Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog From: roadhog@austex (Lindsay Haisley) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Re: CPM to DOS exchanger. Message-ID: Date: 19 May 91 20:00:00 GMT References: Organization: The Texas Feedlot Lines: 51 rrezaian@austral.UUCP (Russell Rezaian) writes: > > 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. 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. Good luck! (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...) > -- There are a couple of good programs set for MSDOS machines which allow them to read a >wide< variety of CP/M disk formats. A pretty good program is 22DISK from Sydex. Their address is P.O. Box 5700, Eugene, OR 97405. Their phones are (503) 683-6033 (voice), (503) 683-1622 (FAX) and (503) 683-1385 (data). 22DISK consists of a set of programs which are analogous to the copy, dir, format, type and erase functions in MSDOS except that they see a floppy drive via a selected CP/M format. The registered version contains support for over 270 different CP/M formats plus the ability to add custom formats if you know the disk setup parameters. The latter can be determined with another of Sydex's offerings called Anadisk which analyzes the disk format on just about any disk except Apple and Commodore disks, which do not use FM data encoding. I use 22DISK and have had good results with it. It comes as shareware (the shareware version doesn't support quite so many CP/M formats) and registration is reasonable at $25. The second option is UniForm -PC from Nicro Solutions - the same folks who made the venerable UniForm for CP/M machines throughout the 80's. Their advirtising states that UniForm-PC supports "hundreds of different diskette formats", which is probably true. Micro Solutions is at 132 West Lincoln Hwy, DeKalb, IL 60115. Phones are (815) 756-3411 (voice) and (815) 756-2928 (FAX). UniForm-PC works essentially the same as the old UniForm for CP/M, installing a device driver or TSR so that standard DOS functions can be used to work on the target floppy, which is managed in a CP/M format. The price, I think, is somewhere between $60 and $80. I have had good luck with 22DISK and found the the Sydex people to be friendly and helpful. I do have a friend, though, who distributes CP/M disks professionally and, having tried both, prefers UniForm-PC for rock solid reliability (the cost of redoing and remailing an overseas shipment of disks can exceed the cost of either program!). 22DISK allows access to all CP/M user areas on a floppy, while UniForm-PC accesses only user 0. "Everything works if you let it!" --- Travis J. Redfish ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ uucp: austex!roadhog@emx.utexas.edu BBS: 512-259-1261 (Znode 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)