Date : Sun, 12 May 1991 06:33:07 GMT
From : csusac!sactoh0!ijpc!ianj@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu (Ian Justman)
Subject: Re: CPM to DOS exchanger.
rrezaian@austral.UUCP (Russell Rezaian) writes:
> In article <1991May8.192636.18830@asc.slb.com> ayers@asc.slb.com (Debbie Ayer
> >
> > CPM file to DOS file exchanger::
> [stuff deleted]
[even more deleted]
> On the MS-DOS end there are also programs to read CP/M diskettes,
> but I can't think of the name of one, offhand.
Try Uniform PC or 22DISK. I suggest the latter because it's
easily avaiable, cheaper, and, unlike Uniform PC (DO correct me
if I'm wrong because I want to be able to do it), you can
configure it to read just about any format of diskette out there,
with certain obvious exceptions, of course, like hard-sectored
diskettes or non-MFM formats (YES, MFM is applicable in the
floppy diskette world for you DOS folks who are computer
neophytes) like Apple, but I hear of some cards that will read
THOSE.
> Even these programs will
> only read certian formats though, so without knowing what kind of computer
> you have I can't be of any futher help.
At least, those that were predefined. Like I said, 22DISK can be
configured for just about any MFM-format disk. I had to make an
entry to read diskettes formatted on my sister's computer. Sadly,
Uniform cannot handle that.
Re: Being "of further help"
I belive I just was... :-)
> Good luck!
If you have an old Ozzy using SSSD drives, you'll need it! And
you'll need a controller you can modify; the instructions
therefor are in the 22DISK docs. If you're using Uniform PC, you
just SOL, unless MicroSolutions' CompatiCard can handle SD, and I
believe that 22DISK will handle that as well.
> (You might end up
> finding it simpler to put a serial port on the MS-DOS computer just for
> this purpose, it may be cheaper, and simpler in the long run...)
Yep, sometimes the format isn't properly interpreted by the PC or
laid down to spec by the original computer and said computer
don't give a $#!+ about the sectoring, just as long as the
intersector gaps are right and it knows how to find sector 0 and
dynamically change interleave. I know my 8" drive does on my
Dynabyte because I try to feed "3740" formatted disks which I
format on it to my CompuPro, the data come in the wrong order; if
I format it on the CompuPro "3740", put it in the Dynabyte, write
some stuff on it, then read it on the C'Pro, it reads the sectors
in their proper order.