[comp.os.cpm] CBM <---> CP/M

dennisf@marque.mu.edu (Dennis Flaherty) (02/11/88)

I have a Commodore-128, a 1571 and a 1541 disk drive.  I would
really like to start using my C128's CP/M mode, but I can't copy
any files to my CP/M disks.  My vt100 emulator and my kermit
programs will download any file to C128 mode, but I have nothing
to move software to CP/M.

Does anybody have a program to move software from C128 to CP/M?
The program MUST run in C128 mode, of course, since if it ran only
in CP/M mode, I wouldn't be able to run it!  I tried downloading
from RPICICGE the file PD:<CPM.C128>64CONVRT, but 64convrt doesn't
read the CP/M directory correctly.

Please, I'd like to get started with CP/M.  There's a lot I can do
once I get just a few programs across!

                                            Thanx a lot!
                                            Dennis Flaherty
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Brendan@cup.portal.com (02/13/88)

  Regarding your problem with the 64 converter reading the directory
correctly...try formatting the CP/M disk with a different format...it may
read only C-128 double sided, or single sided, or C-64 single sided...I
used a converter program to get CP/M files for a while, and I ran across
the same problem that you describe..

                     Brendan Kehoe

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seeley@dalcsug.UUCP (Geoff Seeley) (02/15/88)

In article <36@marque.mu.edu>, dennisf@marque.mu.edu (Dennis Flaherty) writes:
> 
> Does anybody have a program to move software from C128 to CP/M?
> The program MUST run in C128 mode, of course, since if it ran only
> in CP/M mode, I wouldn't be able to run it!  I tried downloading
> from RPICICGE the file PD:<CPM.C128>64CONVRT, but 64convrt doesn't
> read the CP/M directory correctly.
> 
	The 64CONVRT program will work correctly, but the CP/M
	disk that is to be used must be formatted as a 64 SINGLE
	SIDED disk.
	Here is what I did to get a working copy of a terminal 
	program under CP/M (IMP.COM):
	I first downloaded a copy of IMP.COM from a local BBS.
	Next I downloaded a copy of the 64CONVRT program.
	Boot up CP/M and type FORMAT to format a new CP/M disk.
	Select 64 SINGLE SIDED. The convert program will only
	read/write to this format. Run the convert program
	and transfer the terminal program to the new CP/M disk.
	Once you have the program on a CP/M disk you can then
	transfer it over to a double sided c128 CP/M format.
	Once you get IMP up and running, you can download CP/M
	programs directly to a CP/M formatted disk.

						Geoff Seeley
						(seeley@dalcsug.UUCP)

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howie@pnet02.cts.com (Howard Herman) (02/15/88)

In Message From: dennisf@marque.mu.edu (Dennis Flaherty) writes:

>I have a Commodore-128, a 1571 and a 1541 disk drive.  I would
>really like to start using my C128's CP/M mode, but I can't copy
>any files to my CP/M disks.  My vt100 emulator and my kermit
>programs will download any file to C128 mode, but I have nothing
>to move software to CP/M.
>
>Does anybody have a program to move software from C128 to CP/M?
>The program MUST run in C128 mode, 

You have two choices that I know of:  Big Blue CP/M Reader, which will 
convert files between CBM-CP/M-IBM.  Also the public domain, X-LINK 2.1.
The only diference that I know of between the two is that Big Blue will
format disks, whereas the PD one must have the disks already formatted.

I've been using X-LINK2.1A for some time for IBM/CBM transfers, and
it works quite easily, being menu driven, and fast. The CP/M conversion
part should work equally as fast and easily.

Happy CP/Ming.

Howie Herman


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