mitch@seashell.seas.ucla.edu (Robert R. Mitchell (SEAS admin)/) (05/05/90)
Greetings! A co-worker has an old Morrow Decision (Design?) CPM-80 machine that died recently--bad crt or something. She doesn't want to spend any money having it repaired (is it even possible?) but she does want to retrieve the data from her flops. She has been offered a good deal on an XT-clone. Is there some kind of MS-DOS program available that will let her read her old cpm floppies on an XT? (Have I just insulted everyone in this newsgroup?) I saw some mention of running a CPM environment on a DOS machine. Is that the sort of thing she should be interested in? Also, I have an old Sanyo MBC-2000; stats are: CPM 2.2, 64k, dual 5.25" floppy drives, 2 serial ports, 1 centronics port. Software includes Typemaster, CalcStar, BASIC, a communication program, Adventure and other odds and ends. I need to unload this soon, my wife wants it outta her way. Is this worth more than $1/pound to anyone? Thanks!
donm@pnet07.cts.com (Don Maslin) (05/06/90)
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INET: donm@pnet07.cts.comSAGE@LL.LL.MIT.EDU (05/08/90)
I tried to respond to ucla-seas!seashell.seas.ucla.edu!mitch@cs.ucla.edu directly, but the mail bounced. >> Is there some kind of MS-DOS program available that will let her read her >> old cpm floppies on an XT? (Have I just insulted everyone in this >> newsgroup?) I saw some mention of running a CPM environment on a DOS >> machine. Is that the sort of thing she should be interested in? This problem is very easy to solve. You can get the shareware program 22DISK (latest version is in 22DSK130.ZIP, I believe) on BBSs, perhaps at SIMTEL20, too. Or you can purchase Uniform from Micro Solutions as described in another message recently on the net. I use Uniform. You do not need to run a CP/M emulator in order to read the disks; you need that only if you want to RUN the CP/M programs. There are many such emulators and even Z80 cards that go in PCs. I have such a card from Micro Solutions in my Compaq 386/16, and it makes a dynamite CP/M system. One emulator is the companion to 22DISK called 22NICE. >> Also, I have an old Sanyo MBC-2000 ... I need to unload this soon, my >> wife wants it outta her way. Is this worth more than $1/pound to anyone? Probably not worth even that. If you are ready to give it away, we at the Boston Computer Society regularly accept donations of CP/M machines, and we try to find new owners who will care for them with respect during their declining years. If you are ready to make such a donation, please contact me at SAGE @ LL.LL.MIT.EDU. My address is 1435 Centre St., Newton Centre, MA 02159-2469. Home phone is 617-965-3552. -- Jay Sage