[net.unix-wizards] wanted: read CP/M diskettes on 11/780

david (02/03/83)

A little while ago there was a mention on the net of a program
available on the ARPANET called CPMUTL, which can read or write
CP/M diskettes on the floppy disk drive built into every VAX 11/780.
Could someone send me or tell me how to obtain this or a similar
program?  We have a VAX 11/780 running 4.1BSD.  

There are a few other alternatives I have explored:

1) On the 1981 Usenix tape there is a program called cpm from rosemount.
However, this was from a PDP11 and uses a modified rx driver that has
been hacked to handle CP/M interleaving.  Has anyone gotten it to work
by either modifying the program itself or hacking up the driver for
/dev/floppy?

2) I believe that the VAX version of the Bridge (a CP/M simulator that
runs under UNIX from Virtual Microsystems in Berkeley) can handle CP/M
floppies in the VAX floppy drive. However, the cost ($3500) is rather
high.  Has anyone used it? What were your reactions?

	Thanks

	David Brown
	Varian Instruments
	2700 Mitchell Dr.
	Walnut Creek, Ca. 94598
	(415) 939-2400
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