Date   : Mon, 15 Oct 1990 08:49:50 EDT
From   : Len Hatfield <ENGLISH@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
Subject: Kaypro 2x Disk Formatter

Heigh-ho, CPMers!

    We've inherited a Kaypro 2x (I think: it runs CP/M 2.2G using 63k RAM,
has single-sided, double density disks (191k), and has mono graphics)
in our computing lab, which has disks and manuals galore, but no basic
CPM system disk (containing COPY.COM and the other system files).
    I have an old Kaypro 4'83 at home, and have successfully copied its
SYSGEN.COM onto the single-sided format that the 2x will read, and this gets
me to the possibility of writing system info onto already formatted disks.
    But though I have downloaded MFDISK2.COM from Simtel20 and placed
this onto the 2x's disks with a proper reboot, I've found no simple
way available to both format and write system info to new disks
on the 2x: MFDISK2 loads but won't run.  ( I also tried to copy over
the KP4's SSCOPY.COM, but this too won't run on the 2x).
    So I'm stumped and need a helping hand:  can someone send me a copy
of the old kaypro FORMAT.COM, or better yet, a copy of COPY.COM that will
run on this 2x??  Or is there something I'm missing in the Simtel archives
that'll handle this problem more easily?  Or is there some other cache of
CPMware on the internet to which I can gain access via anonymous FTP?

    RElated matters: 1) if the formatting software can be uploaded (as
an ARK or LBR, say, or even UUencoded), it can be sent directly to me at
this address on the internet.  2) Is there a version of ZCPR that's available
as shareware like the K83Z33.LBR, but which will run and load on a 2x?
Where??

    Thanks for any and all help, folks!

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