wales@valeria.cs.ucla.edu (03/02/89)
I would like to find a program that runs on MS-DOS, and which will read and write CP/M floppy disks in a format that can be used by a Commodore 128. This would allow my roommate and me to exchange files between his C-128 and my PC clone. I have tried RWCPM (on SIMTEL20 as PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL>RWCPM.ARC), but it is of no use to me for this application, since the Epson CP/M disk for- mat it expects apparently uses 10 sectors/track and thus cannot be read on my PC. We tried an IBM CP/M-86 format (double-sided, 8 sectors per track), which a PC should be able to work with, but the RWCPM program refused to have anything to do with this format. -- Rich Wales // UCLA Computer Science Department // +1 (213) 825-5683 3531 Boelter Hall // Los Angeles, California 90024-1596 // USA wales@CS.UCLA.EDU ...!(uunet,ucbvax,rutgers)!cs.ucla.edu!wales "The best diplomat I know is a fully charged phaser bank."
mlawless@ncrwic.Wichita.NCR.COM (Mike Lawless) (03/03/89)
In article <21189@shemp.CS.UCLA.EDU> wales@CS.UCLA.EDU (Rich Wales) writes: >I would like to find a program that runs on MS-DOS, and which will read >and write CP/M floppy disks in a format that can be used by a Commodore What you are looking for is Uniform, from Micro Solutions (815-756-3411). It can be bought alone, or bundled with a board called the MatchPoint, which installs between your floppy controller and your drives, allowing one of them to read/write/format crApple II disks. They support a lot of formats, in 8, 5 1/4, and 3 1/2, depending on what hardware you have. A notable format that is not supported (at least in the version I have) is the TI 99. They also make a board called the MatchMaker, which is completely separate, and interfaced to an external Mac drive. I have no experience with this setup. Central Point's Deluxe Option Board can supposedly be installed in the same manner as the MatchPoint, to allow the PC's 3 1/2" drive to handle Mac disks, without requiring a separate drive. Whether the MatchPoint and the Deluxe Option Board could coexist in the same system is anybody's guess. -- Mike Lawless, NCR E&M Wichita, Box 20 (316) 636-8666 (NCR: 654-8666) 3718 N. Rock Road, Wichita, KS 67226 Mike.Lawless@Wichita.NCR.COM {ece-csc,hubcap,gould,rtech}!ncrcae!ncrwic!Mike.Lawless {sdcsvax,cbatt,dcdwest,nosc.ARPA}!ncr-sd!ncrwic!Mike.Lawless