Date   : Mon, 19 Oct 1992 16:48:51 GMT
From   : cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!math.fu-berlin.de!dct.zrz.tu-berlin.de!zrz.tu-berlin.de!marie!georg@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Georg Schwarz)
Subject: Re: transport from ibm

In <XX000133ba@pallio.UUCP> dg@pallio.UUCP (David Goodenough) writes:

>joneswd@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (William D. Jones) asks:

>> This may seem somewhat trivial to this group, but is there a way
>> to transfer information to a commodore computer in cpm mode from
>> an ibm compatible disk?  What exactly is kermit?

>Well, there are a couple of options. If you have a 1571 drive and are
>using the CP/M mode of a C128, you can write the information to a
>Kaypro 2 or Kaypro 4 format disk, directly from CP/M. Then you can use
>22DISK on the IBM to read the Kaypro disk.
(BTW: if I remember correctly, the Kypro format is the one with the biggest
capacity (400K?) of all disk formats supported by the C128's CP/M.
So one might even consider using this format [except for the boot disk, of
course] permanently when working with CP/M.)
>Another option would be the program Big Blue Reader for the
>Commodore, which runs in Commodore mode (I believe) but allows you
>to read and write IBM disks directly on the Commodore.

I'm using a PD program called XLINK (running in C128 mode and requiring
a 1571) to transfer files between disks in Commodore and MS-Dos formats.
There is also an option for writing and reading Commodore CP/M disks.
However, XLINK is limited to files shorter than approx. 43K.
If you need a copy I think you can get it via FTP from cco.caltech.edu
at pub/rknop, or I might just mail it to you.

georg@marie.physik.tu-berlin.de