bent@fluke.UUCP (01/25/87)
I have several different applications where I would like to read or write simple ascii files from msdos or pcdos floppies on my Kaypro 4. A format utility that came with the Kaypro allows me to write to a VT180 disk which I can read on the DEC Rainbow. The Rainbow has a program to read the CPM file over to MSDOS. The process does not work the other direction so most transfers have been via modem. The Kaypro program also lists a few IBM formats but wouldn't they be a CPM format and not PCDOS. Now I need to get documents to and from an IBM PC that I do not have access to. I only get the floppies. Does anyone have a conversion program or any other suggestions? ============================================================================== allegra \ Ben Tompkins lbl-csam \ John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. microsoft !fluke!bent P.O. Box C9090 M/S 52 sb6 / Everett WA 98206 ssc-vax / (206) 356-6079 uw-beaver /
SAC.940AREFG-SE@E.ISI.EDU (01/27/87)
There is a commercially available program titled UNIFORM which allows CP/M machines to read other disk formats, to include MSDOS. Sounds like this would be "just the ticket." Good luck... Pete Brown
wb8foz@ncoast.UUCP (01/27/87)
> Article <1816@vax3.tc.fluke.COM> From: bent@tc.fluke.COM (Ben Tompkins)
re: Kaypro-MSDOS-RAINBOWS etc:
# . Does anyone have a
# conversion program or any other suggestions?
Yes, Call Intersecting Concepts @ 805-373-3900
They have Media Master versions for both the
Rainbow and the Kaypro, and Media Master Plus
for the PC (+clone). I do not follow where
you are going to/from so I can not say which
is the best one for you to buy.
But all of them read/write/format disks for
'foreign' machines. The exact # of formats
depends on physical limits of the machine's
drives (ie can not make DS disks on Rainbow)
Pleas email me if you need more assistance.
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There are two ways to approach transferring ascii files to/from
MSDOS<->CP/M. Buy "Uniform" or "MediaMaster" for either the Kaypro
CP/M machine OR the MSDOS machine. See the ads in "Byte" magazine for
the best prices.
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I don't know if these will work on a Kaypro, but they are free. There are some requirements on how your system accesses your drive, but these are described in the provided documentation. There is also a C128 version in PD:<CPM.C128>RDMS233C.LBR. It works very well. good luck David Brown jdb@ncsc PD:<CPM.DSKUTL> RDMS233.LBR.1 BINARY 39808 606AH RDMSDOS.LBR.1 BINARY 10752 06B5H