Date   : Wed, 29 Jul 1992 15:40:45 GMT
From   : timbuk.cray.com!hemlock.cray.com!jot@uunet.uu.net (Otto Tennant)
Subject: Re: converting files

In article <1992Jul29.012429.23710@cis.ohio-state.edu> martens@python.cis.ohio-state.edu
(Jeff Martens) writes:

> From: martens@python.cis.ohio-state.edu (Jeff Martens)
> Followup-To: comp.os.cpm
> Organization: Ohio State U. Dept. of Computer Science
> References: <1992Jul16.140429.5643@iscsvax.uni.edu>
> Date: Wed, 29 Jul 1992 01:24:29 GMT
> Lines: 17
>
> In article <1992Jul16.140429.5643@iscsvax.uni.edu> williams9027@iscsvax.uni.edu
writes:
> >We are in the process of attempting to convert some files from cpm to either
> >the mac or ibm.  does anyone have any suggestions.  i have know idea the
> >specifics - we will get the files in a week.  
>
> >are there any utility programs anywhere which could help?
>
> There is (was?) a utility that allowed Kaypro IIs and 4s to read and
> write various format disks, including MS-DOS.  The utility was called
> Uniform.  Does anyone know if there's anything comparable that allows
> IBM PCs to read Kaypro CP/M disks?  That'd be useful for my wife real
> soon now.

You want the shareware program 22DISK, which can be found at SIMTEL
mirrors as "msdos/dskutl/22dsk138.zip".  PC hardware cannot read old
single-density Osborne disks, but it can read double densities.
22DISK knows about an enormous number of diskette formats.

There are also several emulators, if you need to temporarily execute
Z80 programs on your PC.

(Is there a FAQ for this newsgroup?)
--
==============================================================================
J.Otto Tennant      Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit.         jot@cray.com
Cray Research, Inc.              Virgil                          (612) 683-5872
665 Lone Oak Drive                                                
Eagan, MN 55121