rcarter@WSMR-EMH16.ARMY.MIL (Raymond Carter STEWS-NR-AD) (06/30/90)
Since several people seem to be interested, I will review the ways I know of to transfer files between cp/m disks and ibm disks. 1. UNIFORM and MEDIA MASTER are commercial programs which run on ibm's and read or write most cp/m formats. 2. A public domain program called RDMS will read ibm disks on a cp/m machine. I know there is a C128 version available on Simtel, GEnie, etc. 3. A good way to transfer stuff on a C128 is to use ibm cp/m86 disk format. That is one of the formats which the 128 understands by default (both the single sided and double sided forms are supported). A lot of ibm compatibles have a utility which will read and write cpm86 disks. I know the Zenith at's which the government buys has such a utility. Hope that is helpful. I have used method 3 extensively, and find it to be the easiest. Also on the C128, Big Blue Reader is a program (commercial) which runs in 128 mode and will convert files from ibm, cp/m, and commodore 5.25 and 3.5 disks. It has the ability to read and write to any of those forms (although the only cp/m formats supported are the native commodore (GCR) formats).
dave@compnect.UUCP (Dave Ratcliffe) (07/03/90)
In article <9007010702.AA05068@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, rcarter@WSMR-EMH16.ARMY.MIL (Raymond Carter STEWS-NR-AD) writes: > Since several people seem to be interested, I will review the ways I know of > to transfer files between cp/m disks and ibm disks. > > 1. UNIFORM and MEDIA MASTER are commercial programs which run on ibm's and > read or write most cp/m formats. This is what I've been using for several years. Easiest to do and I have a a disk I use just for this purpose. Write to it on the PC, put it in the Molecular, PIP the files off of it and DEL *.* then back to the PC for the next load. Since it's very configurable, you don't have to worry about how many drives you have, hard OR floppy. > 2. A public domain program called RDMS will read ibm disks on a cp/m machine. > I know there is a C128 version available on Simtel, GEnie, etc. I've looked around for something like this that will work on the Mole with no success. *>> Dave <<* [------: Dave Ratcliffe :--------:-: 2832 Croyden Rd. Harrisburg Pa. 17104 :-] : dave@compnect.uucp -or- : The Data Factory BBS : : uunet!wa3wbu!compnect!dave -or-: Data: (717)657-4997 - (717)657-4992 : : compnect!dave@uunet.UU.NET :...........................................] [........use what works..........]