andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner) (01/30/91)
After ten years of Wordstar, my TRS-80 model II is fading away (one
drive gone, keyboard is flaky, display column 2 overlays column 1), and
I've bought a PC clone. I need to get my files off the old 8-inch
disks. To that end, I'm looking for a CP/M serial port file transfer
program. The constraints:
-- It must be for "generic" platforms: it has to restrict itself to
BDOS and BIOS calls. Going directly to the I/O ports won't work
because the Pickles & Trout BIOS takes interrupts and snarfs input
on those ports as soon as it arrives.
-- It has to be in assembler or binary form -- I don't have a
worthwhile C compiler.
Best of all would be a program that runs in server mode, so I don't
have to type two commands to transfer one file.
Any protocol is okay, I can match software on the PC clone to fit.
I tried a KERMIT.ASM with "gener" defined to TRUE, but the darn thing
tried to write out my Centronics port. Looks like erroneous
manipulation of the IOBYTE. I don't have enough machine left to debug
this version.
If I can get the software onto my VAX, I can get it onto my CP/M
system. My VAX can FTP to much of the internet, but not to SIMTEL20
(sigh).
Any references would be greatly appreciated.
-=- Andrew Klossner (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew) [UUCP]
(andrew%frip.wv.tek.com@relay.cs.net) [ARPA]todd@toolz.uucp (Todd Merriman) (02/06/91)
andrew@frip.WV.TEK.COM (Andrew Klossner) writes: >After ten years of Wordstar, my TRS-80 model II is fading away (one >drive gone, keyboard is flaky, display column 2 overlays column 1), and >I've bought a PC clone. I need to get my files off the old 8-inch >disks. To that end, I'm looking for a CP/M serial port file transfer >program. Either Kermit or Xmodem should work fine for you, as they are both implemented on MSDOS and CP/M. Kermit has the added advantage of sending the file name across the transfer, and some implementations accept wild cards. The problem that you will have is getting a Kermit or Xmodem built for your machine. CP/M communications programs are tied to the hardware because CP/M is too limited to provide those kinds of services. One other alternative you may not yet have considered is the retrieval of the files directly from the 8-inch disks. It is true that the 5.25" formats varied wildly between the various CP/M machines, but 8" formats (for those machines that supported 8" drives) were more standard. You may try to find a Zenith Z100 owner (there is a newsgroup for Z100s) who has 8" drives, and see if they can read your disks. The Z100 is/was a dual processor (8085/8088) box that could run either CP/M or MSDOS and could pass files back and forth. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Todd Merriman - Software Toolz, Inc. * Maintainer of the * * 8030 Pooles Mill Dr., Ball Ground, GA 30107-9610 * Software * * todd@toolz.UUCP, (...emory!stiatl!slammer!toolz!todd) * Entreprenuer's * * V-mail (800) 869-3878, (404) 889-8264 * mailing list * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *