ins_bjjb@jhunix.UUCP (Jared J Brennan) (07/10/87)
A very long time ago, there was a program called Uniform for CP/M,
a program which could handle multiple disk formats (Apple II, Morrow,
Osborne, Kaypro, etc.). It was bundled with the Kaypro II.
As far as I can remember, this program was eventually ported to
MS-Dos. And now, It Is Needed. Unfortunately, I don't know if it
even exists anymore.
So, my questions are:
Does anyone know if this program really was ported to MS-Dos?
Is it still being published?
If so, by whom?
And, of course, who can I get it from, whether or not it's still
being published?
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Jared J. Brennan
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Baltimore, MD 21218 )mlinar@poisson.usc.edu (Mitch Mlinar) (07/11/87)
In article <5016@jhunix.UUCP> ins_bjjb@jhunix.UUCP (Jared J Brennan) writes: > > A very long time ago, there was a program called Uniform for CP/M, >a program which could handle multiple disk formats (Apple II, Morrow, > > So, my questions are: > Does anyone know if this program really was ported to MS-Dos? > Is it still being published? > If so, by whom? > And, of course, who can I get it from, whether or not it's still > being published? > >-- >Jared J. Brennan I tried to mail to you, but that did not work. UNIFORM is available for IBM, still sold, supported, etc. I got mine from Emerald Microware at (503) 641-0347. Cost was $50 or $60 I think... (I got mine with a V20 and UNIDOS - CP/M emulator - for about $90, I guess.) I know Emerald and UNIFORM are still in business and doing well, so this should do it. -Mitch
ins_bjjb@jhunix.UUCP (Jared J Brennan) (07/13/87)
In article <3300@oberon.USC.EDU> mlinar@poisson.usc.edu.UUCP (Mitch Mlinar) writes: >UNIFORM is available for IBM, still sold, supported, etc. >I got mine from Emerald Microware at (503) 641-0347. Cost was $50 or $60 >I think... (I got mine with a V20 and UNIDOS - CP/M emulator - for about >$90, I guess.) >-Mitch Thanks for the information. Had I had my library of magazines I could probably have found at least the company's address, but I don't, so . . . I've also found a program called File Genie, for whatever it's worth. The company places ads in the color section in the back of PC-World. Seems to be more or less the same as Uniform, but Uniform has a better reputation (I mean, if Jerry Pournelle likes it, it must be good . . .) -- Jared J. Brennan BITNET: INS_BJJB@JHUVMS, INS_BJJB@JHUNIX ARPA: ins_bjjb%jhunix@hopkins.ARPA UUCP: {allegra!hopkins, seismo!umcp-cs, ihnp4!whuxcc} !jhunix!ins_bjjb (If Email fails (as it no doubt will), send via USnail . . . Box 193 Gilman Hall Johns Hopkins Univ. Baltimore, MD 21218 )
mjg@ecsvax.UUCP (Michael Gingell) (07/17/87)
Note that Uniform is a file transfer program CP/M <--> MS-DOS and File Genie is a file conversion program. They are quite different things. File Genie is a programmable file conversion system that lets you convert files in one format to another e.g. a data base from some obsure program to say DBase. File Genie can not read alien disks made on non PC/MS-DOS disks. Uniform can, and thats all it does. It lets you copy files to and from CP/M disks on your PC. It does not convert or modify them in any way apart from that. By the way, there are other programs that do the same thing, Xenocopy for CP/M <--> MS-DOS, PC Cross-Zap for TRS-80 <--> MS-DOS, Matchpoint PC for Apple <--> PC etc., etc. Mike Gingell ...decvax!mcnc!ecsvax!mjg