Date   : Wed, 23 Jul 1986 18:27:00 PDT
From   : ghenis.pasa@xerox.ARPA
Subject: Re: Plea for help (Superbrain to MS-DOS)

Peter,

One thing worth trying is to find out IF a diskette WRITTEN ON THE
IBM-PC in Superbrain format (using Uniform for example) can be read by
your Superbrain. If so then you can use you PC to pick up a copy of
Modem7 (to transfer using the XMODEM protocol) from any BBS and pass it
on to your Superbrain to enable the file transfer through the serial
port (get XModem for your IBM too if you don't have it already).

If you're unlucky and the incompatibility goes both ways you will have
to contact some user group to see if they can provide Modem7 for the
Superbrain in the right format. A third possibility, which is likely
since Uniform failed to do the trick, is that your disk drives on one of
the machines is out of alignment. If that is the case you may not be
able to read floppies produced on any other computer unless you realign
them first.

A simpler (although unsafe) way to get the files across if proper
methods fail is to use PIP

With PIP you can send the content of a file to the serial port (consult
your CP/M documentation for specifics). On the IBM side, just do a 

COPY COM1: <filename>

to pick up the bytes. This is unsafe because no error checking is taking
place, but with a bit of luck the file will make it across in one piece.
In any case it won't hurt anything and you can try it right away. Make
sure your serial port settings are the same on both ends. To set your
serial port, use MODE on the IBM (see DOS manual); in CP/M I think that
STAT is the program to use (see CP/M manual).

If you try this method, please send out a message to report your results
(I've never tried it but it sounds like it should work). If you need to
get Modem7 from a user group send me another message, I might be able to
help. 

BTW, some mailer along the line rejected my first message addressed
directly to you <korn@pavepaws.ucb-vax.ARPA> as undeliverable  (?), so
I'm sending my reply to the whole DL.

Good luck!

-- Pablo Ghenis, Secretary, Osborne Komputer Owners' Klub