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Subject: Disk parameters for Amstrad CP/M machines
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Date: 26 Oct 88 19:06:47 GMT
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>>   I've been asked by a local to move some PD software onto a 3.5"
>>   diskette connected to an Amstrad WPC.  I'm told this thing is a CP/M
>>   machine.
>>   Does anyone know the disk parameter block information for this
>>   machine?

The Amstrad CP/M machines are named CPC 664, CPC 6128
resp. PCW 8256, PCW 8512, PCW 9512.
I think, you refer to one of those.

All of them have built-in diskette-drives for the rather
rare 3"-diskettes, so if this is the format which is needed,
you won't have much success with 3.5"-diskettes.

If the machine really has an external 3.5"-drive, many formats
are possible, even including the same as on the 3"-drive,
which is single-sided with 180K and would not use much of a
3.5"-diskette.

Jochen Roderburg
Regional Computing Center
University of Cologne
Robert-Koch-Str. 10                    Tel. :  49-221/470-4564
D-5000 Koeln 41                        Email:  A0045 @ DK0RRZK0.BITNET
West Germany