was called MediaMaster. No one I've contacted has a copy (of the CP/M version), and no one else had responded when I asked. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- | "The only winning move is .. | Tom Williams, Lemon Grove, CA. | | not to play." -Joshua, `WarGames' | Internet: tommy@netlink.cts.com | ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 92 14:02:48 GMT From: hsdndev!cs!edwardp@yale-bulldog.arpa (Edward P. Piecewicz) Subject: Re: CP/M Plus manual & K&R C Message-ID: <1992Apr18.140248.119@cs.umb.edu> In article <9204170735.AA19729@cwns2.INS.CWRU.Edu> ac959@cleveland.Freenet.Edu writes: > >Trever, the Commodore 128 runs CP/M Plus (aka CP/M 3.0). If you >have a manual for your 128, it includes a coupon that when sent >in to DRI (Digital Research Inc.) along with a check for $19.95, >will get you manual for CP/M Plus. If you do not have the >manual, I can send you a copy of the coupon which works equally >well. Send SASE and mention what it is for. Digital Research is no longer supporting CP/M. A few years ago, I sent them a letter asking for information, the reply came from a totally different company, was a form letter, and it did not answer my question. -- Edward P. Piecewicz Internet: edwardp@cs.umb.edu Opinions expressed are my own and not those of UMass/Boston. ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 92 13:38:40 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!network.ucsd.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu!rholmes@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Robb Holmes) Subject: Re: dos <-> cpm Message-ID: <1992Apr18.133840.18760@athena.cs.uga.edu> In article <1992Apr18.041350.22481@timessqr.gc.cuny.edu> nav@cunyvms1.gc.cuny.edu writes: >I am looking for a program to run under dos that will let a pc >read and write to a cpm disk.... If you have FTP capability, you can get 22DISK from the Simtel-20 echoes, under MSDOS/DSKUTL. It's shareware. The freely distributable version supports many disk formats, and the registered version adds support for even more. ------------------------------ Date: 7 Apr 92 19:56:33 GMT From: charon.amdahl.com!amdahl!pacbell!sactoh0!fcg@uunet.uu.net (Frank C. Giachino) Subject: Re: Oasis Message-ID: <1992Apr7.195633.14601@sactoh0.sac.ca.us> In article , gramps@coyote.datalog.com (harry kight) writes: > I have recently obtained the following info regarding the OASIS Operating > System: > > Possible information and docs source: > > Phase One Systems > 7700 Edgewater Drive, Suite 830 > Oakland, CA 94621 > (415) 895-0832 > > Oasis/Theos Users Group: > > Joe Trimble > (415) 785-7355 > > I hope this is helpful! > > (Also, the CPMTECH Fido echo is currently discussing OASIS...) > > ---Gramps -- I have Oasis documentation from Phase One. If you have any trouble locating same, I can probably get copies to you. Phase One told me, when I got my copies, that I got one of the last three available, and that there would be no future printings of the doc.s. If this turns out to be the case, I would be happy to help. I have the doc.s for the Oasis System Reference Manual, the Executive (Exec) Processing lang., and Oasis Basic; which IMHO is the best Basic around. I may be able to locate more if needed. I am running Oasis on an IBC MultiStar with 55meg HD and TeleVideo monitor. It will accomodate up to 6 terminals and one printer as it stands now. Pretty neat machine. -- ########################################################### # Never attribute to malice # sactoh0.SAC.CA.US # # that which is adequately # # # explained by stupidity. # UUCP=..ames!pacbell!sactoh0 # ------------------------------ Date: 10 Apr 92 08:35:05 GMT From: eru.mt.luth.se!lunic!sunic!dkuug!uts!id.dth.dk!mds@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Impedantzer (EMP)) Subject: Re: Urgent info/suggestions for CP/M 3+ (Z80)??? Message-ID: <1992Apr10.083505.7922@id.dth.dk> ear@wpi.WPI.EDU (Mr. Neat-O [tm]) writes: [stuff deleted] >>The reason I am so desperately interested in the OS all of the sudden is it >>seems to be the only chance I have of finding a *good* C compiler for my >>computer. Is there a C compiler for CP/M 3+ that conforms to the ANSI standard >>or at least conforms completely to the K&R standard? Is any of it available >>from ftp? Does anyone know of a source for the manual? >I know of a good K&R C compiler for CP/M v2.2, so in theory it should work >with v3+, but perhaps some other CP/M guru could explain how ther versions >differ. The compiler of which I am speaking is called Mix C, and it is I think you'll be better of with the HiTech C if you want ANSI compatibility. It's ANSI comp. and does floats and all. I've ported 'less' to my CPM machine. Try to contact: HI-TECH Software P.O. Box 103 Alderley QLD 4051 Australia or you could try to e-mail clyde@hitech.com.au . Just my $0.0002 worth. -- Michael Michael Dantzer-Sorensen e-mail: mds@id.dth.dk Department of Computer Science Tel. +45 45 93 12 22 ext. 5726 Building 344 & 345 Fax. +45 42 88 45 30 Technical University of Denmark DK-2800 Lyngby ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #28 ************************************ 19-Apr-92 23:20:40-MDT,10768;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Sun, 19 Apr 92 23:15:21 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #29 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920419231523.V92N29@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Sun, 19 Apr 92 Volume 92 : Issue 29 Today's Topics: CP/M on an Apple II dos <-> cp/m on cp/m DRI CP/M Plus manuals... OPS5 / Dynamic Master Systems ? Re: CP/M <-> DOS disks Re: CP/M Plus manual & K&R C (2 msgs) Re: Kaypro II Re: Urgent info/suggestions for CP/M 3+ (Z80)??? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 23 Mar 92 15:10:28 GMT From: meaddata!johnt@uunet.uu.net (John Townsend) Subject: CP/M on an Apple II Message-ID: <1992Mar23.151028.13651@meaddata.com> I run CP/M on an Apple //e with a Microsoft Premium Softcard //e installed. This card is a 6 MHz Z80 coprocessor, 64K memory expansion, and 80-column combination card that fits the AUX slot of the Apple //e. However, I'm in the process of migrating to an Apple IIgs, which doesn't have an AUX slot. I'd like to know if there is a high-speed Z80 card that will work in one of the standard slots of the IIgs, preferably without disabling the built-in function of the slot or slowing down the system speed. I've heard of an "AppliCard" (or something like that), but don't know anything about it or where I can get one. I'd consider buying such a card from someone, or trading the Softcard for it and a normal 64K/80-column card for the //e. Thanks! -- John Townsend Internet: johnt@meaddata.com c/o Mead Data Central UUCP: ...!uunet!meaddata!johnt 9555 Springboro Pike GEnie: J.E.TOWNSEND Miamisburg, OH 45342 Telephone: (513) 865-7250 Telefax: (513) 865-1655 ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 18 Apr 92 22:30:55 BST From: Christopher Currie Subject: dos <-> cp/m on cp/m Message-ID: <12389.9204182130@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> In addition to Uniform there is a product called DosDisk sold by Sage Microsystems East, 1435 Centre Street, Newton Centre, MA 02159-2469. It claims to allow DOS disks to be read directly in a CP/M machine. Price varies from $30 to $45 depending on version. (I have no connexion with the firm except as a customer for another product with which this one was advertised). There are various PD programs for the purpose on simtel20. The only one I could make work was PCSWP05. It's rather slow, but it does the job. You have to be able to configure your system to recognize the physical format of the DOS disk. Christopher Currie ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 19 Apr 92 03:34:41 -0400 From: ac959@cleveland.Freenet.Edu Subject: DRI CP/M Plus manuals... Message-ID: <9204190734.AA09240@cwns1.INS.CWRU.Edu> Digital Research is no longer supporting CP/M. A few years ago, I sent them a letter asking for information, the reply came from a totally different company, was a form letter, and it did not answer my question. -- Edward P. Piecewicz Internet: edwardp@cs.umb.edu Opinions expressed are my own and not those of UMass/Boston. ****************************** Edward, actually I misspoke. The coupons are addressed to and should mailed to Commodore and not to DRI. The manual that will be sent is a copy of the DRI CP/M Plus User's Guide, Programmer's Guide, and System Guide all bound into one volume. It says that it is reprinted by Commodore with the permission of DRI. Take care. -- Ed Grey \*\ Sysop of The Grey Matter BBS & RCP/M 213-971-6260 P.O. Box #2186 \*\ Bitnet: ac959%cleveland.freenet.edu@cunyvm Inglewood, CA 90305 \*\ Internet: ac959@cleveland.freenet.edu USA \*\ v.: 213-759-7406 \*\ Fido: 1:102/752 \*\ GEnie: E.GREY1 ------------------------------ Date: 14 Apr 92 04:03:35 GMT From: pa.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!sousa.ltn.dec.com!kxovax.enet.dec.com!secrist@decuac.dec.com (Strong datatypes for weak minds.) Subject: OPS5 / Dynamic Master Systems ? Message-ID: <368@sousa.ltn.dec.com> Anybody know if a vendor called Dynamic Master Systems is still alive ? They produced OPS5 implementations circa 1986 for CP/M-80. (Anybody have a copy they want to sell me ?) Regards, rcs ------------------------------ Date: 14 Apr 92 08:21:25 GMT From: ftpbox!news.acns.nwu.edu!uicvm.uic.edu!u32472@uunet.uu.net Subject: Re: CP/M <-> DOS disks Message-ID: <92105.032125U32472@uicvm.uic.edu> In article <1992Apr9.142745.17208@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, edbruij@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (edgar.de.bruijn) says: > >I am a new user and i could not find the FAQ for this newsgroup >So i'm sorry if i mess up your group. > >My question is the following: > >Does anybody out there know about the existance of a program which >runs under CP/M that can read DOS disks (360KB of course). Please respond to the group, as well as the original poster. I want to know this too. ------------------------------ Date: 18 Apr 92 22:22:38 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu!rholmes@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Robb Holmes) Subject: Re: CP/M Plus manual & K&R C Message-ID: <1992Apr18.222238.29877@athena.cs.uga.edu> In article <1992Apr18.140248.119@cs.umb.edu> edwardp@cs.umb.edu (Edward P. Piecewicz) writes: >In article <9204170735.AA19729@cwns2.INS.CWRU.Edu> ac959@cleveland.Freenet.Edu writes: >>Trever, the Commodore 128 runs CP/M Plus (aka CP/M 3.0). If you >>have a manual for your 128, it includes a coupon that when sent >>in to DRI (Digital Research Inc.) along with a check for $19.95, >>will get you manual for CP/M Plus.... [Edward replies:] > >Digital Research is no longer supporting CP/M. A few years ago, I sent >them a letter asking for information, the reply came from a totally different >company, was a form letter, and it did not answer my question. > I think the C128 CP/M manual and source code disks came from Commodore, not from DRI. In any case, as of one year ago, they were still available, as was the 1581 (3.5 inch) version of C128 CP/M. ------- Robb Holmes WUGA-FM Ga. Center for Continuing Ed. Univ. of Georgia rholmes@athena.cs.uga.edu rholmes@uga.cc.uga.edu bitnet:rholmes@uga I have no opinions. Any in this message were caused by an Opinion Virus. ------------------------------ Date: 19 Apr 92 01:53:32 GMT From: bobsbox.rent.com!gnat!cmcewen@rutgers.edu (Chris McEwen) Subject: Re: CP/M Plus manual & K&R C Message-ID: edwardp@cs.umb.edu (Edward P. Piecewicz) writes: > Digital Research is no longer supporting CP/M. A few years ago, I sent > them a letter asking for information, the reply came from a totally different > company, was a form letter, and it did not answer my question. There are licensed vendors selling CP/M. Alexander and Lord in the Bay area comes to mind, though you'd better be sitting down when you see the price. Another source (and MUCH more reasonable!): Lambda Software Publishing (David McGlone). Let me know if you need the address. Chris McEwen Internet: cmcewen@gnat.rent.com | The Computer Journal Editor, TCJ uucp: ..!att!nsscmail!gnat!cmcewen | PO Box 12 GEnie: c.mcewen -or- TCJ$ | S Plainfield NJ 07080 The Spirit of the Individual Made This Industry | 1-908-755-6186 ------------------------------ Date: 13 Apr 92 17:25:03 GMT From: baron!baron!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil (Don Maslin) Subject: Re: Kaypro II Message-ID: <1992Apr13.172503.9603@baron.uucp> 00mcfields@bsu-ucs.uucp writes: > > I have an old Kaypro II computer, and I would like to know if there is >any way to get ahold of some software for it. All I have is some of the old >1982-1984 software (Perfect Word, Perfect Speller, and several other Perfect >programs)... I would like to be able to find some new uses for the old >computer. Otherwise do you know anyone that I could get interested in buying >it??? > Are you aware of the vast store of CP/M software at SIMTEL20? There should be something there to meet your needs. Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: baron!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil - San Diego Computer Society - | INET: donm@pnet07.cts.com ------------------------------ Date: 10 Apr 92 20:21:42 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!descartes!napier.waterloo.edu!dmwick@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Dale Wick) Subject: Re: Urgent info/suggestions for CP/M 3+ (Z80)??? Message-ID: <1992Apr10.202142.21647@descartes.waterloo.edu> In article <1992Apr10.083505.7922@id.dth.dk> mds@id.dth.dk (Impedantzer (EMP)) writes: >ear@wpi.WPI.EDU (Mr. Neat-O [tm]) writes: > >[stuff deleted] > >>>The reason I am so desperately interested in the OS all of the sudden is it >>>seems to be the only chance I have of finding a *good* C compiler for my >>>computer. Is there a C compiler for CP/M 3+ that conforms to the ANSI standard >>>or at least conforms completely to the K&R standard? Is any of it available >>>from ftp? Does anyone know of a source for the manual? > >>I know of a good K&R C compiler for CP/M v2.2, so in theory it should work >>with v3+, but perhaps some other CP/M guru could explain how ther versions >>differ. The compiler of which I am speaking is called Mix C, and it is > > There was a "FAQ about where to get C" -- sort of an overview of what C compilers were available, and how K&R / ANSI each one was. I personally use Manx C, but it isn't ANSI, only K&R. If anyone else has the "Where to get C compilers FAQ" email me a copy, and I'll repost it. Alternatively who ever was building it could post it directly. (The mail -> post prevents it from being put up several times, as it was quite long). Dale -- dmwick@descartes.uwaterloo.ca | Ask me about my Coleco Adam. It does tricks CompuServe: 76545,2566 | Come to AdamCon04 in Cleveland, OH. Sometimes: u190@cs910.cciw.ca | My favorite clone: MS-DOS from CP/M President MTAG -- Metro-Toronto Adam user's Group ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #29 ************************************ 23-Apr-92 19:49:04-MDT,8989;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Thu, 23 Apr 92 19:45:15 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #30 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920423194516.V92N30@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Thu, 23 Apr 92 Volume 92 : Issue 30 Today's Topics: DOS <> CP/M under CP/M RE: CP/M <-> DOS disks (2 msgs) Re: CP/M Plus manual & K&R C Re: Hard disk for S-100, CP/M Re: TRS-80 cross compiler/emulator etc. (2 msgs) TRS-80 cross compiler/emulator etc. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 23 Apr 92 17:25:52 IST From: "Jacques J. Goldberg" Subject: DOS <> CP/M under CP/M On Simtel-20 (sorry, no time to check where....) I found quite some time ago a program TRANSFER that does it, fast and neat. More often (because I download in office with a fast link) I would use 22DSK under DOS for the conversion, but from time to time I make such copies at home with my dear LOBO-80, one 360k drive (40 tracks double sided) which I use as the "MSDOS" drive for TRANSFER, and one 720k (80 tracks double sided) holding CP/M. To correctly use TRANSFER, it must of course be on a/the CP/M drive (B disk on my system). I never had any problem with this program, ecept that it halts the computer, and you reboot, if you type in wrong diskettes assignments when prompted. One of the most frequent typos is to say A: instead of A for a drive. Again sorry (author, excuse me...) but I'm short of time to retrieve the SIMTEL location of this program. Jacques ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 21 Apr 92 9:50:26 MDT From: "W.J.M. Nelis" Subject: RE: CP/M <-> DOS disks Message-ID: <199204210750.AA03009@nlrgup.nlr.nl> In article <1992Apr9.142745.17208@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, edbruij@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (edgar.de.bruijn) says: > >I am a new user and i could not find the FAQ for this newsgroup >So i'm sorry if i mess up your group. > >My question is the following: > >Does anybody out there know about the existance of a program which >runs under CP/M that can read DOS disks (360KB of course). Try mirrors/cpm/dskutl/swp-ms10.ark from wuarchive.wustl.edu. It contains the Turbo Pascal sources of a program to read and write ms-dos disks on a CP/M host. You must adapt a few routines to your CP/M host. It uses a SWEEP-like user interface, supports MS-DOS directories, knows about text and binary files and contains a good error handling. -- W.J.M. Nelis (Informatics Division, IR-NOP) National Aerospace Laboratory (NLR) Email: nelis@nlr.nl Voorsterweg 31, 8316 PR Marknesse Phone: (+31) 5274 - 8421 P.O. Box 153, 8300 AD Emmeloord (+31) 5274 - 8444 The Netherlands Fax: (+31) 5274 - 8210 ------------------------------ Date: 15 Apr 92 04:22:30 GMT From: polari!bullis%polari.com@uunet.uu.net Subject: Re: CP/M <-> DOS disks Message-ID: <1992Apr15.042230.4042@polari.com> writes: >In article <1992Apr9.142745.17208@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, edbruij@cbnewsg.cb.att.com >(edgar.de.bruijn) says: >> >>Does anybody out there know about the existance of a program which >>runs under CP/M that can read DOS disks (360KB of course). There is a program called, I believe, rdms.com. I have a copy of it and it does the job. The author has posted to this group within the last few months, if I'm not mistaken. Perhaps he will catch this and respond.... Larry bullis%polari@uunet.uu.net ------------------------------ Date: 21 Apr 92 14:57:44 GMT From: eru.mt.luth.se!lunic!sunic!dkuug!uts!id.dth.dk!mds@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Impedantzer (EMP)) Subject: Re: CP/M Plus manual & K&R C Message-ID: <1992Apr21.145744.666@id.dth.dk> ac959@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Ed Grey) writes: > >To the best of my knowledge there is no ANSI compatible C >compiler for CP/M. > Wrong!!! :-) The HiTech C compiler *is* ANSI compatible. -- Michael ------------------------------ Date: 14 Apr 92 21:17:30 GMT From: amethyst!organpipe.uug.arizona.edu!afthree.as.arizona.edu!tom@noao.edu (Thomas J. Trebisky) Subject: Re: Hard disk for S-100, CP/M Message-ID: <1992Apr14.211730.15964@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> In article <2787@dove.nist.gov> kent@cme.nist.gov writes: >I have an S-100 based CP/M system. It's purely home-brew, and I can't >get rid of it since there's too much effort invested in special-purpose >boards I've built for it. I would like to put a hard disk on it. It has >a 10 MHz 80186 CPU. > >Does anyone have a reccomendation for a controller card? Does anyone make >them for S-100? Does anyone know how to interface a PC controller card to >S-100? Nobody makes anything for S100 anymore, it is just a question of what kind of controller card you can scrounge up, and if you can reverse engineer it or find documentation. Well, if you are really into homebrew, here are two pretty reasonable ways to go: The first is SCSI (SASI), this is really a pretty simple parallel interface with a well documentated protocol. I hacked together a simple interface that worked, based on a 8255 PIO chip, but if I had it to do again, I would probably just use ttl latches and buffers. Simple hardware means driving all the scsi states with software, no big deal. You can push more of the work into hardware if you want, add DMA, make it as complex as you want to. Another option is the very popular IDE interface being used in PC's. A couple reasons this is not as attractive as SCSI: It has a 16-bit data bus (so if you want this in a Z80 system, forget it). Also the price of SCSI drives is about the same as IDE drives these days, so why mess with the IDE jobs -- you also have to pry documentation out of the vendors (which is not all that hard actually), and once again write a driver/bios to support it. Forget homebrewing an MFM interface unless you are a real whiz at designing phase locked loops and such to build the data separator, go with the "smart" drives like the SCSI. Just my opinions after all. -- Tom Trebisky ttrebisky@as.arizona.edu ------------------------------ Date: 20 Apr 92 11:07:43 GMT From: sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!mips!munnari.oz.au!ariel!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!luga!lux!9125113g@lll-winken.llnl.gov (Mitch Davis) Subject: Re: TRS-80 cross compiler/emulator etc. Message-ID: <1992Apr20.110743.19887@luga.latrobe.edu.au> In article <1992Apr16.090551.21922@cs.rug.nl> laverman@cs.rug.nl (Bert Laverman) writes: >Mitch Davis writes: >>Does anyone know about how I could go about getting a SYSTEM style >>TRS-80 program up and running on an IBM-PC? Many years ago I wrote an >>8080 only CP/M 2.2 emulator (in Pascal!) but I fear the task of >>expanding it to a Z80. >There is a TRS-80 emulator for PC's. try the comp.sys.tandy group. I had a good long look in comp.sys.tandy, but couldn't find it. Any ideas on where to go from here? (ftp address maybe?) Thanks Mitch. ---FD 1.99c * Origin: Mitch's Point (3:634/384.6) ------------------------------ Date: 15 Apr 92 05:05:40 GMT From: baron!baron!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil (Don Maslin) Subject: Re: TRS-80 cross compiler/emulator etc. Message-ID: <1992Apr15.050540.10032@baron.uucp> It is not clear to me just what it is that you want to do on the PC. Are you talking about getting a TRSDOS emulator up? Or is it to run a TRS-80 CP/M program? If the latter, the obvious choice is Sydex' 22DISK, which permits running CP/M 2.2 programs on a PC. If the former, I cannot help you. Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: baron!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil - San Diego Computer Society - | INET: donm@pnet07.cts.com ------------------------------ Date: 14 Apr 92 12:13:44 GMT From: munnari.oz.au!ariel!ucsvc.ucs.unimelb.edu.au!luga!lux!9125113g@uunet.uu.net (Mitch Davis) Subject: TRS-80 cross compiler/emulator etc. Message-ID: <1992Apr14.121344.4726@luga.latrobe.edu.au> All: Does anyone know about how I could go about getting a SYSTEM style TRS-80 program up and running on an IBM-PC? Many years ago I wrote an 8080 only CP/M 2.2 emulator (in Pascal!) but I fear the task of expanding it to a Z80. I have the SYSTEM program on the IBM no worries - it's running it that's the problem. Yours, Mitch. ---FD 1.99c * Origin: Mitch's Point (3:634/384.6) ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #30 ************************************ 25-Apr-92 17:27:15-MDT,9348;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Sat, 25 Apr 92 17:15:23 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #31 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920425171524.V92N31@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Sat, 25 Apr 92 Volume 92 : Issue 31 Today's Topics: Amstrad PCW for Sale - Maybe... DOS <> CPM on cp/m File transfers for Epson PX-8 Re: DOS<> CP/M under CP/M SUMMARY: Z80 disassemblers TRS-80 Emulators WANTED: Z80 disassembler ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 22 Apr 92 20:21:58 GMT From: hubcap!ncrcae!ccscola!kwyatt@gatech.edu (Kershner Wyatt) Subject: Amstrad PCW for Sale - Maybe... Message-ID: <190@ccscola.Columbia> Testing the waters of possible sale of an Amstrad PCW (complete) Z-80 512K RAM Dual floppies - 3"x4" hard shell, one drive is low density, other high density - 1 MB. Lots of spares - still orderable from Amstrad. CPM/Plus Dot matrix printer All manuals Software: Locoscript 2 (Great WP package); Condor database; SuperCalc; DR Graph (good graphics pkg); DR Logo; Mallard BASIC; others. Machine was bought new and all software is original. Reason for sale - Don't use. I work for a computer company, and see enough DOS and UNIX all day long. Why sale is a maybe: We packed up system and took it to my mother-in-law's place. If she wants it fine, maybe the grandkids of my in-laws can use it. I don't think it has been unpacked. We are going to visit next week, so if there is any interest, let me know soon. You will notice price is conspicuous by its absence. Let me know what you would be willing to offer and the terms (delivery,etc). Kershner Wyatt kwyatt@ccscola.ncr.com ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Apr 92 10:23:47 MEZ From: Uwe Nass Subject: DOS <> CPM on cp/m Hi all, I am also interested in reading, writing and maybe even formatting 360K PC disks in my CPM drive. But as far as I learned, all programs that are mentioned in this list, assume that the physical sector length is 512 bytes long. Debugging my BIOS I found that my FDC is programmed to use 256 byte sectors and to pack 8 sectors on side 1 and 8 sectors on side 2 (total: 16 sectors per track). Since the FDC is a uPD765, which I think was used in old PC-XT's too, there should be no problems doing the required tasks, if somebody can tell me how to progam the appropriate registers; i.e. I need information for such things like GAP length, fill byte, etc. Can anybody out there provide me this informations? Has anybody written a program to format such a drive? Is my opinion correct, that the physical data like HEAD UP TIME, STEP RATE, HEAD LOAD TIME, neeed not to be changed? Thanks in advance Uwe BITNET UNF315@DBNRHRZ1.BITNET INTERNET UNF315@IBM.RHRZ.UNI-BONN.DE (131.220.224.1) ------------------------------ Date: 25 Apr 92 22:58:10 GMT From: yale.edu!qt.cs.utexas.edu!cs.utexas.edu!news-is-not-mail@yale-bulldog.arpa (Christopher G. Petrilli) Subject: File transfers for Epson PX-8 Message-ID: A friend of mine just got an Epson PX-8 and we need some way to transfer files to and from it. The terminal program he has for it only does ASCII transfers and we have lots of programs (including other term programs) that we'd like to be able to use with it. If anyone has any kind of file transfer utility, or term program that they could send him on PX-8 tape or disk we would be eternally grateful. Please direct your responses directly to him at: aggedor@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu Thanks. -- | Chris Petrilli | petrilli@gnu.ai.mit.edu, petrilli@cs.utexas.edu | I don't even speak for myself. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Apr 92 9:13:11 MDT From: "W.J.M. Nelis" Subject: Re: DOS<> CP/M under CP/M Message-ID: <199204240713.AA23583@nlrgup.nlr.nl> PHR00JG%TECHNION.bitnet@TAUNIVM.TAU.AC.IL (Jacques J. Goldberg) writes: > > On Simtel-20 .. I found quite some time > ago a program TRANSFER that does it, fast and neat. > Two remarks with respect to TRANSFER: 1- Guenter Radestock (Radest@IRA.UKA.DE) has recently improved TRANSFER. Some major bugs are removed from TRANSFER (you could not copy a file of exactly 64 KB). 2- SWP-MS10.ARK (also available on Simtel-20) is a complete rewrite of TRANSFER, with added functionality. Wim Nelis, Nelis@nlr.nl ------------------------------ Date: 24 Apr 92 13:42:10 GMT From: prism!comlab.gatech.edu!bob@gatech.edu (Bob Baggerman) Subject: SUMMARY: Z80 disassemblers Message-ID: <55630@hydra.gatech.EDU> Many thanks to those who responded to my question about Z80 disassemblers. Wow, I didn't know there was still so much CP/M and Z80 stuff around. I am impressed by all the goodies that are available, many of them home grown. Anyway, on to the summary. Most people mentioned some of the CP/M based disassemblers available on SIMTEL. Evidently there is even a CP/M emulator which will run these on a non-CP/M box. Neat! There are also some cross-disassemblers available from uunet and from the authors directly. Finally, there is at least one commercial product from Pseudo Corp in Newport News, VA. A list of all the different disassemblers and related stuff follows. Z80 Disassemblers ZDASM from SIMTEL20 DAZZLESTAR from SIMTEL20 Z80-DIS22 from SIMTEL20 Z8E from SIMTEL20 DIS80 from astro.as.arizioni.edu ZMAC from uunet FRANKENSTEIN from wuarchive.wustl.edu CP/M Emulator Z80MU52b from SIMTEL20 Many thanks to those who responded. Clarence Wilkerson Ernie Kent Rich Drushel Jon Saxton Mike Spenser Tom Trebisky Jim Asman Paul Lenz Clyde Smith-Stubbs Eric Sosman Matt Kidd David Gingold Bob -- Bob Baggerman ! bob@comlab.gatech.edu Communications Laboratory ! rwb@csdvax.gatech.edu Georgia Tech Research Institute ! qseclrb@prism.gatech.edu Atlanta, GA 30332 USA ! 404-894-3525 or 404-528-7660 ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 24 Apr 92 13:06:22 BST From: Christopher Currie Subject: TRS-80 Emulators Message-ID: <1580.9204241206@clus1.ulcc.ac.uk> There is a TRS-80 Model III emulator called PC-THree available from Hypersoft, PO Box 51155, Raleigh, NC 27609. This emulates the entire machine, and provides a disk transfer program which creates 'filedisks' on your MS-DOS hard disk from which TRS-80 operating systems and application software can be run. It works quite well, although the graphics emulation leaves a lot to be desired. It will drive the PC's serial port and a printer attached to the PC. There is no emulation of the cassette port (and therefore no sound emulation). You really need an AT or above to run it efficiently - otherwise the keyboard driver tends to lose characters. Since the model III emulates the Model I to a large extent, you can run much Model I software on a MS_DOS PC under Pc-Three. Hypersoft also produce PC-FOUR, which emulates the Model 4 in native mode only. I'm not sure if it also emulates the LS-DOS operating system or if you have to copy that to a 'filedisk' as with Pc-Three. Pc-four will not emulate a Model 4 running CP/M. I should be glad to know if any of the rumours of public-domain emulators can be substantiated. Christopher Currie ------------------------------ Date: 21 Apr 92 15:33:09 GMT From: prism!comlab.gatech.edu!bob@gatech.edu (Bob Baggerman) Subject: WANTED: Z80 disassembler Message-ID: <55273@hydra.gatech.EDU> Sorry if this is a FAQ and sorry if these news groups aren't the most appropriate place for this question but it was the closest fit I could find! I need to find a disassembler for some Z80 code sitting in a system with no documentation. I have looked in a few magazines like Circuit Cellar, etc. without much luck. Can anyone recommend a source for either a software-only disassembler or an in-circuit-emulator which includes disassembly capability. I need to end up with a source listing that I can then document (for future generations, presumably). Money is no (well, it actually always is but..) object. Thanx in advance and sorry again for the sort of poor fit between my question and the major "theme" of the news group. But I'm desperate! Bob Baggerman -- Bob Baggerman ! bob@comlab.gatech.edu Communications Laboratory ! rwb@csdvax.gatech.edu Georgia Tech Research Institute ! qseclrb@prism.gatech.edu Atlanta, GA 30332 USA ! 404-894-3525 or 404-528-7660 ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #31 ************************************