Date : Tue, 18 Aug 1992 22:32:46 GMT
From : europa.asd.contel.com!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu!rholmes@uunet.uu.net (Robb Holmes)
Subject: Re: C128/CPM FILES ON GCR FORMAT TO CPM MFM FORMAT
In article <1992Aug17.043038.1843@usenet.ins.cwru.edu> aq743@cleveland.Freenet.Edu
(William P. Maloney) writes:
>Also, since I downloaded these files into a GCR CBM formatted disk what do
>I have to do to get these on my MFM CPM disk?
Before you can do anything else, you need a program that will run in C128
native mode, and will copy your CP/M files over to a CP/M disk. There's
a program callled Crosslink (or Xlink) that will do this, although its
capabilities are limited.
Once you have Xlink, you should also get a program called RDCBM and transfer
it to a CP/M disk, along with the necessary utility to extract the files.
(You'll probably find it in the form of RDCBM21.LBR, which requires a
de-library utility, as well as an unsqueezer.)
RRDCBM will allow you to read those Commodore native GCR disks while you're
running CP/M, but it only works with a 1541 or 1571 drive. If you have a
1581, you're out of luck. Unless....!
Unless you have a 1750 or compatible (512K or larger) REU. I have a program
called xfer2reu, which runs in 128 native mode, and will transfer files
from a Commodore disk to the CP/M ramdisk, formatting the ramdisk if
necessary. So far as I know, it works with any CBM drive. However, it
only works with a 1750 or clone, not with 1700 (unless it's been upgraded
to 512K), and certainly not with QBB, RamLink, RamDrive, GeoRam, or any
other type of ram expansion.
XFER2REU is not entirely bug-free, so it's properly still in the beta-testing
stage. However, it does work quite well most of the time for me. I've
had some difficulties making it work properly for someone who has a very
early 128, so I can't guarantee it would work for you.
However, I'll be happy to email a uu-encoded copy of it to anyone who's
interested. Please reply, if possible, to this address:
rholmes@athena.cs.uga.edu
I'll also respond to requests emailed to my bitnet addres, rholmes@uga,
but it may take longer.
Robb Holmes WUGA-FM Ga. Center for Continuing Ed. Univ. of Georgia
rholmes@athena.cs.uga.edu rholmes@uga.cc.uga.edu bitnet:rholmes@uga
Signaturally challenged.