shl@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us (Stephen Landman) (11/13/90)
I've got a Kaypro I (actually I've got two of them), and I want to know if there's a conversion program out there to make either ms dos or Apple CP/M disks from the Kaypro CP/M disks. -- Stephen Landman | SLANDMAN@MCIMail.com 3460 Platt Road | or Ann Arbor, MI 48108 | shl@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us
pittman@mwk.uucp (V. Darrell Pittman, M.W. Kellogg, KT26, 713-753-4410) (11/16/90)
In article <1990Nov13.070859.19357@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us>, shl@m-net.ann-arbor.mi.us (Stephen Landman) writes: > I've got a Kaypro I (actually I've got two of them), and I want > to know if there's a conversion program out there to make either > ms dos or Apple CP/M disks from the Kaypro CP/M disks. Programs like COMPAT (from Mycroft Labs) and Uniform (vendor forgotten) convert Kaypro to MS-DOS and vice-versa. I looked around for a way to convert to Apple II disks, but was basically told it was impossible because their disk drives are just so different. (Someone once told me they basically treat a disk drive as a direct-access cassette tape, whatever that means --no flames please--). Best bet for the Apple is to set it next to the Kaypro, get out the trusty old null modem cable, crank both RS-232s up to 19.2 kbps, and start a YMODEM/Batch file transfer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Darrell Pittman email: pittman@mwk.uucp cis: 72277,3146 --- --- M. W. Kellogg Co. phone: (713) 753-4410 fax: (713) 753-5353 --- --- 601 Jefferson Ave. Houston, TX 77002 U.S.A. --- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things... Of shoes, and ships, and sealing wax; of cabbages, and kings." --Lewis Carroll--
ianj@ijpc.UUCP (Ian Justman) (11/18/90)
pittman@mwk.uucp (V. Darrell Pittman, M.W. Kellogg, KT26, 713-753-4410) writes: > ...and Uniform (vendor forgotten) The vendor in question is MicroSolutions. > Best bet for the Apple is to set it next to the Kaypro, get out > the trusty old null modem cable, crank both RS-232s up to 19.2 kbps, > and start a YMODEM/Batch file transfer. It depends on what software you're using, and what operating system you're operating it under. If you're using ProDOS or DOS 3.3, then you might be able to get away with it at 19.2kb. But if you're using CP/M, it depends on the card and software.
mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu (Michael Squires) (11/19/90)
Emerald MicroWare (ad in Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar) handles Uniform and has an add-on drive for a MS-DOS system that handles Apple II diskettes. -- Mike Squires (mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu) 812 855 3974 (w) 812 333 6564 (h) mikes@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu 546 N Park Ridge Rd., Bloomington, IN 47408 Under construction: mikes@sir-alan@cica.indiana.edu