[comp.os.cpm] Kaypro 10 backup

casey@asi.com (Casey Bahr) (03/14/91)

Greetings CP/M'rs.  I hope this is the appropriate place to ask these questions.
It was the only CP/M newsgroup I could find. We must be a dying breed :)

I just became the proud owner of a Kaypro 10, and I'm wondering if anyone has
any ideas about methods or devices I could use to regularly backup the 10M
hard drive?  It seems prudent especially in light of the firm warnings to use
"safety" before turning off the power.  I'm sure I'll forget that more than 
once or have a power outage while running sometime and I'd like to be able
to restore things.  I hope I don't have to transfer everything through the
floppy drive.

Also, while I'm here, does anyone know of a source for a PD C compiler for this
beastie?  

Thanks,

Casey Bahr  
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jeh@duke.cs.duke.edu (Justin Harlow) (03/14/91)

In article <901@adaptive.UUCP> casey@asi.com (Casey Bahr) writes:
>
>Also, while I'm here, does anyone know of a source for a PD C compiler for this
>beastie?  
>
There used to be a tom of PD stuff out there, but the sources have
pretty well dried up. I do have a copy of "Small C" for my Kaypro-10,
It's a real <PIG> though; slow, limited syntax, no include function
(recompile stdio.h every time, for instance....), and worse. I'll send
you a copy if I haven't thoroughly discouraged you yet.

J. E. Harlow
Reply to harlow@src.org, please

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donm@pnet07.cts.com (Don Maslin) (03/15/91)

casey@asi.com (Casey Bahr) writes:
>I just became the proud owner of a Kaypro 10, and I'm wondering if anyone has
>any ideas about methods or devices I could use to regularly backup the 10M
>hard drive?  It seems prudent especially in light of the firm warnings to use
>"safety" before turning off the power.  I'm sure I'll forget that more than 
>once or have a power outage while running sometime and I'd like to be able
>to restore things.  I hope I don't have to transfer everything through the
>floppy drive.
>
I wouldn't worry too much about using 'safety' unless you are in a big hurry
to shut down.  The K10 is set up such that when the '10 meg' LED is out, the
heads have been parked.  'Safety' simply does this before the time-out.

As regards backup, the floppy is the logical answer.  Sorry!

>Also, while I'm here, does anyone know of a source for a PD C compiler for this
>beastie?  
>
Perhaps someone else can help you on that.


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