Date   : Tue, 29 Jan 1991 18:38:01 GMT
From   : zephyr.ens.tek.com!orca.wv.tek.com!frip!andrew@uunet.uu.net (Andrew Klossner)
Subject: need CP/M file transfer binary for generic machine

After ten years of Wordstar, my TRS-80 model II is fading away (one
drive gone, keyboard is flaky, display column 2 overlays column 1), and
I've bought a PC clone.  I need to get my files off the old 8-inch
disks.  To that end, I'm looking for a CP/M serial port file transfer
program.  The constraints:

  -- It must be for "generic" platforms: it has to restrict itself to
     BDOS and BIOS calls.  Going directly to the I/O ports won't work
     because the Pickles & Trout BIOS takes interrupts and snarfs input
     on those ports as soon as it arrives.

  -- It has to be in assembler or binary form -- I don't have a
     worthwhile C compiler.

Best of all would be a program that runs in server mode, so I don't
have to type two commands to transfer one file.

Any protocol is okay, I can match software on the PC clone to fit.

I tried a KERMIT.ASM with "gener" defined to TRUE, but the darn thing
tried to write out my Centronics port.  Looks like erroneous
manipulation of the IOBYTE.  I don't have enough machine left to debug
this version.

If I can get the software onto my VAX, I can get it onto my CP/M
system.  My VAX can FTP to much of the internet, but not to SIMTEL20
(sigh).

Any references would be greatly appreciated.

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew)    [UUCP]
                        (andrew%frip.wv.tek.com@relay.cs.net)   [ARPA]


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