Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!ucdavis!csusac!sactoh0!ijpc!ianj From: ianj@ijpc.UUCP (Ian Justman) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Re: CPM to DOS exchanger. Message-ID: Date: 12 May 91 06:33:07 GMT References: Organization: Ian Justman's IBM-PC Lines: 57 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.