Date   : Wed, 21 Dec 1988 11:34:29 PST
From   : Bridger Mitchell <bridger%rcc@rand.org>
Subject: Xerox 16/8 BIOS

Several Xerox 16/8 users have asked me if DosDisk can be configured to
run on that machine.  I don't know, and I'm told the machine is being
remaindered at attractive prices.  Can someone with access to the bios
help with these questions:

Can the BIOS's logical and physical disk parameters can be externally
set, or overlaid, to permit foreign format disks to be used?

Can we obtain a complete copy of the ram and rom portions of the BIOS?

Would someone with advanced assembly language experience wish to volunteer
to write the DosDisk overlay for the 16/8?

----

DosDisk (from Plu*Perfect Systems) is a resident system extension for
CP/M 2.2 and CP/M Plus that allows a 360K MS-DOS format disk to be
DIRECTLY used in a DSDD drive.  Essentially all CP/M programs can
read/write the dos disk, transparently.  Files in subdirectories can
be accessed, too, and on DateStamper computers the MS-DOS datestamps
maintained.

--bridger


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