Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!think.com!spool.mu.edu!munnari.oz.au!bruce!trlluna!titan!pogo!guillaum From: a.guillaume@trl.oz.au (Andrew Guillaume) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: CP/M disk formats (was Re: CPM to DOS exchanger) Message-ID: <1991May22.042049.8842@trl.oz.au> Date: 22 May 91 04:20:49 GMT Article-I.D.: trl.1991May22.042049.8842 References: Sender: news@trl.oz.au (USENET News System) Reply-To: a.guillaume@trl.oz.au (Andrew Guillaume) Followup-To: comp.os.cpm Organization: Telecom Research Laboratories, Melbourne, Australia Lines: 40 In article , roadhog@austex (Lindsay Haisley) writes: > 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. (snip,snip) > 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. (snip,snip) > 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. On a related subject, I thought I might ask a similar question. I have an Apple //c, with an Applied Engineering card which gives me cp/m capability. It has a Z80, and the Z80 gets woken up when I boot with a cp/m diskette. Other members of my family have various other cp/m machines, like a Heathkit H89, and an Amstrad PCW8512 with a 5.25" disk drive. I've always wanted to be able to read these other cp/m disk formats (all 5.25" diskettes), but of course understand that there are problems. Like the H89 disks are hard sectored :-( Anyway, I was interested in finding out whether there existed a program that would enable me to read any cp/m disk format from any other machine. Eg, I would love to be able to read stuff written on a disk formatted on a Kaypro, or an Osborne, and have the inverse possible, like giving a Kaypro owner one of my diskettes formatted on the Apple. I'm not an expert on disk formats, so let me have the full story if this is/is not possible. And flame me by email if this is the wrong newsgroup to discuss this topic :-) > "Everything works if you let it!" Ooh, I'm only too willing, but it still doesn't :-) Andrew Guillaume Internet : a.guillaume@trl.oz.au