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INFO-CPM Digest             Fri,  2 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   17

Today's Topics:
                         adding extra drives
                    Compression algorithms wanted
                Heath/Zenith Z-100 & 5 different OSes
                       USQ on the IBM. (3 msgs)
                    VECTOR GRAPHICS S100 COMPUTERS
                                Z80MU
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Date: Thu, 01 Feb 90 15:23:57 GMT
From: Paul Clayson <[e-mail]>
Subject: adding extra drives

Hello

Has anybody ever tried adding a Commodore C128 5.25inch disc drive to
an Amstrad PCW8256 (or similar) running CP/M. I would also like any
information at all about the Commodore drive, what type of 'commands'
it understands and how to read/write data to it!

Thanks for any information

Paul Clayson - [e-mail]
             - [e-mail]

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Date: 1 Feb 90 08:52:54 GMT
From: snorkelwacker!spdcc!merk!alliant!linus!nixbur!nixpbe!peun11![e-mail]  (Moellers)
Subject: Compression algorithms wanted
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hi,

I am writing a program to unpack .LBR archives on UNIX (perhaps pack later).
I have the structure of the archive (which is fairly simple).

What I am looking for is a description of the compression algorithms
used when squeezing or crunching files (i.e. generating *.?Z? or *.?Q?)

Any pointers or help?
I'll make the program available if there is any interest!

thanks in advance
Josef Moellers                      |    c/o Nixdorf Computer AG
 USA: uunet!philabs!linus!nixbur!mollers.pad  |    Abt. DX-PC
!USA: mcvax!unido!nixpbe!mollers.pad          |    Pontanusstr
Phone: [phone]              |    D-4790 Paderborn

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Date: Fri 2 Feb 90 13:42:14-EST
From: Gern <[e-mail]>
Subject: Heath/Zenith Z-100 & 5 different OSes
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

The Z-100 is a very powerful machine cabable of running five different
operating systems (at least, several persons are porting MIMIX to it now
as well).   It is an 8085/8088 S-100 Bus system.   Depending on the year
made it ran the 8088 at 5 or 8MHz, with most current users running at 10MHz.
The 8085 side, which runs at 5MHz, has mostly been ignored by most users.
The Zenith supported OSes for the 8085 are CP/M-85 (V3?), and even HDOS.
The Zenith supported OSes for the 8088 are CP/M-86, MS-DOS V1-3 (Version
1 of MS-DOS was called Z-DOS), CCP/M, MP/M (multiuser or multitasking,
neither caught on).   CP/M+ was available from a 3rd party.

In spite of the ignorance of one poster, the Zenith Z-100 ran True MS-DOS,
not the kludged version maimed to operate in the PC and clones.   The
Z-100 design did not put limits on MS-DOS, so if you want 768K of MS-DOS
RAM, and with a S-100 RAM expansion card - 1MByte of RAM, MS-DOS was more
than happy to use all of it.   The Z-100, as was the Tandy 2000, and TI
Professional - Superior systems in all respects to the PClones that ran
MS-DOS : Better hardware, CPU speed, better graphics, easier programming.
But, because of the superior features, they are not PC hardware compatible.

A program written for MS-DOS (or CP/M for that matter) will operate on
any system with MS-DOS (or CP/M).   Programs that violate this (Like most
PClone programs, all programs that use graphics, programs that directly
use hardware/ports/etc will usually blow up on a system that it was not
written to run on.

The Z-100 can, in fact, run a lot of PClone programs directly (Norton,
ARC, PKARC, MS languages, Borland languages, etc), even more with a
compatibility software patch (INT 10 handler).   A lot of popular software
has Z-100 versions that make use of the Z-100s features (Lotus 123, Dbase,
MS-MULTIPLAN, Turbo Pascal, Wordstar, Autocad, Word Perfect, etc.).

There is an active net group on the Z-100 at INFO-HZ100[-REQUEST]@
TOPS20.RADC.AF.MIL

I can send you boot and diagnostics disks for the Z-100 if you are
desparate and I can try to dig up some spare Z-100, MS-DOS, CP/M-85 manuals.

Cheers,
Gern
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Date: 31 Jan 90 13:54:10 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!tcdcs!swift.cs.tcd.ie!vax1.tcd.ie![e-mail]  (K.)
Subject: USQ on the IBM.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

OK,

I wonder can anyone help me....

Is there an IBM PC version of the CP/M decompresser USQ.com (the one that
decompresses files of the sort *.?Q?
Or failing that, a version that will work on either a Northstar advantage
or an Osborne (both running CP/M 2.2)

Thanking you.



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Date: 2 Feb 90 03:19:17 GMT
From: milton![e-mail]  (Bob Perigo)
Subject: USQ on the IBM.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (K.) writes:
>
>Is there an IBM PC version of the CP/M decompresser USQ.com (the one that
>
yes, you can grab the msdos version off mine and many other bbs.  there
also is good old newSweep for cpm that will do the trick on your os and
n* puters.  wish i knew how to post the binary to one of the source groups.

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Date: 1 Feb 90 01:54:09 GMT
From: van-bc!rsoft!mindlink![e-mail]  (Curt Sampson)
Subject: USQ on the IBM.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

> jfsenior writes:
>
> Is there an IBM PC version of the CP/M decompresser USQ.com (the one that
> decompresses files of the sort *.?Q?


I believe that Dave Rand's NSWP (NewSWEEP) program for the IBM PC does this.
If you can't find a copy on a local board, send me e-mail and I'll arrange to
get it to you.
                                                -CJS

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Date: 2 Feb 90 16:39:41 GMT
From: [e-mail]  (Russell H. Farris)
Subject: VECTOR GRAPHICS S100 COMPUTERS
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

        Earlier this week I acquired a Vector Graphics S100
computer with a dedicated NEC 7000 (700Q?) printer and a 5 Mb
hard drive.  I have a few questions about it.

        1. Is there a Vector user's group?
        2. Was an 8088/86 board ever made?
        3. Can the printer be adapted to work with
           an RS-232 or Centronics port?
        4. Can the hard-sectored floppy drive be tricked into reading
           any of my Osborne or Kaypro diskettes?

        Thanks to everyone who helped with my Otrona questions last
year.

Russ Farris         ([e-mail])   [phone]
Code 444
Naval Ocean System Center        "as for Gunnar I cannot speak,
San Diego, Calif 92152              but his halberd is home!"

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Date: 1 Feb 90 20:32:42 GMT
From: csusac!mmsac!qmet![e-mail]  (Steve Croft)
Subject: Z80MU
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Moellers) writes:
> As far as I know, Z80MU relies heavily on the similarities between
> MESSDOS and CP/M to simplify the whole system.
> You'll probably have to simulate MESSDOS or even CP/M to run Z80MU.

Yeah, I realized this after thinking about it for awhile.  I'm sure
Z80MU passes alotta info to MSDOS directly.  We already run it on our
386i by running it through a DOS process; I was hoping for a method to
get it directly on UNIX to help performance.

Steve
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INFO-CPM Digest             Mon,  5 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   18

Today's Topics:
                        1793 Disk Contr. Info?
                        CCS S100 Boards Info?
                    Compression algorithms wanted
                        CompuCorp 775 Computer
                    File transfers through console
                        JRT Pascal doc wanted
                        Z280 Assembler wanted!
                                Z80MU
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Date: 5 Feb 90 15:26:32 GMT
From: swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!attcan![e-mail]  (Brian Musker)
Subject: 1793 Disk Contr. Info?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have almost completed disassembling the ROM from my OSBORNE-I,
(I will be porting CP/M 3.0 to it), and I can't quite make sense
out of some of the data being sent to or received from the 1793
floppy controller.

Can anyone confirm the significance of these ports?

    RS1    RS0      PORT
    ========================================
     0      0       READ=STATUS, WRITE=CONTROL
     0      1       READ/WRITE= TRACK
     1      0       READ/WRITE= SECTOR
     1      1       READ/WRITE= DATA

Also, does anyone know what the STATUS/CONTROL flag values might be?

As far as I can tell, STATUS Bit 0 Is Controller Ready for read/write,
and Bit 1 is some sort of Error State.

HELP!

Brian Musker

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Date: 5 Feb 90 15:02:50 GMT
From: cs.utexas.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!attcan![e-mail]  (Brian Musker)
Subject: CCS S100 Boards Info?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Anyone out there familiar with any of the California Computer Systems
S100 board family?

I have a 4MHz Z80 CPU, 64K dRAM, and 5 1/4" / 8" floppy controller
board, and, of course, no docs regarding jumpers, etc. I have gotten
about as far as I can get with the ROM disassembly without schematics,
and I can't make the box bootable. At one time or another, I have seen
each of these pieces functioning in a WORKING SYSTEM, so I assume I am
simply missing the combined significance of some of the jumpers on
these boards...

Does anyone have any docs on these boards or know where they might be
found?

Thanks in advance...

Brian Musker

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Date: 3 Feb 90 16:01:03 GMT
From: eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!unido!balu![e-mail]  (Tilmann Reh)
Subject: Compression algorithms wanted
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello.

[e-mail] (Moellers) is looking for crunching and squeezing
algorithms.

Well, I got 'em. When I programmed ARC 2.0 few months ago, I had to find
out the algorithms used in the V1.0 pascal sources and the ARCSQ C sources.
As a result, I guess that I know them a little bit now. You can contact me
via e-mail or (voice-) phone directly: [phone].

Tilmann Reh, D-5900 Siegen

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Date: Mon, 05 Feb 90 13:33:22 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: CompuCorp 775 Computer

   Yet another request to the Boston Computer Society for a boot disk for an
orphan machine.  This time it's a CompuCorp 775.  For any help it might be,
here is some information about the machine.  It is a Series 700 machine,
serial number 753251.  The company was apparently in Los Angeles.  It has a
DIP switch on the back set for "HALF PG CRT ATRB".  It has one port labeled
"Omeganet" and a printer port labeled 22H.

   The computer will not boot from any disk (of the very few) that the new
owner received from the old owner with the machine.  By pressing control-C
or control-D, he can get the display to show:

        Reset
        SCM7377 PE03
        >

If the command "DIR" is entered at the prompt, the display shows:

        FFF4 036D 04FC 10D4 0054 0102 101F 109E

   If anyone knows anything about this machine or can supply a boot disk for
it, I would appreciate it if they would contact me (SAGE @ LL.LL.MIT.EDU).
Thanks.

-- Jay


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Date: 3 Feb 90 21:41:27 GMT
From: eagle![e-mail]  (Mike J. Fuller)
Subject: File transfers through console
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I was recently given a S-100 computer system running CP/M 2.2 and
would very much like to put some useful software on it.  I have a
PC-XT clone and have downloaded a lot of CP/M software to it for
transfer to my S-100.  Unfortunately, my S-100 currently has only one
working serial port (the console) and no 5 1/4" floppies.

I can download ascii files to my S-100 by using my XT as the console
and doing a "pip filename.ext=con:", escaping back to my XT, and using
the "Transmit" (raw ascii upload) command in kermit, but only with
files smaller than 8k because pip writes its buffer to disk after 8k.
Even my hard disk can't write fast enough to keep it from losing
characters.  I can break ascii files into 8k chunks using an editor on
my XT and put them back together using "pip" on my S-100, but this is
no way to transfer lots of files.  I really need a file transfer
program that will work through the console.  That is, I want to be
able to use my XT as the console of my S-100, tell my S-100 to receive
a file, escape back to my XT, and send it.  Does anybody know of a
file transfer program that will do this?

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Date: 5 Feb 90 00:33:38 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu![e-mail]  (Charles S. Fuller)
Subject: JRT Pascal doc wanted
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

A few years ago, my Kaypro and all that went with it was caught in a
flood.  I've managed to salvage most of it, including a JRT Pascal
version 3.0 compiler.  The documentation, however, was another story.

If anyone has the original loose-leaf docs and wouldn't mind sharing,
I'd gladly pay any repro & mailing costs.

General question for discussion: I seem to recall being invited to
Chapter 11 proceedings shortly after receiving my copy of JRT Pascal.
As I recall, JRT had a unique distribution policy that allowed free
copies to be made of his work, including JRT Pascal, which only cost
$39.  Is JRT still in business?  If so, does anyone have an address?

Thanks in advance.
Chuck Fuller

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Date: 3 Feb 90 16:01:34 GMT
From: eru!luth!sunic!mcsun!unido!balu![e-mail]  (Tilmann Reh)
Subject: Z280 Assembler wanted!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello.

I am strongly looking out for something that might be called
'real Z280 Assembler'.

Does anyone out there have any program that assembles real Z280 mnemonics
to object code in microsoft relocatible format. Might be slow, but must work
with all Z280 opcodes without macro library, and must distinguish between
code and data segments.
I need it very hardly, so I would appreciate a soon answer.

Tilmann Reh

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Date: 3 Feb 90 15:18:57 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!nuchat!splut![e-mail]  (Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard)
Subject: Z80MU
Message-ID: <WPW:JF#@splut.conmicro.com>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Steve Croft) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Moellers) writes:
>> As far as I know, Z80MU relies heavily on the similarities between
>> MESSDOS and CP/M to simplify the whole system.
>> You'll probably have to simulate MESSDOS or even CP/M to run Z80MU.
>Yeah, I realized this after thinking about it for awhile.  I'm sure
>Z80MU passes alotta info to MSDOS directly.  We already run it on our
>386i by running it through a DOS process; I was hoping for a method to
>get it directly on UNIX to help performance.

The .DOC file for Z80MU310 (the last version, as far as I know) mentions
that they started out by passing calls to DOS directly, but as they went
along, there were subtle incompatibilities between CP/M semantics and
DOS semantics tha they had to program around.

The heart of Z80MU is an assembly-language Z80 simulator that depends on
a unique mapping of Z-80 registers to 80x86 registers. You could
probably port that module to your 386, bu forget it for other
processors...

--
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[e-mail]       (eieio)| adequately be explained by stupidity.
{attctc,bellcore}!texbell!splut!jay +----------------------------------------
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INFO-CPM Digest             Wed,  7 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   19

Today's Topics:
                        1793 Disk Contr. Info?
                    Compression algorithms wanted
                           Editor for CP/M
                        JRT Pascal doc wanted
                           USQ on the IBM.
                  Z280 Cross Assembler & C Compiler
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Date: 7 Feb 90 05:36:22 GMT
From: pilchuck!amc-gw!sigma!flash![e-mail]  (William Swan)
Subject: 1793 Disk Contr. Info?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Brian Musker) writes:
>I can't quite make sense out of some of the data being sent to or received
>from the 1793 floppy controller.
>
>Can anyone confirm the significance of these ports?
>    RS1    RS0      PORT
>    ========================================
>     0      0       READ=STATUS, WRITE=CONTROL
>     0      1       READ/WRITE= TRACK
>     1      0       READ/WRITE= SECTOR
>     1      1       READ/WRITE= DATA

You got that correct.

>Also, does anyone know what the STATUS/CONTROL flag values might be?

The status depends upon the command given:

Bit | Type I Commands | Rd Addr | Read Sect | Rd Trk | Wr Sec | Wr Trk
7    Not Rdy            Not Rdy   etc...
6    Wr Protect (WP)                                   WP       WP
5    Head Loaded                  Rec Type            WrFault  WrFault
4    Seek Err          RecNotFNd RNF                  RNF
3    CRC err           CRC Err    CRC err             CRC err
2    Trk 00            Lost data  etc...
1    Index             Data Req   etc...
0    Busy              etc...

Control:

Type Command          7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
I    Restore          0 0 0 0 h V r1r0
I    Seek             0 0 0 1 h V r1r0
I    Step             0 0 1 u h V r1r0
I    Step In          0 1 0 u h V r1r0
I    Step Out         0 1 1 u h V r1r0
II   Rd Sector        1 0 0 m F2E F10
II   Wr Sector        1 0 1 m F2 EF1a0
III  Rd Address       1 1 0 0 0 E 0 0
III  Rd Track         1 1 1 0 0 E 0 0
III  Wr Track         1 1 1 1 0 E 0 0
IV   Force Interrupt  1 1 0 1 I3I2I1I0

h: 1==load head @ beginning, else unload
V: 1==verify @ destination track, else don't
r1r0: step motor rate (another table = f(CLK,_DDEN, r1r0), 3ms - 416uS)
u: 1==update track register
m: 0==single record, 1==multiple records
a0:1== FB (data addr mark), else F8(deleted addr mark)
E: 1==15ms delay (2MHz), else no delay
F2: 0==compare for side 0, else compare for side 1
F1: 0==disable side select compare, else enable

IV Command:
bit 0==1 Nready to ready transition
   1     ready to nready...
   2     index pulse
   3    immediate interrupt
   all zero: terminate with no interrupt

>As far as I can tell, STATUS Bit 0 Is Controller Ready for read/write,
>and Bit 1 is some sort of Error State.

hope this helps....


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Date: 6 Feb 90 08:40:36 GMT
From: van-bc!ubc-cs!alberta!ccu![e-mail]  (Dan Fandrich)
Subject: Compression algorithms wanted
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Moellers) writes:
>I am writing a program to unpack .LBR archives on UNIX (perhaps pack later).
>I have the structure of the archive (which is fairly simple).
>
>What I am looking for is a description of the compression algorithms
>used when squeezing or crunching files (i.e. generating *.?Z? or *.?Q?)

Don't forget *.?Y? !  This is the LZH compression algorithm which was ported
to CP/M last September.  The file -SOURCE.NOT contained in the CRLZH11.LBR
library (the cruncher/uncruncher files) contains the sentence:

     "Most of the 'interesting' stuff is in the LZH encoding and decoding
      algorithms, anyway, which are released in .REL (and .SLR) format
      ONLY at this time."

I wouldn't think the algorithm would be much (if at all) different from the
LZH program available for some time for MS-DOS.  Don't know if you can get
specs for it, either.  The author of the CRLZH routines for CP/M is
R. Warren and he gives the number of The Elephant's Graveyard data line
[phone] where he can be reached.  That might be another good place to
ask questions about all the compression routines (I've never them myself,
though).

--
>>> Dan Fandrich

Internet:   [e-mail]
Compu$erve: 72365,306

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Date: 5 Feb 90 22:00:03 GMT
From: van-bc!rsoft!mindlink![e-mail]  (Curt Sampson)
Subject: Editor for CP/M
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I'm looking for a modal in-memory editor to run on my Kaypro IV/84.  I really
like UNIX vi, but pretty much anything along those lines (I like neither
WordStar commands nor arrow keys) would probably do.  Can anyone out there help
me?
  Also, does anyone have a current address for Barry Workman & Assoc.?  I sent
them a letter (to their 112 Marion Ave., Pasidina, CA address) inquiring about
WRITE, but it was returned marked "Forewarding address expired."  Thanks again
for all your help.

        -CJS   ( [e-mail] )

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Date: Mon, 05 Feb 90 16:44:30 EST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: JRT Pascal doc wanted

Chuck Fuller asked:

>> If anyone has the original loose-leaf docs and wouldn't mind sharing,
>> I'd gladly pay any repro & mailing costs.

   I have not looked in a long time, but I am pretty sure that I have
a copy of the JRT Pascal manual sitting in my archives in the basement.
I know that I gave away one copy, but I think I had two.  You can also
get them in file form, probably from SIMTEL20.

   One other comment I would make is that I got very badly burned from
bugs in JRT on a very important project.  Turbo Pascal is far superior
in my opinion, and it is available again at $60, complete with an
improved looseleaf manual.  If you are not all that serious about
Pascal and are working on a tight budget, then JRT might be the way to
go.  Otherwise, I would recommend switching to Turbo.

>> General question for discussion: I seem to recall being invited to
>> Chapter 11 proceedings shortly after receiving my copy of JRT Pascal.

   JRT really did go out of business.  Tyson tried again under the name
Mystic Valley Pascal (I believe), but as far as I knew he never really
delivered on that product.  There were early versions, but they never
worked well and never provided the features he claimed in his ads.  Once
I learned that JRT was behind Mystic, I stayed away from it.

   When the first ads appeared for Turbo Pascal at an absurdly low price,
I was quite sceptical but decided to take a chance.  I never regretted that
decision, and have been very happy with Borland products (for the most part)
ever since.  Turbo Pascal was a top quality product at rock bottom price,
and that is probably why Borland is what it is today (and, conversely, why
JRT is what it is today).

   I believe that you will find both the code and the manuals for JRT in
the archives on SIMTEL20.  Years ago you would have found it on CP/M remote
systems, but I doubt that any of us would waste the disk space on it today.

-- Jay Sage


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Date: 6 Feb 90 07:33:47 GMT
From: snorkelwacker!spdcc!merk!alliant!linus!nixbur!nixpbe!peun11![e-mail]  (Moellers)
Subject: USQ on the IBM.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (K.) writes:

>OK,

>I wonder can anyone help me....

>Is there an IBM PC version of the CP/M decompresser USQ.com (the one that
>decompresses files of the sort *.?Q?
>Or failing that, a version that will work on either a Northstar advantage
>or an Osborne (both running CP/M 2.2)

Ever nosed around on SIMTEL-20?
They have at least a CP/M 2.2 compatible version on
    PD:<CPM.STARTER-KIT>USQ.COM
    (I guess)
They'll probably have a version for MESSDOSS somewhere in the MSDOS
archives!

>Thanking you.

Josef Moellers                      |    c/o Nixdorf Computer AG
 USA: uunet!philabs!linus!nixbur!mollers.pad  |    Abt. DX-PC
!USA: mcvax!unido!nixpbe!mollers.pad          |    Pontanusstr
Phone: [phone]              |    D-4790 Paderborn

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Date: Tue, 06 Feb 90 08:03:44 EST
From: Roger Link <[e-mail]>
Subject: Z280 Cross Assembler & C Compiler

  A company called Computer Design Solutions, Inc., has a full Z280 cross
assembler that runs under MS-DOS. From what I understand it is a macro
assembler, and produces relocatable code. I assume that it comes with its
own linker, and can do Intel hex. They want $150 for the assembler

  The C compiler includes the above assembler. I don't have much info on
this compiler. It is $500.

  Computer Design Solutions
  P.O. Box 127
  Statesville, NC 2677
  704-876-2346

 Softaid, Inc has a ROM based MTBASIC for the Z280, a symbolic debugger ($200),
 and a Z280 IceAlyzer Emualtor ($7995). They are located in Maryland.

  Softaid, Inc.
  8390 Route 108
  Columbia, MD 21045
  800-433-8812

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INFO-CPM Digest             Thu,  8 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   20

Today's Topics:
                 Any Morrow (s100) owners out there?
                        Back in the CP/M world
                             Footnotes...
                        JRT Pascal doc wanted
                           MP/M disk editor
                    Need working movcpm for 820-I
                      P & T CP/M for TRS80-II??
                                 Sale
                      VT100 emulators? (3 msgs)
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Date: 7 Feb 90 16:03:25 GMT
From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!nuchat!shell![e-mail]
Subject: Any Morrow (s100) owners out there?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I've just bought a Morrow S-100 Z80 computer with a 16M hard drive
and 5.25" floppy. This beast has a "Wunderbuss" that has a real
time clock, and several serial channels out. There are some
things that I'm looking for:

Since I can read hard/soft sector disks, I think there should be
or must have been a utility to read NorthStar disks on this machine.
(I think it's an MD-1, but I'm not sure). Any body have something
like this?

Has anyone installed DateStamper for this machine?

I also have a 256K RAM card that was intended for use with
Micronix - a Z80 UNIX. I'd like to check out CP/M 3.0. Has
anyone ported to this machine? Alternatively, does anyone have
a RAMDISK driver for the expansion memory?

Finally, has anyone upped the hard drive to a workable size?
(Like 40 Megs or so)?

Thanks.


Steven V. Hovater      Shell Development Company     [phone] (work)
                                                     [phone] (home)
[e-mail]
 or [e-mail]

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Date: 9 Feb 90 00:10:50 GMT
From: snorkelwacker!usc!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!jarthur!jarthur.claremont.edu![e-mail]  (Rob McKaughan)
Subject: Back in the CP/M world
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I've just dusted off my old Kaypro 2X.  I was running ZCPR version 2 last
time I used it and would like to get the latest ZCPR running.  I've got
everything in the simtel <cpm.zcpr33> directory, but I still have a few
questions:

1.    What is arunz?  All the docs I have just tell me about changes from
previous versions.

2.    Is Echelon, Inc. still around?

3.    Where can I find a copy of the ZCPR book?

Any other hints would be appreciated.

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Date: Thu, 8 Feb 90 01:58 EST
From: "That's okay, tho'" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Footnotes...

Hi!

I am desperately looking for a text formatter or editor, whatever, that
is capable of producing footnotes.  I know there was a discussion on
this quite a while ago, but I kind of missed it.

By footnotes, I mean the kind that comes on the bottom of the page,
and NOT endnotes, which come at the end of the document or to another
file.  This distinction is VERY important for us social science types,
and I actually need both for my thesis.  I hate having to transfer
everything to PC's and reformatting the documents.

Now, a promise:  TETRIS (a trademark of some sort, but not sure whose
or if it is officially registered) for CP/M (Z) - 80 is ready for
release!  I just need to add a routine that  will make it completely
compatible with QTERM patches (by David Goodenough) and make sure that
there is no bugs.  If interested, drop me a line, along with your
terminal types (I just need to know clear screan sequence and cursor
positioning.  Televideo TVI 910-920 types need not worry.  ANSI type
terminals might take a while).  I will send you a copy (unless this is
against net rules - I think owners of semi-extinct devices need this
much privilege, tho'.).

Thanx!

            -John Shin ([e-mail])

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Date: 6 Feb 90 05:20:59 GMT
From: mailrus!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu![e-mail]  (Roger Ivie)
Subject: JRT Pascal doc wanted
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Charles S. Fuller) writes:
> General question for discussion: I seem to recall being invited to
> Chapter 11 proceedings shortly after receiving my copy of JRT Pascal.
> As I recall, JRT had a unique distribution policy that allowed free
> copies to be made of his work, including JRT Pascal, which only cost
> $39.  Is JRT still in business?  If so, does anyone have an address?

They've recently started advertising again in various PC rags, although
which ones escape me at the moment. When I saw the ad I had this vague
feeling of Deja Vu. I pulled out an antique MicroSystems, and sure enough
it's the SAME AD!! They only changed a few words (inserted C in place
of PL/M, for instance).

===============================================================================
Roger Ivie

35 S 300 W
Logan, Ut.  84321
[phone]
===============================================================================

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Date: 9 Feb 90 04:36:28 GMT
From: portal!portal!cup.portal.com![e-mail]  (David H Close)
Subject: MP/M disk editor
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Can anyone point me to a disk editor which works under MP/M?  I have
several which work fine under CP/M but fail on MP/M.  I suspect the problem
is that the actual disk buffers are in a different memory segment.

What I need is to be able to patch the contents of the directory sectors
on the hard disk.

Please email or post (or phone, etc.), your choice.  If I can't find
a disk editor, it appears the only choice will be to restore a backup
tape and thus lose valuable data.

Dave Close, Compata, Arlington, Texas
[e-mail]
817/277-6767
Easylink 6295-5830

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Date: 8 Feb 90 21:25:05 GMT
From: nuchat!shell![e-mail]
Subject: Need working movcpm for 820-I
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have recently gotten together an 820-I with 8" drives, and would like to
do some stuff that would require me to MOVCPM down a couple'o K. The
problem is, that the version I have will generate "Synchronization error"
every time.

Would some kind soul UUENCODE and email to me a working MOVCPM for an
820-I with 8" drives?

Thanks.
Steven V. Hovater      Shell Development Company     [phone] (work)
                                                     [phone] (home)
[e-mail] or [e-mail] or [e-mail]
 or ...!{sun,bcm,rice,psuvax1,decwrl,cs.utexas.edu}!shell!svh

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Date: 7 Feb 90 15:54:56 GMT
From: pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!nuchat!shell![e-mail]
Subject: P & T CP/M for TRS80-II??
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I've just inherited an old TRS80-II, and am looking for Pickles and
Trout CP/M for it. This beast has 8" floppies, and unless I can
get a decent OS for it then it's parts (unless someone wants to
make an offer....)


Steven V. Hovater Shell Development Company  [phone] (work)
                                             [phone] (home)
[e-mail] or [e-mail]
 or ...!{sun,bcm,rice,psuvax1,decwrl,cs.utexas.edu}!shell!svh
Steven V. Hovater      Shell Development Company     [phone] (work)
                                                     [phone] (home)
[e-mail]
 or [e-mail]

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Date: 9 Feb 90 03:37:28 GMT
From: portal!portal!cup.portal.com![e-mail]  (David H Close)
Subject: Sale
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

A friend has a used Altos 8000-14 available for sale.  Asking $100 plus
shipping, if necessary.  Also several Hazeltine terminals.  Make an offer.

The 8000-14 is a 4-user MP/M box with a Z80 processor, 1 64-K RAM bank,
3 48-K RAM banks, 6 serial ports (2 for printers), 40 MB 8-inch hard disk,
8-inch floppy.  Comes complete with licensed MP/M.

If interested in taking this boat anchor off his hands, please call him
directly:
        Darryll Sperber
        122 N Euclid Av
        Ontario CA 91761
        714 / 986-7046

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Date: 7 Feb 90 11:55:45 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!tcdcs!swift.cs.tcd.ie!vax1.tcd.ie![e-mail]  (A Magic minstrel.)
Subject: VT100 emulators?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

OK,


I'm wondering if, there's a VT100 emulator for CP/M

(preferably to work on either the Osborne 1 or the Northstar Advantage)


Oh, and thanks everyone for the help on USQ for the IBM.


Thanks y'all.


The statement below this is false.
The statement above this is true.

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Date: 8 Feb 90 18:08:38 GMT
From: [e-mail]  (Douglas F. DeJulio)
Subject: VT100 emulators?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (A Magic minstrel.) writes:
> I'm wondering if, there's a VT100 emulator for CP/M
> (preferably to work on either the Osborne 1 or the Northstar Advantage)

I'm interested in this exact same thing.

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Date: 7 Feb 90 20:07:29 GMT
From: van-bc!rsoft!mindlink![e-mail]  (Curt Sampson)
Subject: VT100 emulators?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have a VT100 emulator for the Kaypro (it converts VT100 codes into adm-3a
codes), if that will help at all.  It shouldn't be too hard to rewrite it for
other terminals, and I think I may have the source around somewhere.  Please
EMAIL me if you are interested.
      -CJS     ( [e-mail] )

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INFO-CPM Digest             Sat, 10 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   21

Today's Topics:
                   binary/source postings (2 msgs)
                           Editor for CP/M
                     FTP Resources & Scrabble etc
                       Kaypro 4 ('84) Hardware
                             networking?
                           VT100 emulators?
       VT180 "Robin" help needed on hard disk possibilities...
                            Z80 Assembler?
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Date: 10 Feb 90 08:54:03 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!anasaz![e-mail]  (Chad R. Larson)
Subject: binary/source postings
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

A couple of years ago, I posted to this group the source to a utility
I wrote.  I was beaten up rather roughly for having done so.  My
recollection is that this group was gatewayed onto the Internet
somehow and that someone there had a restriction on source and/or
binaries floating by.  They threatened (or were required, I forget) to
break the gateway rather than allow programs to transit their systems.

Is this still so?  Are binaries or source postings discouraged (or
worse, punished)?  Is this group constrained to be discussions of old
systems and mutual help in supporting them?

Please let me know.  I've got a couple of other (semi)nifty programs I
have written that I'm willing to place in the public domain.  They are
CP/M specific, so I can see no reason to clutter up some other source
newsgroup with them, but I'd post them here.  If that is not a good
idea (for political or other reasons beyond our control), I'd like to
start the formal voting procedure to establish a group for source
and/or binaries postings that are for CP/M and MP/M systems.

We, like the MS-DOS people, have the luxury of binary compatability
across most of our systems.  I'll bet there is a ton of useful goodies
we have all written that we should be able to share.  How 'bout it?
I'll show you mine, if you'll show me yours....
    -crl
--
Chad R. Larson          ...{mcdphx,asuvax}!anasaz!chad or [e-mail]
Anasazi, Inc. - 7500 North Dreamy Draw Drive, Suite 120, Phoenix, Az 85020
[phone]            "I read the news today, oh boy!"  -- John Lennon

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Date: Sat, 10 Feb 1990  21:37 MST
From: Keith Petersen <[e-mail]>
Subject: binary/source postings
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Chad, binary/source postings are inappropriate for any discussion
group, but especially for those gatewayed to mailing lists on the
Internet side.

The comp.os.cpm newsgroup is gatewayed to the Info-Cpm mailing list.
Many mailing list subscribers have disk quotas and some are charged
for disk storage.

There is an excellent public domain archive at SIMTEL20 which is
accessable by all readers of this newsgroup.  The problem is that for
the past two years there has only been ONE reader who has sent a
program contribution to the archives.  I can't do it all myself.

If you have public domain CP/M programs you want to share with others,
please send a message to me asking for upload instructions.

Keith
--
Keith Petersen
Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, & MISC archives [IP address 26.2.0.74]
Internet: [e-mail], [e-mail]  BITNET: w8sdz@NDSUVM1
Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz

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Date: 11 Feb 90 02:59:40 GMT
From: hub![e-mail]
Subject: Editor for CP/M
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

-Message-Text-Follows-
In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Curt Sampson) writes...
>I'm looking for a modal in-memory editor to run on my Kaypro IV/84.  I really
>like UNIX vi, but pretty much anything along those lines (I like neither
>WordStar commands nor arrow keys) would probably do.  Can anyone out there help
>me?

When I owned a Kaypro II computer I purchased the Express full screen editor
from TCI. If memory serves is allowed you to redefine about everything. It
was a nice editor and very reasonably priced. Does anyone know the adress
or phone number of TCI?

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Date: 9 Feb 90 10:53:15 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!edcastle![e-mail]  (Bellerophon)
Subject: FTP Resources & Scrabble etc
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hi yer all,


I have a project at University to build a scrabble machine. We have been
placed under various restrictions and so we eventually decided to base
the machine round the Z80. Thus for development we are hoping to use CPM
(although no-one knows much about it. I used it at school briefly!).
Now for this, we need development tools and since our construction budget is
only 300 (pounds) I would be grateful if anyone could recommend good
development tools, where to get them and how much they cost.

I would also like to know of any FTP servers containing CP/M stuff. I am
aware of simtel but are there any others?

Please mail me back personally.

Thanx


-=Andy=-

ps Any hints about scrabble algorithms would also be appreciated.
Especially morphological dictionary representations and search space
algorithms.

------------------------------

Date: 9 Feb 90 18:16:01 GMT
From: van-bc!rsoft!mindlink![e-mail]  (Curt Sampson)
Subject: Kaypro 4 ('84) Hardware
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

On my Kaypro 4 (1984 vintage) I have a long header (connecter) that is much
like the floppy drive header (for a ribbon cable), but right above it.  Does
anyone have any idea what this is for?  Thanks.
                                        -CJS

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Date: 10 Feb 90 14:54:45 GMT
From: [e-mail]  (Douglas F. DeJulio)
Subject: networking?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Has anyone put a CPM machine on ethernet?

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Date: 9 Feb 90 06:24:06 GMT
From: csusac!mmsac![e-mail]  (Jim Lips Earl)
Subject: VT100 emulators?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Yes, I use QTERM by David Goodenough for my VT100 emulation.  It also
includes xmodem and KERMIT for file transfers.  I'll try to dig his
address out for you.

Ok, here is his address from me.  I don't know what it would be from
you.

pacbell!ames!think!xait!lakart!dg
--
      Jim "Lips" Earl             UUCP: ucbvax!ucdavis!csusac!mmsac!jim
          KB6KCP              INTERNET: mmsac![e-mail]
   =======================================================================
                  The opinions stated herein are all mine.

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Date: Fri, 9 Feb 90 14:09 EST
From: Brainwave Surfer <[e-mail]>
Subject: VT180 "Robin" help needed on hard disk possibilities...

Dear Netlanders...
  I've been trying to figure out how to jam a hard disk onto my VT180 "Robin".
Have anyone out "there" any idea how to do that?  Even a 5 meg drive would
be very nice!
  Ps, the OS is CP/M V2.2

                            Virtually, Jim Agnew.


         /^^^\   \ /   Jim Agnew         [e-mail],
        /      >  ||   Neurosurgery,     [e-mail]
   /\_/     '   \  /   MCV-VCU           This tape will self destruct in
 /________________>    Richmond, Va      five seconds.  Good luck, Jim..."

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Date: 9 Feb 90 10:40:35 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!brutus.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!uxa.cso.uiuc.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Z80 Assembler?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I'm looking for an assembler for CP/M 2.2 that uses Zilog's Z80
mnemonics and that has the basic pseudo op-codes found in ASM.
I would prefer something that generates a .HEX file instead of
some other object code.  If it generates some other object code,
I would need the appropriate link loader too.  Lastly, being a
hobbiest, I would like something that is either public domain
or inexpensive.

Any information can either be posted or e-mailed to me at
[e-mail].

Thanks

Joe Gering

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INFO-CPM Digest             Mon, 12 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   22

Today's Topics:
                        binary/source postings
                           Editor for CP/M
                 MOVCPM has copy protection (2 msgs)
                             networking?
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Date: 11 Feb 90 22:31:16 GMT
From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!anasaz![e-mail]  (Chad R. Larson)
Subject: binary/source postings
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Keith Petersen) writes:
+---------------
| Chad, binary/source postings are inappropriate for any discussion
| group, but especially for those gatewayed to mailing lists on the
| Internet side.
+---------------
I guess, in my imprecise way, that was what I was asking...Is this
newsgroup an appropriate forum for source and/or binary postings?
What makes this a "discussion group"?

+---------------
| There is an excellent public domain archive at SIMTEL20 which is
| accessable by all readers of this newsgroup.
+---------------
I'm sure it is very easy to get some things off SIMTEL20 if you are an
Internet participant and can use FTP.  I'm not.  I have tried to use the
gateway server at North Dakota(?) on three or four occasions, following
the proceedures posted and never gotten anything back (not even a "F.O."
message).  I gave it up as unworkable, due to whatever reason (broken
mailers, bad paths, terminal stupidity on my part).

Anyway, having to pull indexes (if you ever figure out how), examine the
one line descriptions to try to guess if you might want the <whatever>,
then pulling <whatever> to examine it in its fullness just isn't quite
the same as reading the news, scanning the posted source as it sails by
your face and typing "s" to rn when you see something you like/want/need
(like I can do in all the other sources newsgroups).

[An aside to Keith--let's make e-mail contact.  Maybe you can teach me
how to work the gateway.]

So, I'll renew my query.  Are source and/or binary postings a no no in
this group (beginning to sound like it)?  If so, I'll start the formal
discussion and voting procedure to establish a group exclusively for
program postings.  This group can serve as the discussion group for the
postings in addition to its current charter and Keith will have another
place to glom programs for his archive.  If the formal vote fails for
lack of interest, I'll pipe down.

+---------------
| Keith
+---------------
  -crl
--
Chad R. Larson          ...{mcdphx,asuvax}!anasaz!chad or [e-mail]
Anasazi, Inc. - 7500 North Dreamy Draw Drive, Suite 120, Phoenix, Az 85020
[phone]            "I read the news today, oh boy!"  -- John Lennon

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Date: 11 Feb 90 21:16:12 GMT
From: [e-mail]  (Randall W Winchester)
Subject: Editor for CP/M
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:

>When I owned a Kaypro II computer I purchased the Express full screen editor
>from TCI. If memory serves is allowed you to redefine about everything. It
>was a nice editor and very reasonably priced. Does anyone know the adress
>or phone number of TCI?

I downloaded EXPRESS v1.0 from Simtel20 a couple of years ago.  This
is the "demo" version of EXPRESS.  TCI's address is listed in the
documentation as 17733 205th Ave. NE, Woodinville, WA 98072.  I wrote
to them to find out if EXPRESS v2.0 was still available, but my
postcard was returned by the post office with no forwarding address.

As it stands, EXPRESS v1.0 is a decent editor and it's free.  I was
able to configure it to make it resemble Emacs.  I was impressed
enough to want to buy v2.0.  If anyone knows where I can buy a copy of
v2.0, please let me know.

*******************************************************************************
* Randy Winchester * [e-mail] * PO Box 1074, Cambridge, MA  02142 *
*******************************************************************************
* "It looks ok on the screen, but everything comes out in lower case on the   *
* printer.  Hold?  Uh, sure . . ." - ee cummings's last customer service call *
*******************************************************************************

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Date: 11 Feb 90 04:50:27 GMT
From: titanic.cs.wisc.edu![e-mail]  (Anthony Rich)
Subject: MOVCPM has copy protection
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> svh@shell () writes:

>I have recently gotten together an 820-I with 8" drives, and would like to
>do some stuff that would require me to MOVCPM down a couple'o K. The
>problem is, that the version I have will generate "Synchronization error"
>every time.

I ran into the "Synchronization error" message recently, too.

According to the book "Inside CP/M" by David E. Cortesi, MOVCPM has a kind
of copy protection built into it.  When it starts up, it does some
checking to see whether the copy of CP/M you're trying to generate with
MOVCPM matches the copy of CP/M you're currently running.  If not, it
displays the message "Synchronization error" and quits.  (I'm not sure
what it actually tries to match.  I think it does some kind of checksum.)

As a result, you can't run MOVCPM to generate a new copy of your CP/M
while running someone else's copy of CP/M.

I wanted to do exactly that for a legitimate reason.  My CP/M disk won't boot
because I replaced my broken 8" DSDD drive with a different manufacturer's
that had different seek characteristics, so I needed to generate a newly
configured version of CP/M to handle the new drive.  Of course, to do that,
I have to already be booted up on the new drive and running with SOMETHING,
so to get me started, a net person graciously sent me a bootable CP/M disk
that allows me to boot and read 8" SSSD diskettes on my new drive.  But I
can't use it to generate a properly configured version of MY OWN, PAID-FOR,
LICENSED COPY of CP/M because of that $*!!#@@! "copy protection" in MOVCPM!
Grrr!

If anyone has or can invent a workaround for the "Synchro error" copy
protection, I'd appreciate being informed so I can get my CP/M reconfigured
and booting happily again on my new drive.  Apparently the copy protection
is smart enough that you can't simply step over it using DEBUG.

  Tony
--
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Disclaimer:  The opinions above are mine.  Others may agree or disagree.
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Date: 11 Feb 90 22:02:59 GMT
From: cs.utexas.edu!asuvax!anasaz![e-mail]  (Chad R. Larson)
Subject: MOVCPM has copy protection
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Anthony Rich) writes:
+---------------
| If anyone has or can invent a workaround for the "Synchro error" copy
| protection, I'd appreciate being informed so I can get my CP/M reconfigured
| and booting happily again on my new drive.  Apparently the copy protection
| is smart enough that you can't simply step over it using DEBUG.
+---------------

Ok, as much as I dislike postings that say "I think this is it" instead
of "I know this is it"; I figured all this out a long time ago, and here
is what I remember:

The copy protection consists of checking the serial numbers of the CCP
and/or the current running CP/M and the BDOS image contained in the
MOVCPM program.  You CAN use "debug" (you meant DDT or SID, right?) to
make the serial numbers match.

The serial number in the CCP must match the one in the BDOS also, or
your CP/M won't boot.  It will move the instruction pair DI, HALT to the
beginning of the warm start code and jump to it.

The serial number is the first 6 bytes in the BDOS (that is why your
BDOS address is always something like E406 instead of E400).  It is also
contained in the CCP at about 0328H offset (if I remember correctly).

In the MOVCPM code is a relocatable image of your CP/M, and a table of
the offsets to the bytes that will have to be relocated to make a
runnable image where you want it.  The image is assembled to run at (???
-- for a 20K?? memory) and when you specify a different size memory the
new high-order nybble of the addresses are plugged where indicated by
the offsets.  This is very much like what Digital Research wound up
calling "Page Relocatable" (PRL) code in MP/M and CP/M 3.x systems.  If
you have documentation to either of them it could be helpful.

Anyway, a little dissassembly and single-stepping of MOVCPM with DDT
will show you where the "syncronization error" message is issued.  Use
DDT to make all the serial numbers match up (preferably to yours) and
you should be OK.
 -crl
--
Chad R. Larson          ...{mcdphx,asuvax}!anasaz!chad or [e-mail]
Anasazi, Inc. - 7500 North Dreamy Draw Drive, Suite 120, Phoenix, Az 85020
[phone]            "I read the news today, oh boy!"  -- John Lennon

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Date: 11 Feb 90 08:46:04 GMT
From: pacbell!sactoh0![e-mail]  (Ian R. Justman)
Subject: networking?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Douglas F. DeJulio) writes:
> Has anyone put a CPM machine on ethernet?

No, but I have one one UUCP so I can get a mail feed.  Been using
it since December on my S-100 box and it works beautifully.
--
Home:   Ian Justman   |UUCP:(1) My CP/M machine.       |"One of the few
6612 Whitsett Drive   |     (2) My host.               |die-hard CP/M
North Highlands, CA   |(1) !pacbell!sactoh0!ijsys!ianj |addicts left on this
[phone]   95660|(2) !pacbell!sactoh0!ianj       |planet"

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INFO-CPM Digest             Mon, 12 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   23

Today's Topics:
                   binary/source postings (3 msgs)
                   Kaypro 4 ('84) Hardware (2 msgs)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 12 Feb 90 20:39:13 GMT
From: zephyr.ens.tek.com!wrgate!copper![e-mail]  (Michael D. Kersenbrock)
Subject: binary/source postings
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Actually I did the same thing a few years ago.  Keith then gave the secrets
for usenet access to simtel.

I had deposited quite a few pieces of S/W to the Simtel CP/M archive, but
at one point the programs I mailed Keith were bouncing, and I could no
longer get them deposited.

However, since then, I've been IBM pc-klone'd, and married.  So, I'm not
so interested in CP/M anymore, and I've less time to generate software.

I still have my CP/M system however (albeit with only 256K of it's former
1-Meg left -- the PC has the DRAM chips now), and can transfer files to
my PC.

I could still rummage around some weekend and find a pile of
never-distributed programs (some pretty neat and useful, and some like my
Unix compatible 16-bit uncompress were neat, but not useful) that I
generated, but I'm not sure if my mail connection to Keith has been
"fixed" -- and I have no convenient way to distribute them otherwise.

Nor, am I entirely sure I remember which were deposited and which
weren't. :-)

Alas....

P.S. - It takes no time at all to go from knocking your head on the 64K limit
       to knocking your head on the ~640K "limit".  Sigh.


--
Mike Kersenbrock
Tektronix Microprocessor Development Products
[e-mail]
Aloha, Oregon

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Date: 13 Feb 90 00:13:59 GMT
From: [e-mail]  (Rex A. Buddenberg)
Subject: binary/source postings
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Chad,

Keith is exactly right in his description of the way things run.  He
has also done yeoman work over several years to post summaries of
the Simtel20 CPM listings to this newsgroup for those of us who
are interested in current submissions.  Additionally, Kieth maintains
a private BBS where he also has most things posted -- I'll let
him explain how that works, only mention it here because
that's a way to get the software if Simtel20 won't work
for you.

If you are hanging so far off the internet that you can't FTP,
then your solution is not to corrupt the system but to fix your
connection.

Rex Buddenberg

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Date: 12 Feb 90 19:44:28 GMT
From: amdahl!pacbell!sactoh0![e-mail]  (Ian R. Justman)
Subject: binary/source postings
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Chad R. Larson) writes:
>
> I'm sure it is very easy to get some things off SIMTEL20 if you are an
> Internet participant and can use FTP.  I'm not.  I have tried to use the
> gateway server at North Dakota(?) on three or four occasions, following
> the proceedures posted and never gotten anything back (not even a "F.O."
> message).  I gave it up as unworkable, due to whatever reason (broken
> mailers, bad paths, terminal stupidity on my part).

I'm not an Internet participant either, but I have the facilities
to get those files from SIMTEL20.  I have a couple of shell script
files that I use here, and at one point, I posted them for those
who wanted them.  I'll post it again, plus I'll mail you a copy.

Keith:  You might want to keep a copy of this just in case...


#-------- BEGIN -----------------
# 'file' is location of a temporary file
file=/usr/tmp/simreq
# 'me' is my mail address
me=ames!pacbell!sactoh0!ijsys!ianj
# 'listserv' is address of list server
listserv=ames!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv
# print help if they goofed
if (test "$#" -ne "3")
  then
    echo "USAGE: getsimtel <disk> <directory> <filename>"
    echo
    echo "EXAMPLE: getsimtel pd1 msdos.filedocs simibm.arc"
    exit
fi
echo "Processing SIMTEL request . . . . please wait a minute."
echo
echo "/PDGET MAIL $1:<$2>$3 ( UUENCODE" > $file
# mail our request, 'fastmail' from ELM product
fastmail -r $me -F $me -s Request $file $listserv
echo "getsimtel done"
echo
echo "SIMTEL request sent. Please wait a day or so for receipt."
rm $file
#--------- END --------------------------

That's for the North Dakota ListServer.  Here's the other one I
use.


#-------- BEGIN -----------------
# 'file' is location of a temporary file
file=/usr/tmp/simreq
# 'me' is my mail address
me=ames!pacbell!sactoh0!ijsys!ianj
# 'listserv' is address of list server
listserv=ames!vm.ecs.rpi.edu!listserv
# print help if they goofed
if (test "$#" -ne "3")
  then
    echo "USAGE: getsimtel <disk> <directory> <filename>"
    echo
    echo "EXAMPLE: getsimtel pd1 msdos.filedocs simibm.arc"
    exit
fi
echo "Processing SIMTEL request . . . . please wait a minute."
echo
echo "/PDGET MAIL $1:<$2>$3 ( UUENCODE" > $file
# mail our request, 'fastmail' from ELM product
fastmail -r $me -F $me -s Request $file $listserv
echo "getsimtel done"
echo
echo "SIMTEL request sent. Please wait a day or so for receipt."
rm $file
#--------- END --------------------------

OK, that ought to help.  As far as getting listings of files, you
might want to look at the fastmail line, and if you have one of
those helpfiles that Keith posted, that will show you syntax of the
/PDDIR command.  I'm trying to work on a shell script to do the job
for me, but I've got to learn a few more things about the Bourne
shell.

Enjoy!

--
Home:   Ian Justman   |UUCP:(1) My CP/M machine.       |"One of the few
6612 Whitsett Drive   |     (2) My host.               |die-hard CP/M
North Highlands, CA   |(1) !pacbell!sactoh0!ijsys!ianj |addicts left on this
[phone]   95660|(2) !pacbell!sactoh0!ianj       |planet"

------------------------------

Date: 12 Feb 90 13:55:57 GMT
From: ea.ecn.purdue.edu![e-mail]  (Jeffrey J Wieland)
Subject: Kaypro 4 ('84) Hardware
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Curt Sampson) writes:
>On my Kaypro 4 (1984 vintage) I have a long header (connecter) that is much
>like the floppy drive header (for a ribbon cable), but right above it.  Does
>anyone have any idea what this is for?  Thanks.
>                                        -CJS

It's for the SASI interface for the Kaypro 10's. The 10's used the same
motherboard.  There should be numerous empty spots on you motherboard
near the SASI connector -- those are for the logic to implement SASI.

It is possible to add these chips (soldering iron time) and then add
a hard drive, but you'll still need a Western Digital WD-1001-HDO or
WD-1001-005 controller to plug onto the SASI port.  Oh yeah, you'll
also need something called the "small circuit board", which plugs
between the SASI port and the WD board.  There is a company that
advertises in Micro-Cornucopia that sells kits to add the SASI port,
the small circuit board, and even the WD controller.  This would
probably cost in the neighborhood of $225.  I can't remember the
name of the company, but their the same people who sell the KayPlus
ROM and they also sell QP/M from MicroCode Consulting.

A cheaper way to add a hard drive would be to get one from Advanced
Engineering Concepts.  They even have a special version of the
Advent TurboROM that supports their disk controller (allows larger
drives and you can boot off the hard drive).
--
                Jeff Wieland
            [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: 12 Feb 90 16:32:42 GMT
From: crash![e-mail]  (Marc Wilson)
Subject: Kaypro 4 ('84) Hardware
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Curt Sampson) writes:
>On my Kaypro 4 (1984 vintage) I have a long header (connecter) that is much
>like the floppy drive header (for a ribbon cable), but right above it.  Does
>anyone have any idea what this is for?  Thanks.
>                                        -CJS

     It's the connector for the host adapter board.  This board is a simple
little gadget that has nothing more than an LS138 and a couple of resistors
on it, plus two connectors.  One goes to the motherboard connector, the
other goes to the W{_estern Digital HD controller.

     Before you get all excited, you must also have the 81-302 BIOS ROM in
you 4-84 before you can add the HD.  You also have to have the controller.

     The host adapter is available here in San Diego for $15 from a company
called ERAC.  You can find their address/phone # in Nuts and Volts.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marc Wilson
     ARPA: ...!crash![e-mail]
           ...!crash!pnet01!pro-sol![e-mail]
     UUCP: [ cbosgd | hp-sdd!hplabs | sdcsvax | nosc ]!crash!mwilson
     INET: [e-mail]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Mail-From: KPETERSEN created at 13-Feb-90 18:33:19
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Date: Tue, 13 Feb 90 18:33:19 MST
From: [e-mail]
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V90 #24
To: [e-mail]

INFO-CPM Digest             Tue, 13 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   24

Today's Topics:
                        binary/source postings
                     de-compression help (2 msgs)
                       Kaypro 4 ('84) Hardware
                      MOVCPM has copy protection
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1990  10:06 MST
From: Keith Petersen <[e-mail]>
Subject: binary/source postings
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Chad, please don't encourage people to post binaries or I'll have
to request that the Usenet<->Internet gateway be turned off for
comp.os.cpm<->Info-Cpm.

I am the Info-Cpm mailing list maintainer and I am the one who gets
all the complaints from Internet users when their disk qoutas are
exceeded or they have to pay extra fees for large files they don't
want to receive.  This does not work like Usenet where the news goes
into the spool directory and is not counted against anyone's quota.

What makes a "discussion group"?  The Usenet guidelines say any
newsgroup should be treated as a discussion group unless it has
"binaries" or "sources" as a part of its group name.  The same
guidelines state that it's a no-no to post binaries or sources to
groups other than those so designated.

We have a tremendous resource in the SIMTEL20 archives.  Rather than
trying to start a binary newsgroup, I hope you will try to find out
how to use the file server and help other non-Internet users to do the
same.

Keith
--
Keith Petersen
Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, & MISC archives [IP address 26.2.0.74]
Internet: [e-mail], [e-mail]  BITNET: w8sdz@NDSUVM1
Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 13 Feb 90 7:59:24 EST
From: "'Alex Bodnar Jr - [e-mail]'" <[e-mail]>
Subject: de-compression help
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Moellers) writes:
>I am writing a program to unpack .LBR archives on UNIX (perhaps pack later).
>I have the structure of the archive (which is fairly simple).
>
>What I am looking for is a description of the compression algorithms
>used when squeezing or crunching files (i.e. generating *.?Z? or *.?Q?)

>>Don't forget *.?Y? !  This is the LZH compression algorithm which was ported
>>to CP/M last September.  The file -SOURCE.NOT contained in the CRLZH11.LBR
>>library (the cruncher/uncruncher files) contains the sentence:
>>
>>     "Most of the 'interesting' stuff is in the LZH encoding and decoding
>>      algorithms, anyway, which are released in .REL (and .SLR) format
>>      ONLY at this time."
>>

i downloaded the CRLZH11.LBR again to make sure about the REL and to
my surprise .... i used nulu lu and ldir to check it and there are no
rel files inside this library just one *.RYL file. so how is one
supposed to  be able to uncompress ?????? Thank-You in advance......

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 13 Feb 1990  11:48 MST
From: Keith Petersen <[e-mail]>
Subject: de-compression help
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Alex Bodnar Jr <abodnar at APG-EMH5.APG.ARMY.MIL> writes:
> i downloaded the CRLZH11.LBR again to make sure about the REL and to
> my surprise .... i used nulu lu and ldir to check it and there are no
> rel files inside this library just one *.RYL file. so how is one
> supposed to  be able to uncompress ?????? Thank-You in advance......

The LBR has everything you need.

Directory for: CRLZH11.LBR
Name          Length
============  ========
-READ   .1ST       896
-SOURCE .NYT      2560
COMMON  .LYB     26496
CRLZH   .RYL      2816
CRLZH   .SYR      2304
CRLZH11 .CYM      5760
CRLZH11 .FOR       512
CRLZH11 .ZY0     10752
FILE    .LYT      1792
LZH-OVL .AYM      2816
LZHREL  .DYC      6144
NOTES11 .DYC      6144
PARSEFCB.REL       512
PARSEFCB.SYR       512
PATCH11 .DYC      4608
RELEASE .NYT      2688
UCRLZH11.COM      8448    <-- the executable, run this to uncompress others
UCRLZH11.ZY0     19200
UNCR1   .RYL       896
UNCR1   .SYR       768
UNLZH   .RYL      1920
UNLZH   .SYR      1664
USAGE11 .DYC      3456
USQREL  .RYL       512
USQREL  .SYR       512
============  ========
 total    25    114688

Keith
--
Keith Petersen
Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, & MISC archives [IP address 26.2.0.74]
Internet: [e-mail], [e-mail]  BITNET: w8sdz@NDSUVM1
Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz

------------------------------

Date: 13 Feb 90 17:47:52 GMT
From: crash![e-mail]  (Marc Wilson)
Subject: Kaypro 4 ('84) Hardware
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jeffrey J Wieland) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Curt Sampson) writes:
>>On my Kaypro 4 (1984 vintage) I have a long header (connecter) that is much
>>like the floppy drive header (for a ribbon cable), but right above it.  Does
>>anyone have any idea what this is for?  Thanks.
>>                                        -CJS
>
>It's for the SASI interface for the Kaypro 10's. The 10's used the same
>motherboard.  There should be numerous empty spots on you motherboard
>near the SASI connector -- those are for the logic to implement SASI.

     No, no, NO!  There has NEVER been a Kaypro that speaks SASI!  >
All that conector is is a parallel port ( no, it doesn't go through the
PIO ).  Actually, it's more or less just an extension of the Z80.

     Kaypro made two motherboards that support the hard drive interface.
These were the 81-180 board ( the Kaypro-10 board ), and the 81-185
board ( the 2/84-4/84-2X-Robie board ).  The 81-185 board has several
different part numbers, depending on which machin it was installed in,
whether or not it had the real-time clock installed, the modem installed,
etc.  The 81-185 board is also where the dreaded Universal ROM made it's
appearance.  Not to worry, the same board can also run the nornal 81-302
ROM.

     From part # 1484-F, Kaypro Technical Manual, September 1985:

Model Name    CP/M version    Mainboard    ROM revision

2/84        2.2g        81-294        81-292A
4/84        2.2g        81-184/85    81-292A
4/84+88        2.2g        81-184/85    81-292A
2X        2.2g        81-294        81-292A
        2.2h
4X        2.2g        81-297        81-326E
        2.2h
Robie        2.2g        81-296        81-478A
        2.2h
10        2.2g        81-180        81-302C
        2.2h
2X/modem/RTC    2.2u1        81-580        81-478A
10/modem/RTC    2.2u1        81-582        81-478A
New 2        2.2u1        81-294        81-478A
1        2.2u1        81-294        81-478A

     The table is actually somewhat inaccurate.  The K10 will run ANY
version of Kaypro CP/M ( except for u1 ), as long as you MOVCPM a 60k
system.

     The 81-478A ROM is the dreaded Universal ROM.

     The 81-184/185/294/295/296/580/582 motherboards are all the SAME
motherboard, and they all support the HD.  The best of these to have is
the 81-184/185, because it also includes the RTC and the modem.  This
motherboard is also known as the Universal Motherboard.

     This is the board that is/was in my K4/84, which is now a K10/84.
No soldering required.  Just cables.  You also need the 81-302 ROM,
and the host board, and a WD1002-HD0 ( NOT the 1001 ).  If you do have
a WD1001, you have to re-assemble the ROM.

     Any more questions?  With Kaypro just up the coast from me, it's
easy to get SOME questions answered.  Unfortunately, they have NO ONE
from the old days left ( that we could find ).
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marc Wilson
     ARPA: ...!crash![e-mail]
           ...!crash!pnet01!pro-sol![e-mail]
     UUCP: [ cbosgd | hp-sdd!hplabs | sdcsvax | nosc ]!crash!mwilson
     INET: [e-mail]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

------------------------------

Date: 12 Feb 90 23:59:59 GMT
From: pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!sugar!splut![e-mail]  (Jay "you ignorant splut!" Maynard)
Subject: MOVCPM has copy protection
Message-ID: <X85:[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Anthony Rich) writes:
>According to the book "Inside CP/M" by David E. Cortesi, MOVCPM has a kind
>of copy protection built into it.  When it starts up, it does some
>checking to see whether the copy of CP/M you're trying to generate with
>MOVCPM matches the copy of CP/M you're currently running.  If not, it
>displays the message "Synchronization error" and quits.  (I'm not sure
>what it actually tries to match.  I think it does some kind of checksum.)

>As a result, you can't run MOVCPM to generate a new copy of your CP/M
>while running someone else's copy of CP/M.

This is not intended as copy protection; it's intended to prevent MOVCPM
from building a garbage CP/M image.

MOVCPM uses a bitmap to determine which bytes to relocate when moving
the CP/M image. This includes the BIOS area as well as the BDOS and CCP.
The original intent was that you'd MOVCPM 54 (or whatever...it's been a
looo-o-o---oong time :-), then SYSGEN the resulting image, and then
boot. Each licensed CP/M distributor had utilities that built the MOVCPM
program from his customized image. For those of us who had to install
our own BIOSes, you had to MOVCPM, then load the BIOS on top of that,
then SYSGEN and boot.

The "Synchronization error" message is produced when the resulting
image, because of a difference between the systems, would have the wrong
bytes relocated, and therefore would be garbaged.

Nobody had even *thought* of copy protection when MOVCPM was
developed...

--
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL   | Never ascribe to malice that which can
[e-mail]       (eieio)| adequately be explained by stupidity.
{attctc,bellcore}!texbell!splut!jay +----------------------------------------
                             Free the DC-10!

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Mail-From: KPETERSEN created at 14-Feb-90 01:01:53
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Date: Wed, 14 Feb 90 01:01:52 MST
From: [e-mail]
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V90 #25
To: [e-mail]

INFO-CPM Digest             Wed, 14 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   25

Today's Topics:
                     Accessing NDSUVM1 from UUCP
                        binary/source postings
                 Kaypro DSDD 5.25" floppy parameters
                      MOVCPM's "copy protection"
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Wed, 14 Feb 1990  00:58 MST
From: Keith Petersen <[e-mail]>
Subject: Accessing NDSUVM1 from UUCP
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

This is in response to David Goodenough's complaint that the SIMTEL20
archives are not accessable from UUCP sites.

David, the problem is that you are using the WRONG address for the
server.  If you are not on BITNET do NOT use the NDSUVM1 address.

[e-mail] is the correct address for uucp, CSNet, and
Internet users who cannot FTP.  It's reachable from ANY uucp site that
is also on the Internet.

Examples:  xait!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv
          uunet!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv
           ames!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv
         ucbvax!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv
        rutgers!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv
        harvard!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv
         gatech!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv
            att!vm1.nodak.edu!listserv

If you are not sure of the correct path to use, send email to me and
I'll tell you what your best path is.

If no one tells us there is a problem how are we supposed to know?
In this case, you had the wrong information.

--Keith

------------------------------

Date: 14 Feb 90 01:22:12 GMT
From: attctc!usource![e-mail]  (Dave Goodman)
Subject: binary/source postings
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I am posting the following for David Goodenough <[e-mail]>, who is
temporarily unable to post to this group.  Replies to him, please.

--- cut here --- cut here --- cut here --- cut here --- cut here ---

Subject: binary/source postings
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm

anasaz!chad (Chad Larson) says:
> A couple of years ago, I posted to this group the source to a utility
> I wrote.  I was beaten up rather roughly for having done so.  My
> recollection is that this group was gatewayed onto the Internet
> somehow and that someone there had a restriction on source and/or
> binaries floating by.  They threatened (or were required, I forget) to
> break the gateway rather than allow programs to transit their systems.
>
> Is this still so?  Are binaries or source postings discouraged (or
> worse, punished)?  Is this group constrained to be discussions of old
> systems and mutual help in supporting them?

This is somewhat the case. Although my true identity is [e-mail],
I get this via the Internet mailing list INFO-CPM. Even though I would
love to see binaries and source posted here, I have to agree with the
Internet people that limits need to be placed: lakart.UUCP is now a CP/M
machine, and I don't have infinite space on my spool drive (D:) which
is where my mail hangs out.

On the other side of the coin, I would agree that a mechanism for posting
source and binaries would be useful (I'd kill for the opportunity to post
QTERM V4.2g - it's now available.....), but I'd suggest that a (possibly
moderated) newsgroup comp.os.cpm.programs would be needed. I purposely
didn't say comp.os.cpm.sources or comp.os.cpm.binaries, since I believe
that the most benefit would come from a newsgroup devoted to both. Your
mission (should you chose to accept it) is to run the discussion, and the
vote, and see if comp.os.cpm.programs can get created.

I would, however, add the following: Keith Petersen (in a reply to the above
posting by Chad Larson) says:

> There is an excellent public domain archive at SIMTEL20 which is
> accessable by all readers of this newsgroup.  The problem is that for
> the past two years there has only been ONE reader who has sent a
> program contribution to the archives.  I can't do it all myself.

WRONG!!!!! - it is only by a miracle of UUCP <--> Internet and
Internet <--> Bitnet gatewaying that I can get stuff from SIMTEL20.
Keith, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remember that many .UUCP sites _CAN'T_ FTP,
and thus are cut off from SIMTEL20. I'm able to access the BITNET
server at NDSUVM1, but even that's flakey at best: about 20 to 30% of
requests I send wind up in the bit bucket somewhere.

The day I'm able to hook lakart.UUCP (as it is now - pallio.UUCP
originally) to the Intenet, and issue a FTP request will probably go
down in history along with the day Eniac was first powered up: there
is only so much a 4MHz Z80A can do :-)

--
    [e-mail] - David Goodenough        +---+
                        IHS    | +-+-+
    ..... !harvard!xait!lakart!dg            +-+-+ |
AKA:    [e-mail]              +---+

------------------------------

Date: 13 Feb 90 17:15:12 GMT
From: [e-mail]  (Roger Hanscom)
Subject: Kaypro DSDD 5.25" floppy parameters
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anybody have the vital statistics on Kaypro 5.25" DSDD
floppies??  Things like sectors/trk, BSH, etc.  I believe they
should be about 390K with 10, 512b sectors/track.  I'm trying
to write a BIOS that will use the Kaypro format.  What is the
interleave for this format??

            roger              [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: 14 Feb 90 06:03:39 GMT
From: titanic.cs.wisc.edu![e-mail]  (Anthony Rich)
Subject: MOVCPM's "copy protection"
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Good news/Bad news:

Thank you to David Goodenough for showing me how to work around the
"synchronization error" message.  The good news is that his tip allowed
me to run MOVCPM; the bad news is that it didn't do any good, since
the resulting CP/M image hangs.  A previous posting to this newsgroup said
that the serial-number comparison isn't really copy protection, it's
to make sure you get a valid resulting image.  Apparently that's correct.

The upshot is that I have to have my copy of MICAH CP/M running in order
to reconfigure it so I can get it running.  (That's a tough one!)

FYI, I WAS using a program called DEBUG...it's Cromemco's version of DDT.
(Since I didn't have a reliable CP/M to boot with, I had to boot with
Cromemco CDOS to do my fiddling with my CP/M boot disk, see.  CDOS isn't
completely CP/M compatible; it can read CP/M 8" disks, but lots of CP/M
programs crash under CDOS, which is why I bought MICAH CP/M in the first
place.)

If anyone still cares, here's the workaround that David sent me:

> There are two copies of the serial # in the BDOS/CCP image: mine were at
> 1200H and (about) 0D20H in the MOVCPM.COM program (when loaded). Here's
> how to find them:
>
> The CCP copy comes right after the command table, so hunt for the
> 'DIR ERA USER' strings, they're all glued together, part way up the
> CCP, and the serial # comes right after them (the next 6 bytes).
>
> The BDOS copy is just at the start of BDOS, so look for the '$$$     SUB'
> fcb towards the top - it's followed by a bunch of zeroes and then on the
> next page boundary, you'll find the serial # again.
>
> At about 02CBH in the MOVCPM.COM program is the code that tests it: I found
>
>     LD    HL,(????)
>     LD    DE,1200        ; address of the BDOS serial # in the core image
>     ...
>     LD    C,6
>
> then some ld, cp etc. stuff, and a
>
>     JP    NZ,SOMEWHERE
>
> If you nuke the JP NZ, it ought to work.   [It does.  -T.R.]
>
> [e-mail] - David Goodenough
--
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Disclaimer:  The opinions above are mine.  Others may agree or disagree.
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INFO-CPM Digest             Thu, 15 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   26

Today's Topics:
                        binary/source postings
                      CP/M Mailing List/Internet
             Kaypro DSDD 5.25" floppy parameters (2 msgs)
                          Minas Tirith RCP/M
                      MOVCPM has copy protection
                               SIMTEL20
       VT180 "Robin" help needed on hard disk possibilities...
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 14 Feb 90 20:16:51 GMT
From: m2c!wpi![e-mail]  (Gary P Gray)
Subject: binary/source postings
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Chad R. Larson) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Keith Petersen) writes:
>  [Argument about posting binaries and sources here deleted]

What about comp.sources.misc?  I don't think that CPM will be able to really
support a .binaries or .sources group (unless I an very mistaken) from
the traffic I have seen on this group.  the comp.*.misc groups might be
able to handle the occasional post for CPM, and it will be easier all around.
Someone might want to mail to the moderator (if there is one) of
comp.sources.misc and see if CPM falls under his bailiwick.
--
-- WARNING!!! The above opinions may be HAZARDOUS or FATAL if swallowed!!! --
                 "No Gnus is good news" | "To life... immoral!"

           "Ode to tuna!" _Carmina Burana_ by Orff, as mis-heard by me

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Date: 14 Feb 90 21:34:19 GMT
From: sumax!polari!rwing![e-mail]  (Jeffery Foy)
Subject: CP/M Mailing List/Internet
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Can someone tell me how to contact the Info-CPM area of
Internet?

 Jeffery

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Date: 15 Feb 90 03:26:03 GMT
From: xanth![e-mail]  (Robert L. Bailey)
Subject: Kaypro DSDD 5.25" floppy parameters
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Roger Hanscom) writes:
>
>Does anybody have the vital statistics on Kaypro 5.25" DSDD
>floppies??  Things like sectors/trk, BSH, etc.  I believe they
>should be about 390K with 10, 512b sectors/track.  I'm trying
>to write a BIOS that will use the Kaypro format.  What is the
>interleave for this format??
>
Yes, the Kaypro DSDD format is as you described.  I'm not absolutely sure
about the interleave, but, here is some other info that you will need
to create the disk parameter block & header:

    PARAMETER        Hex    Decimal
    Sectors/trk        28    40
    Blk shift factor    04     4
    Alloc Block Mask    0F    15
    Extent Mask        01     1
    Disk Size Max          00C2     194
    Dir Max -1          007F     127
    Alloc Mask 0        C0     192
    Alloc Mask 1        00     0
    Dir Check size          0020      32
    Sys Trks Offset          0002     2

Hope this helps.

Bob Bailey

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Date: 15 Feb 90 17:07:07 GMT
From: orc!mipos3!cadev5![e-mail]  (Doug Braun ~)
Subject: Kaypro DSDD 5.25" floppy parameters
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Roger Hanscom) writes:
>
>Does anybody have the vital statistics on Kaypro 5.25" DSDD
>floppies??  Things like sectors/trk, BSH, etc.  I believe they
>should be about 390K with 10, 512b sectors/track.  I'm trying
>to write a BIOS that will use the Kaypro format.  What is the
>interleave for this format??
>

How is it that this format has 10 sectors per track, while IBM PCs
have only 9 (and the old ones could only get 8 in)?

I recently got a 5.25" floppy controller for my CP/M computer
(which normally uses 8" SSSD), but it can only read 8 and 9 sectors per
track.  Does anyone know a resonably popular CP/M format that I could adopt,
and thus interchange my 5" disks with somebody?

I remain, etc.,


Doug Braun                Intel Corp CAD
                    408 765-4279

 / decwrl \
 | hplabs |
-| oliveb |- !intelca!mipos3!cadev4!dbraun
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 or:

 [e-mail]

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Date: 15 Feb 90 01:00:38 GMT
From: portal!portal!cup.portal.com![e-mail]  (William Thomas Daugustine)
Subject: Minas Tirith RCP/M
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Ive been running an RCP/M for a few months now, and would like to get
some more activity that its had, lately. Its listed in the RCPM0290.LST,
but being such a long list, its hard to spot!

Anyways, the name is Minas Tirith, at [phone]. 1200 and 2400 baud,
24hours a day, MNP-5 supported (if you have it).

running on a Xerox 820-II, with 32megs of online storage. NZ-COM, Z80DOS24
and QBBS (Ill soon be changing to DRBS, as a test beta site)

Interests are: Xerox and Kaypro, ZCPR3x- (NZCOM), Z80DOS, CP/M, and
just about anything thats of technical interest.

Try it out! See if you like it!

Thanx! (excuse my cross-posting to comp.os.cpm, but what better place
to advertise a bbs?)
.
+------------------------------------------+---------------------+
| Billy D'Augustine          [phone] | The author is not   |
| [e-mail]                | responsable for     |
| sun!portal!cup.portal.com!Azog-Thoth     | typgraphic errors!  |
+------------------------------------------+---------------------+

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Date: 13 Feb 90 02:15:45 GMT
From: mailrus!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu![e-mail]  (Roger Ivie)
Subject: MOVCPM has copy protection
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Anthony Rich) writes:
> In article <[e-mail]> svh@shell () writes:
>
>>I have recently gotten together an 820-I with 8" drives, and would like to
>>do some stuff that would require me to MOVCPM down a couple'o K. The
>>problem is, that the version I have will generate "Synchronization error"
>>every time.
>
> According to the book "Inside CP/M" by David E. Cortesi, MOVCPM has a kind
> of copy protection built into it.  When it starts up, it does some
> checking to see whether the copy of CP/M you're trying to generate with
> MOVCPM matches the copy of CP/M you're currently running.  If not, it
> displays the message "Synchronization error" and quits.  (I'm not sure
> what it actually tries to match.  I think it does some kind of checksum.)

Rumor has it that MOVCPM compares the serial number of the CP/M that
you're trying to move with the serial number of the CP/M that you're
running.

The serial number is stored in two places in CP/M: the first is just
before the BDOS, and the other is near the command line buffer in the
CCP. I'm not certain which one MOVCPM is checking. You should be able
to zap the serial number in MOVCPM's image using DDT, although I've
not tried it.

===============================================================================
Roger Ivie

35 S 300 W
Logan, Ut.  84321
[phone]
===============================================================================

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Date: 15 Feb 90 02:55:37 GMT
From: pebbles.Ucdavis.EDU![e-mail]  (Bryan Stansell)
Subject: SIMTEL20
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hi all,

   I've just started reading comp.os.cpm and I saw that SIMTEL20 was a source
of binaries/sources.  I was hoping someone could give me the exact address of
the place so I can ftp from it ( if that's possible ).  If not, could someone
explain how to make contact in ANY way?

   As a side note, I have a good old Commodore 128 ( which has a cp/m mode ),
and I was wondering if anyone knew if this stuff would run on it.  It's got a
Z80 processor (only 2Mhz) running Version 3.x.  I doubt many others have this
setup, but I thought it couldn't hurt to ask.  :-)

                                        Thanks in advance,

                                        Bryan.

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Date: 13 Feb 90 02:12:51 GMT
From: wuarchive!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu![e-mail]  (Roger Ivie)
Subject: VT180 "Robin" help needed on hard disk possibilities...
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Brainwave Surfer) writes:
> Dear Netlanders...
>   I've been trying to figure out how to jam a hard disk onto my VT180 "Robin".
> Have anyone out "there" any idea how to do that?  Even a 5 meg drive would
> be very nice!

Try talking to Emerald Microware [ [phone] ]. They make a hard disk
adapter that fits under the Z80; you lift your Z80 out, plug it into this
board, and then plug the board where your Z80 goes. It talks to a Western
Digital 1002-05, which they also sell (WD doesn't even admit this thing
ever existed anymore; it seems that if it doesn't plug into a PC they're
not interested). They sell software to drive the thing.

They advertise in Micro Cornucopia if you want to look up an ad.

===============================================================================
Roger Ivie

35 S 300 W
Logan, Ut.  84321
[phone]
===============================================================================

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Date: Fri, 16 Feb 90 22:15:09 MST
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V90 #27
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INFO-CPM Digest             Fri, 16 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   27

Today's Topics:
                    Ampro Little Board w/Hard Disk
                        binary/source postings
                       DECmate II with CPM card
                            Eco-C stdio.h
                       Kaypro 4 ('84) Hardware
                 Kaypro DSDD 5.25" floppy parameters
               Kaypro SSDD and DSDD parameters (2 msgs)
                      Sanyo MBC-1000 info needed
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 16 Feb 90 20:53:30 GMT
From: pacbell!sactoh0![e-mail]  (Ian R. Justman)
Subject: Ampro Little Board w/Hard Disk
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I just got an Ampro Little Board Tuesday from a friend for $50.
This is just the board and software because I have the necessary
hardware, like a floppy disk and a power supply.  The FD and PS I
got in the form of a 68000 box that someone just gave to me.  Now
the real quetion; With that 68k box, not only did I get a FD and a
power supply, I also got a 10 megabyte MiniScribe hard disk with a
Western Digital WD1002-SHD host adapter.  Is there a way to hook
this bugger up easily with my Ampro, and is software to drive it
hard to come by?

Thanks in advance.
--
Home:   Ian Justman   |UUCP:(1) My CP/M machine.       |"One of the few
6612 Whitsett Drive   |     (2) My host.               |die-hard CP/M
North Highlands, CA   |(1) !pacbell!sactoh0!ijsys!ianj |addicts left on this
[phone]   95660|(2) !pacbell!sactoh0!ianj       |planet"

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Date: 16 Feb 90 18:32:15 GMT
From: ubc-cs!alberta!atha![e-mail]  (Richard Loken)
Subject: binary/source postings
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

From article <[e-mail]>, by [e-mail] (Keith Petersen):
> Chad, binary/source postings are inappropriate for any discussion
> group, but especially for those gatewayed to mailing lists on the
> Internet side.

I don't see why.  So howcome??

> There is an excellent public domain archive at SIMTEL20 which is
> accessable by all readers of this newsgroup.  The problem is that for
> the past two years there has only been ONE reader who has sent a
> program contribution to the archives.  I can't do it all myself.

I on the usenet side am pleasantly accustomed to picking up my source right
here without calling on servers.  Any attempts to talk to Simtel20 have failed
miserably, if Simtel20 can be accessed by those of use without Internet or
Bitnet access please explain how in V-E-R-Y simple language.  The obscure
referemces to a gateway ([e-mail]) with equally obscure instructions
to write help in the subject lines don't really help much.  Hey, I live in
a place where black bears are often seen it town and timber wolves are
accessable within 40 km - we are cutoff from the leading edge.

Meanwhile how about comp.source.misc or alt.source or we could start mailing
floppies to each other - I don't mind that either.  As for binaries, I am
an old Unix v6 man, I like source.  This organizatioan will not accept
a binaries newgroup anyway.  Do you suppose that CP/M is current enough to
be noticed by the virus development community?  :)

     *********        73
    **********        Richard Loken VE6BSV
   .      ****
  ..      ****        Athabasca University
 ....     ****        Athabasca, Alberta Canada
..........****        [e-mail]    {alberta|decwrl}!atha!tech

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Date: 16 Feb 90 18:46:31 GMT
From: genrad![e-mail]  ( Ruben D. Fagundo )
Subject: DECmate II with CPM card
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have a DECmate II with a CPM card that I would like to either sell
or do something useful with.  If anyone out there has any useful software
or has a good application for this machine, drop me an email.  If you
are interested in buying it, make me an offer.  I know that the keyboard alone
is worth about $100.  No reasonable offer refused.

Ruben

------------------------------

Date: 15 Feb 90 18:32:38 GMT
From: fluke![e-mail]  (Doug Klopfenstein)
Subject: Eco-C stdio.h
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I had just decided to brush up on my "C", so I took my of Master Disk of
Ecosoft C from the shelf (where it had been sitting for the last five years)
and tried to load the files onto my CP/M computer. Everything was fine until
it got to the stdio.h file.  At that point, the disk says "BDOS error on
C...".  Looks like I can retrieve all the files from the disk except
stdio.h.

So, does anyone out there have a copy of Eco-C stdio.h that they would be
willing to mail me?  The version number of the Eco-C compiler is 3.10.

Thanks for your help.

Doug Klopfenstein                 uw-beaver!fluke!doctor
John Fluke Mfg.                     allegra!fluke!doctor
Everett, WA                                      [e-mail]
[phone] > work
[phone]> home

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Date: 17 Feb 90 03:19:09 GMT
From: snorkelwacker!usc!eve.usc.edu![e-mail]  (Mitch Mlinar)
Subject: Kaypro 4 ('84) Hardware
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]# [e-mail] (Jeffrey J Wieland) writes:
#between the SASI port and the WD board.  There is a company that
#advertises in Micro-Cornucopia that sells kits to add the SASI port,
#the small circuit board, and even the WD controller.  This would
#probably cost in the neighborhood of $225.  I can't remember the
#name of the company, but their the same people who sell the KayPlus
#ROM and they also sell QP/M from MicroCode Consulting.
#
Emerald Microware [phone]?
#
#A cheaper way to add a hard drive would be to get one from Advanced
#Engineering Concepts.  They even have a special version of the
#Advent TurboROM that supports their disk controller (allows larger
#drives and you can boot off the hard drive).
#--
KayPLUS ROM actually supports slightly more hard disk space than
TurboROM; both support two drives up to the limit of the WD100x
card which is about 64M (each drive).

------------------------------

Date: 17 Feb 90 03:26:59 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!eve.usc.edu![e-mail]  (Mitch Mlinar)
Subject: Kaypro DSDD 5.25" floppy parameters
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Doug Braun ~) writes:
>
>How is it that this format has 10 sectors per track, while IBM PCs
>have only 9 (and the old ones could only get 8 in)?
>

This is possible since a track on disk has lots of stuff around it for
synchronization, etc.  The actual number of bytes per track is fixed and
dependent upon the method and disk size (FM/MFM, SD/DD).

Kaypro "shortchanged" the synchronization header and intermediate headers so
that an extra sector could be squeezed into it.  Nine is possible even
using the manufacturers recommended track format;  IBM used eight originally
because it simplified the BIOS logical to physical sector xlation.

------------------------------

Date: 15 Feb 90 20:49:09 GMT
From: crash![e-mail]  (Marc Wilson)
Subject: Kaypro SSDD and DSDD parameters
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Here are the parameter files for the Kaypro:

KAYPROSS.DSK:

NAME    = Kaypro II (SS DD) - untested
SPT    = 40
BSH    = 3
BLM    = 7
EXM    = 0
DSM    = 194
DRM    = 63
AL0    = 240
AL1    = 0
CKS    = 16
OFF    = 1
SKEW    = 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
DENSITY    = DOUBLE
SIDES    = 1
SECTORM    = SAME
TRACKM    = DOWN
ALLOC    = 1K
SECSIZE    = 512

And the parameters for the DS disks...

KAYPRODS.DSK:

NAME    = Kaypro IV (DS DD) - untested
SPT    = 40
BSH    = 4
BLM    = 15
EXM    = 1
DSM    = 196
DRM    = 63
AL0    = 192
AL1    = 0
CKS    = 16
OFF    = 1
SKEW    = 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
DENSITY    = DOUBLE
SIDES    = 2
SECTORM    = CONTINUOUS
TRACKM    = DOWN
ALLOC    = 2K
SECSIZE    = 512

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marc Wilson
     ARPA: ...!crash![e-mail]
           ...!crash!pnet01!pro-sol![e-mail]
     UUCP: [ cbosgd | hp-sdd!hplabs | sdcsvax | nosc ]!crash!mwilson
     INET: [e-mail]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Date: 17 Feb 90 03:22:38 GMT
From: usc!eve.usc.edu![e-mail]  (Mitch Mlinar)
Subject: Kaypro SSDD and DSDD parameters
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Marc Wilson) writes:
#Here are the parameter files for the Kaypro:
#
#KAYPROSS.DSK:
#
#SKEW    = 0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10
#DENSITY    = DOUBLE

This is actually only part of the story.

There are two types of skew: hardware and software.

Only single-density disks (with a couple stupid exceptions) ever used a
software skew.  Kaypro, Xerox, and the like use hardware skew for double
density.

What Mark is pointing it is that the software does not see any skew since the
disk has been formatted with the skew on it (saves xlation time and memory).

------------------------------

Date: Fri, 16 Feb 90 10:28:50 PST
From: Bridger Mitchell <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sanyo MBC-1000 info needed
Message-ID: <9002161829.AA03712@newton>

A correspondent, Mark Levea, has acquired a used Sanyo MBC-1000, sans
disks and documentation.  Can someone provide pointers to hardware and
BIOS code for him?  The board includes Hitachi HD64505SP2 and
HD68B45SP and NEC D780C chips.

------------------------------

Date: Fri Feb 16 21:06:17 1990
From: seaeast![e-mail] (Jeffrey Foy)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Subject: CP/M-86
To: nwnexus!uunet!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!info-cpm
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 90 21:06:16 EST
From: Jeffrey Foy <jeff@seaeast>
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.2 PL8]


I have a  NEC APC 8086-based machine. It runs CP/M-86 but, alas, I
can find little that is CP/M-86 related. Is this a dead OS? Should
I use the NEC's version of MsDos 2.11? Comments and replies would
be most welcome.

Jeff - uunet!rutgers!seaeast!jeff


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Date: Sat, 17 Feb 90 17:02:07 MST
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V90 #28
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INFO-CPM Digest             Sat, 17 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   28

Today's Topics:
          CP/M files uploaded to SIMTEL20, 1/1/89 to 2/17/90
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Sat, 17 Feb 1990  17:00 MST
From: Keith Petersen <[e-mail]>
Subject: CP/M files uploaded to SIMTEL20, 1/1/89 to 2/17/90
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

The following CP/M files were uploaded to SIMTEL20 during the period
of January 1, 1989 through February 17, 1990.

NOTE: Type B is Binary; Type A is ASCII

Directory PD2:<CPM.APPLE>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
CARDZ180.INF  A    3401  890124  New Apple CP/M card w/64180
MXH-CZ11.LBR  B   12032  890816  MEX overlay for CardZ180
PCPIFST6.ARK  B    5250  890628  Speed-Up info for the Applicard

Directory PD2:<CPM.ARC-LBR>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
ADS2.LBR      B   11392  890228  Change date/time stamps in ARKs
ARK11.ARK     B   13953  900216  Version 1.1 file ARKiver
DELBR12.ARK   B   13184  891210  Extracts files from LBRs
LDIRB15.LBR   B   24448  891212  Display LBR directory, recognizes CRLZH
LH-CPM11.LBR  B   23552  890503  Uncompression utility for LHARC file
LT29.LBR      B   56192  891212  File type/extract/decompress, also does LZH

Directory PD2:<CPM.ASMUTL>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
ZSM23.LBR     B   99328  891005  Z80 macro assembler, linker, patcher

Directory PD2:<CPM.AZTEC-C>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
AZPIPE11.ARK  B    6912  891122  Pipes for Aztec C

Directory PD2:<CPM.BBS>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
QRUN410.LBR   B   66560  891102  Main runtime module for QBBS

Directory PD2:<CPM.BBSLISTS>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
JCPM1289.LBR  B   33792  890106  List monitors RCP/M activity
RCPM0290.BZF  B   10240  900203  Brief Remote CP/M BBS list for Feb. 1990
RCPM0290.LZT  B   35840  900203  Remote CP/M BBS list for Feb. 1990

Directory PD2:<CPM.BDOS>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
NOVADOSI.LBR  B   94080  890106  Replacement for CP/M BDOS
Z80D24SR.LBR  B   80384  890505  Source files for Z80DOS
Z80DOVL.LBR   B   40960  890505  Program overlays to support Z80DOS

Directory PD2:<CPM.C128>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
VDE-C128.ARK  B   91903  890204  VDE266 for the Commodore C=128

Directory PD2:<CPM.CALCULATOR>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
HP11.LBR      B   22912  890813  HP-like calculator

Directory PD2:<CPM.CBIOS>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
ACIBS1K.ARK   B   33356  891107  CBIOS for ALSPA, many bugs fixed

Directory PD2:<CPM.CPM86>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
CCPR8612.LBR  B   32640  890916  Better CCP for CP/M-86
FMACS86.ARK   B  171468  890503  FreEMACS text editor for CP/M-86, w/ASM source

Directory PD2:<CPM.DATABASE>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
CPMTAX.ARK    B  116018  890118  1988 tax preparation 1040/1040A
DB110.LBR     B   55040  890228  Modula- Database -- new version

Directory PD2:<CPM.DBASEII>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
DATAFLOW.LBR  B  144512  890615  dBASEII ledger/stock/order/invoice
DBDECODE.LBR  B    8704  890813  Decrypts compiled dBASE II CMD files

Directory PD2:<CPM.DIRUTL>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
MOVE22.LBR    B   16768  891210  Moves files between user areas
SD137.LBR     B   95616  890228  Super Directory, does LBRs, ARKs
UNERA33.LBR   B   15232  890228  Unerase accidentally erased files

Directory PD2:<CPM.DSKUTL>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
PCSWP05.LBR   B   27776  890228  Sweep through IBM-PC disks
SPEDUP12.LBR  B   26496  890106  Reduce wear and tear on disk drives
SPEEDUP.LBR   B    7552  890417  A Disk DIR Cache for ANY system

Directory PD2:<CPM.FILCPY>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
PPIP18.LBR    B   74112  890813  File copy program replaces PIP

Directory PD2:<CPM.FILEDOCS>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
AAAREAD.ME    A    3390  900216  Information on files in this dir.
ACCOUNTS.INF  A    1112  900216  Govt. & contractors can get SIMTEL20 account
ROYALOAK.DZR  B   25088  891019  RCP/M Royal Oak directories
ROYALOAK.SUP  A    1404  891004  How you can support RCP/M Royal Oak
SIMCPM.ARK    B  162808  900217  SIMTEL20 CP/M files listing with descriptions
SIMCPM.IDX    A  354872  900217  SIMTEL20 CP/M files listing with descriptions
SIMCVT.C      A    3159  900122  Unix C program to print SIMTEL20's SIMCPM.IDX
SIMCVT.EXC    A    3465  900131  VM/VMS REXX program to print SIMCPM.IDX
SIMCVT.FOR    A    2391  891218  VAX/VMS FORTRAN program to print SIMCPM.IDX
SIMCVT.SPS    A    1811  890806  VAX/VMS SPS program to print SIMCPM.IDX
SIMCVT2.BAS   A    1460  890315  Basic program to print SIMTEL20's SIMCPM.IDX
SIMDISP.AWK   A     948  900114  AWK script displays SIMCPM.IDX in outline form
SIMDISP.DOC   A     292  900114  How to use SIMDISP.AWK
SIMDISP.PL    A    2128  900114  Perl script to print SIMTEL20's SIMCPM.IDX
USERID.DOC    A    2199  891212  Doc for USERID.FRM account application
USERID.FRM    A    3026  900206  Application form for SIMTEL20 account

Directory PD2:<CPM.FILUTL>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
GF10.LBR      B    7680  890228  Generalized file filter utility
PWD20.LBR     B   42496  890106  Provides Password security to files

Directory PD2:<CPM.GENDOC>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
CPMSRC-J.LZT  B   23680  900210  Updated list of CP/M Software Source
MAGICPR3.IZF  B   18944  890106  Information about Magic Print
PCFILE80.IZF  B    1408  890106  Info for support of PC-File 80

Directory PD2:<CPM.IMP>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
I2GS-1.AZM    B    8064  890429  IMP for Apple //gs w/Softcard
I2GS-2.AZM    B    6784  890429  IMP for Apple //gs w/Applicard

Directory PD2:<CPM.KAYPRO>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
NORING.LBR    B   10496  890228  Set Kaypro internal mdm answer mode

Directory PD2:<CPM.KERMIT>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
CP409SRC.ARK  B  395948  890725  Kermit-80 ver. 4.09 ASM source code
PCPRINT.C     A    5322  890504  Print Unix host text files on PC (req. Kermit)
PCPRINT.NR    A    3068  890504  Unix man page for PCPRINT.C

Directory PD2:<CPM.LIST>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
ML1-1.LBR     B   42112  890106  Label Generation program
RAP.LBR       B   25344  890106  Directs printer output to disk file
SIDEWYS4.LBR  B   17664  890228  Print sideways on printer
TECHFONT.LBR  B    6400  891130  Greek & Technical font for Bradford

Directory PD2:<CPM.MEX>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
MEX2Z12.LBR   B   13184  890228  Shell to Z-System from MEX
MXO-HP1.AZM   B    6144  890504  MEX overlay - HP-125 Series 100
MXO-VT11.AZM  B    7040  890228  MEX Overlay -- DEC Micro VT180

Directory PD2:<CPM.MISC>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
PLM80.ARK     B  150790  890518  Source code for PL/M-80 compiler
ROGUE17.LBR   B   32384  890228  Onscreen dungeon exploration game

Directory PD2:<CPM.MODEM>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
INTFRNC.DZC   B    4224  890325  Article on modem interfacing problem
MDMHNTS.DZC   B    7424  890325  Setting up a new modem

Directory PD2:<CPM.PBBS>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
PBBS-45.LBR   B  227328  890427  PBBS v4.5 Bulletin Board System
PBBS45FX.LBR  B   22528  890610  Fixes for PBBS version 4.5 BBS
PBBSUP45.LBR  B   93184  890427  PBBS 4.5 support files
PREG451.LBR   B   36224  890813  User registration utility for PBBS
PSTAT453.LBR  B   28416  890813  Examine settings of PBBS
PUSER45.LBR   B   40192  890813  PBBS utility for user base

Directory PD2:<CPM.QTERM>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
QT6-SB18.ZZ0  B    4864  890424  Qterm overlay for the SB-180
QTERM42G.LBR  B   45568  900210  Terminal prog. X/Ymodem Kermit VT100
QTO-HP1C.AZM  B    4992  890504  QTERM overlay for HP150
QTO-XER2.ZZ0  B    5504  890504  QTERM overlay for Xerox 820-II
QTO-ZB10.AZM  B    4096  890417  Telcon Zorba overlay for QTERM
QTP-XER2.AZM  B    5504  890418  Xerox820-II & 16/8 overlay for QTERM
QTPATCH.LBR   B   77312  891005  QTERM patch sources

Directory PD2:<CPM.SQUSQ>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
COMPRESS.ARK  B   36864  890314  12-bit LZW 'compress' for CP/M
CRLZH11.LBR   B  115584  891212  CRUNCH utilities, uses LZH code
FCRLZH11.LBR  B   58112  891212  LZH encoding for 8080/8085 users
FREEZE.LBR    B   24704  890610  standard of LZHUF technique for CPM
TLZH11.LBR    B   60032  891212  Type utility for LZH files

Directory PD2:<CPM.STARTER-KIT>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
CPM.DIRLST    A    2083  891028  Quick refence list to SIMTEL20 CP/M dirs
DELBR12.C     A    7270  891124  Extracts files from LBRs, C source
DELBR12.COM   B   12416  891124  Extracts files from LBRs
DELBR12.HEX   A   30227  891210  Extracts files from LBRs
SIMTEL20.INF  A   14279  900112  Complete overview of the SIMTEL20 archives

Directory PD2:<CPM.SYSUTL>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
COP11.LBR     B    9472  890411  Console filter for blind CP/M users

Directory PD2:<CPM.TURBOM2>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
CODETEST.LBR  B   10368  890228  Turbo Modula-2 Absolute Address

Directory PD2:<CPM.TXTUTL>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
PRNTXT15.LBR  B   26624  890423  Make COM files from text files
PWLKWS24.LBR  B   35456  890106  Allow Perfect Writer use WS commands
QL41.LBR      B  115968  890204  Quick look typer for LBR/SQ/Crunched

Directory PD2:<CPM.UUCP>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
UUCP20I.LBR   B   57600  891110  UNIX UUCP mail system for CP/M

Directory PD2:<CPM.WSTAR>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
WS40OZ81.LBR  B    3712  890228  WS 4.0 overlay with Z80dos date

Directory PD2:<CPM.Z8EDEBUG>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
Z8E35.ARK     B  250126  890204  Interactive debugging tool for Z80

Directory PD2:<CPM.ZCPR33>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
ADIR26.LBR    B   10240  890106  Sorted alias list in DIR format
ARUNZ09Q.LBR  B   24832  890325  latest version of ARUNZ
CNTLH11.LBR   B   14592  890916  Text utility/filterer
CONCAT03.LBR  B   11520  891007  Concatenate two or more files
CPA12.LBR     B   19968  890228  Compare and analyze two text files
CPSET11.LBR   B   12416  890228  Define console/printer features
D15.LBR       B   37376  891007  ZCPR3 directory display utility
DIFF30.LBR    B   28288  890228  Compares two files, displays results
DUMP12.LBR    B    6784  891007  Dumps files in hex and ASCII
EASE20T.LBR   B    5376  890228  Overlay for EASE20 displays time
LBREXT27.LBR  B   25728  891117  Extracts library members, w/date
LOCNDO12.LBR  B   12672  890813  Locates files, performs script tasks
LPUT18.LBR    B   34304  890106  Build libraries, add and replace
SALIAS13.LBR  B   16896  890228  Screen oriented Alias generator
SETFIL11.LBR  B    4096  890228  Define/Display ZCPR3 file name
SHOW14.LBR    B   67712  890228  Displays ZCPR33 system configuration
SLB36HLP.LBR  B   92160  890228  Help files for SYSLIB 3.6
SYSLIBV4.LBR  B   70272  891102  Updated SYSLIB for Z80 systems
T12.LBR       B   24704  891007  Types screen display files
TCJ33.MZG     B   25216  890313  Sage ZSIG Column, TCJ Issue #33
TCJ34.MZG     B   11648  890313  Sage ZSIG Column, TCJ Issue #34
TCJ35.MZG     B   13440  890313  Sage ZSIG Column, TCJ Issue #35
TCVIEW20.LBR  B    8320  890813  Display ZCPR TCAP entries
TEX13.LBR     B   32256  890106  ZCPR Time Scheduling Shell
V4LIBHLP.LBR  B  157824  891102  Help for version 4 of syslib
Z3CUBE11.LBR  B   10112  890228  Simulation of a 3-dimensional cube
Z3LIBHLP.LBR  B   42496  890228  Help files for Z3LIB version 1
ZCNFG14.LBR   B   82560  890106  Confiure Z3 utilities
ZEX50.LBR     B   26240  891102  New version of ZCPR ZEX processor.
ZFILES19.LZT  B   11392  890106  LIST of ZSYSTEM support files
ZLT13A.LBR    B   40064  890106  ZCPR compressed/library file typer
ZSCLKS.LBR    B    8064  890813  Info for clock routines for ZSDOS

Directory PD2:<CPM.ZIP>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
UNZIP099.LBR  B   16128  890918  CP/M UnZIPper, full compat. w/PKZ101
ZIPDIR11.LBR  B   19584  890908  Lists directory of ZIP files

Directory PD2:<CPM.ZMODEM>
 Filename   Type Length   Date    Description
==============================================
RZMPLOG4.LBR  B   50816  891102  Log processing for RZMP
ZMO-1805.ZZ0  B    9472  890427  ZMP Overlay -- SB180-FX
ZMO-AL05.ZZ0  B    8576  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Altos 8000
ZMO-AM05.ZZ0  B   10752  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Ampro Little Board
ZMO-BB05.ZZ0  B    6528  890427  ZMP Overlay -- BigBoard II
ZMO-BW05.ZZ0  B    6784  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Bondwell 12/14
ZMO-CP05.ZZ0  B    6912  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Amstrad CPC6128
ZMO-EP05.ZZ0  B    7040  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Epson
ZMO-H805.ZZ0  B    9600  890427  ZMP Overlay -- H89-H19
ZMO-HP12.ZZ0  B    6400  890427  ZMP Overlay -- HP12X
ZMO-KP11.ZZ0  B    8832  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Kaypro computers
ZMO-KP12.ZZ0  B    9151  890419  ZMP Overlay -- Kaypro computers
ZMO-MD05.ZZ0  B    6912  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Morrow MD3
ZMO-MH05.ZZ0  B    7040  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Morrow MD11
ZMO-MIC5.ZZ0  B    7168  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Multitech MIC-500
ZMO-OT05.ZZ0  B    6656  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Otrona Attache
ZMO-OX05.ZZ0  B    6784  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Osborne exec
ZMO-R405.ZZ0  B    8192  890418  ZMP 1.5 overlay for Tandy 4
ZMO-R415.ZZ0  B    8192  890417  Tandy TRS80 Model 4/4p ZMP15 overlay
ZMO-ROB5.ZZ0  B    7296  890427  ZMP Overlay -- DEC Robin
ZMO-SN05.ZZ0  B    7552  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Sanyo MBC
ZMO-TV05.ZZ0  B    6912  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Televideo TS80
ZMO-XE05.ZZ0  B    6912  890427  ZMP Overlay -- Xerox 820-II
ZMOH89.ZZ0    B    6784  890429  ZMP overlay for H89's
ZMP15.LBR     B   79872  890409  X/Y/Zmodem file transfer program
ZMP15KP.LBR   B   20096  890419  Adapts ZMP15 to video Kaypros

Many of these files are also available from RCP/M Royal Oak.

--Keith Petersen
Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, & MISC archives [IP address 26.2.0.74]
Internet: [e-mail], [e-mail]  BITNET: w8sdz@NDSUVM1
Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz

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18-Feb-90 05:28:33-MST,10111;000000000000
Return-Path: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 90 05:15:10 MST
From: [e-mail]
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V90 #29
To: [e-mail]

INFO-CPM Digest             Sun, 18 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   29

Today's Topics:
                                (none)
            10 512-byte sectors/track (was RE: Kaypro...)
                 Kaypro DSDD 5.25" floppy parameters
                       Message for Bill Weinel
                              MOVCPM fix
                      Sanyo MBC-1000 info needed
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 17 Feb 90 19:42:34 GMT
From: pacbell!sactoh0![e-mail]  (Ian R. Justman)
Subject: (none)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Jeffrey Foy) writes:

> I have a  NEC APC 8086-based machine. It runs CP/M-86 but, alas, I
> can find little that is CP/M-86 related. Is this a dead OS? Should
> I use the NEC's version of MsDos 2.11? Comments and replies would
> be most welcome.

You might try the archives at SIMTEL20.  I have a shell script that
you can use to snag files from there, and as soon as I have the
chance, I'll mail you one.
--
Home:   Ian Justman   |UUCP:(1) My CP/M machine.       |"One of the few
6612 Whitsett Drive   |     (2) My host.               |die-hard CP/M
North Highlands, CA   |(1) !pacbell!sactoh0!ijsys!ianj |addicts left on this
[phone]   95660|(2) !pacbell!sactoh0!ianj       |planet"

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Date: 17 Feb 90 05:41:17 GMT
From: pasteur!helios.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu![e-mail]  (Roger Ivie)
Subject: 10 512-byte sectors/track (was RE: Kaypro...)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Doug Braun ~) writes:
> How is it that this format has 10 sectors per track, while IBM PCs
> have only 9 (and the old ones could only get 8 in)?

If you omit the soft index in the standard format you get enough space
to just squeeze in an extra sector IF your drive is within about 0.5%
of being on speed.

DEC did this for the RX50 (^&*#@&$ piece of trash). Unfortunately, the
drive is speced at 1.5% speed variation, so you are not guaranteed that
you can format a disk on the damn thing. If you complain, the field
service guys just swap drives until you get one that can format...
Of course, DEC did this single-sided 80 track, so you can only get
400K on a disk.

===============================================================================
Roger Ivie

35 S 300 W
Logan, Ut.  84321
[phone]
===============================================================================

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Date: 17 Feb 90 01:51:26 GMT
From: xanth![e-mail]  (Robert L. Bailey)
Subject: Kaypro DSDD 5.25" floppy parameters
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Doug Braun ~) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Roger Hanscom) writes:
>>
>>Does anybody have the vital statistics on Kaypro 5.25" DSDD
>>floppies??  Things like sectors/trk, BSH, etc.  I believe they
>>should be about 390K with 10, 512b sectors/track.  I'm trying
>>to write a BIOS that will use the Kaypro format.  What is the
>>interleave for this format??
>>
>
>How is it that this format has 10 sectors per track, while IBM PCs
>have only 9 (and the old ones could only get 8 in)?
>
>I recently got a 5.25" floppy controller for my CP/M computer
>(which normally uses 8" SSSD), but it can only read 8 and 9 sectors per
>track.  Does anyone know a resonably popular CP/M format that I could adopt,
>and thus interchange my 5" disks with somebody?
>

The reason that IBM did not use 10 sectors/track is probably that they
decided that it was pushing the capacity of the media too much.  IBM
is a very conservative bunch, don't ya know?  The IBM hardware is
perfectly capable of reading/writing 10 sectors/track.  I know.  I have
a non-standard formatting program on my PC that DOES use 10 SPT.

Most likely, your hardware is capable of handling 10 SPT.  You just need
an appropriate formatting program and new disk parameter tables in your
BIOS.  I have an old Xerox 820-1 that originally 8" only.  I added
a 5 1/4".  Later, I got a new double density controller from Emerald
Microware.  This allowed me to add more drives and accomodate different
disk formats as well.  My configuration ended up as follows:

    1    8" SSSD
    1    5 1/4" SSDD
    1    5 1/4" DSDD
    1    5 1/4" DSQD (80 trk double density - but not like IBM 1.2M)

These drives along with a program called UNIFORM allowed me to read/write
just about any format that exists, including IBM 360K disks!

My standard format that I used most of the time was the Kaypro 5 1/4" DSDD
390K.  This is probably about as close to a "universal" CP/M format as
you will find, because the Kaypro machines were very popular in their day.
I believe that they were the top seller in the CP/M arena.

In summary, if your controller is capable of reading/writing double density,
then some new disk parameters in your BIOS should enable you to handle
the Kaypro format.  Check your controller chip. If its a Western Digital
17xx or 27xx, it should work (except for the 1771 which is SD only).  The
NEC 765 and others in that family are also capable (most PCs use one of these).

Hope this helps.
Bob Bailey

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Date: 17 Feb 90 20:11:10 GMT
From: crash![e-mail]  (Marc Wilson)
Subject: Message for Bill Weinel
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

My apologies for wasting net bandwidth, but my attempts to reach this
person have all bounced.

-----

Bill, I am interested in some of what you offered for sale.  Please let me
know a valid path back to you, so that we can work something out.
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marc Wilson
     ARPA: ...!crash![e-mail]
           ...!crash!pnet01!pro-sol![e-mail]
     UUCP: [ cbosgd | hp-sdd!hplabs | sdcsvax | nosc ]!crash!mwilson
     INET: [e-mail]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Date: 17 Feb 90 20:28:17 GMT
From: crash![e-mail]  (Marc Wilson)
Subject: MOVCPM fix
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

     Here is the ultimate solution to the MOVCPM problem.  Disable the serial
# checks entirely.  I'm surprised that no one has suggested this yet.

     I had to do this a long time ago, when I replaced DRI's BDOS with one
of the PD replacements, and needed to run MOVCPM to generate a bootable
floppy.

     Note that this information is specific to a particular copy of MOVCPM.
Your patch point is almost guaranteed to NOT be in the same place.  But, in
looking at over a dozen copies of MOVCPM from as many manufacturers, I found
that:

    1) The code around the patch point always looks the same ( that
       portion is DRI's, not the vendor's )

    2) The patch point has always been within 80h bytes of the point
        specified in this file.

     Also... I did NOT write this patch.  I found it on a local BBS, MANY
moons ago.  It's not my fault if you screw up your copy of MOVCPM.  Do
NOT do this on an original disk!

MOVCPM.FIX:


   I recenly tried to help a friend generate a new system
on my machine, using his copy of MOVCPM,and we were greeted
with, "SYNCHRONIZATION ERROR" followed by the machine quiting.
After talking to another friend, I was informed that the
problem was caused by a serial number mismatch between my
system and his copy of MOVCPM. My friend further stated that
there was "NO WAY" around this protection. After pondering the
problem a while I decided to start disassembling MOVCPM with
the help of the "L" command in DDT. What follows is the
result of my efforts.

Begining at 2C0 I found the following code:

-L2C0
02C0    POP    D
02C1    LXI    D,1200
02C4    LHLD    037A
02C7    MVI    C,6
02C9    LDAX    D
02CA    CMP    M
02CB    JNZ    025A
02CE    INX    H
02CF    INX    D
02D0    DCR    C
02D1    JNZ    02C9

I then did the following substitutions:

-S2CB
02CB C2 00
02CC 5A 00
02CD 02 00
02CE 23 .


After the above changes do a SAVE 40 MOVCPMNU.COM and you have
a version of MOVCPM that will run on any machine.

   With the above changes under my belt I decided to do some
more poking around in MOVCPM.COM and came up with the following
addresses that might arouse your curosity.

    B5F,    1200,    D28

    Best of Luck,

            A HACKER

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marc Wilson
     ARPA: ...!crash![e-mail]
           ...!crash!pnet01!pro-sol![e-mail]
     UUCP: [ cbosgd | hp-sdd!hplabs | sdcsvax | nosc ]!crash!mwilson
     INET: [e-mail]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Date: 17 Feb 90 19:38:48 GMT
From: pacbell!sactoh0![e-mail]  (Ian R. Justman)
Subject: Sanyo MBC-1000 info needed
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <9002161829.AA03712@newton>, [e-mail] (Bridger Mitchell) writes:
> The board includes Hitachi HD64505SP2 and
> HD68B45SP and NEC D780C chips.

The HD68B45SP is a CRT comtroller and the D780C is NEC's
designation for a Z80.  However, I don't know what the HD64505SP2
is nor the specifics of the HD68B45SP.
--
Home:   Ian Justman   |UUCP:(1) My CP/M machine.       |"One of the few
6612 Whitsett Drive   |     (2) My host.               |die-hard CP/M
North Highlands, CA   |(1) !pacbell!sactoh0!ijsys!ianj |addicts left on this
[phone]   95660|(2) !pacbell!sactoh0!ianj       |planet"

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 90 08:15:38 MST
From: [e-mail]
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V90 #30
To: [e-mail]

INFO-CPM Digest             Mon, 19 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   30

Today's Topics:
            10 512-byte sectors/track (was RE: Kaypro...)
                        1793 Disk Contr. Info?
     A CP/M version of Tetris (the game) is ready for release!!!
                     BBS List & File Compression
                Binary posting on discussion lists....
                      C (a la TURBO) for CP/M ?
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Sun, 18 Feb 90 14:05:24 EST
From: [e-mail] (David Goodenough)
Subject: 10 512-byte sectors/track (was RE: Kaypro...)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Roger Ivie) writes:
> [e-mail] (Doug Braun) writes:
>> How is it that this format has 10 sectors per track, while IBM PCs
>> have only 9 (and the old ones could only get 8 in)?
>
> If you omit the soft index in the standard format you get enough space
> to just squeeze in an extra sector IF your drive is within about 0.5%
> of being on speed.
>
> DEC did this for the RX50 (^&*#@&$ piece of trash). Unfortunately, the
> drive is speced at 1.5% speed variation, so you are not guaranteed that
> you can format a disk on the damn thing.

This is only part of the story, the other half concerns the FD controller
chip. Kaypros use the WD 1793, whereas the PC uses the Intel 765. Basically,
the 765 is a piece of junk, in that it is far less fault tolerant than the
1793, hence the 1793 can operate reliably with a shorter intersector gap,
thus cramming more information onto a disk.

To cite another example, My Televideo uses a 1793 to get 18 * 256 bytes
on one track, whereas the 765 can get only (I think) 16 * 256, I'd have
to check the documentation.

To take this to it's logical conclusion, in some experiments with variable
sector sizes, I was able to get the equivalent of 11 * 512 byte sectors on
a disk, and do so reliably. My main problem was figuring the sector
interleave since I did this with 5 * 1K (like an Osborne), and an extra
512 byte sector - after the 5 * 1K are put on, there's about 640 or so bytes
left over, which is plenty of space to snuggle a 512 byte sector into. One
day I'll get it worked out, because the concept of 440K on a 5.25 DS DD
floppy is too attractive to pass up :-)
--
    [e-mail] - David Goodenough        +---+
                        IHS    | +-+-+
    ..... !harvard!xait!lakart!dg            +-+-+ |
AKA:    [e-mail]              +---+

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Date: 19 Feb 90 02:11:53 GMT
From: dino![e-mail]  (Kurt Bischoff)
Subject: 1793 Disk Contr. Info?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Brian Musker) writes:

>I have almost completed disassembling the ROM from my OSBORNE-I,
>(I will be porting CP/M 3.0 to it), and I can't quite make sense
>out of some of the data being sent to or received from the 1793
>floppy controller.

>HELP!

Back in '85, before I had CP/M, I wrote a disk-formatting program (in Z-80
machine language) for my Xerox 820.  The 820 uses a WD1771, which I didn't
attempt to understand in the absence of documents.  So I called a Western
Digital office and they sent me a copy of their "Storage Management Products
Handbook", which also has 40 pages of specifications and applications notes
on the 1793.  I'll send you a copy of the 1793 stuff for $2.

I guess this is sort of like revealing the end of a mystery story, so it might
ruin your fun.  8-)

                Kurt

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 90 11:41 EST
From: "No, me?" <[e-mail]>
Subject: A CP/M version of Tetris (the game) is ready for release!!!

Hello!

Tetris release v. 2.0 just passed the David Goodenough test for QTerm
patch compatibility (D.G.T.F.Q.P.C.).  This means, yes, finally, that
it is ready for distribution, etc.

Tetris is a video game invented by a Russian person, made familiar to
us through the Nintendo and Arcade versions.  If you do not know the
details of the game, consult a nearest video game renting store or a
video game center, or a person whom you consider to be conducive to
video game playing.

I have created three different archives for the same program.
TE20ANSI.ARK is patched for ANSI type terminals.  TE20TVI.ARK is
patched for TVI type terminals (^Z for clrscr, ^[=rc +20h for cursor
movement).  TETRIS20.ARK is a bit bigger, and has examples of both
TVI and ANSI so that patching can be done a bit more easily.

Like I mentioned, Tetris uses the patches for QTerm v.4.2. (which is
not really compatible with some of the earlier patch versions).
Considering the level of stress and the nature of the crises I have
been going through, I think I will end up producing a few more games
by the time my Division III (=senior thesis) is over.  Also,
David is a rather productive programmer, so I suggest you keep
around a COMPLETE (not the ones that come in my ARK's) version of
QTerm patches around for your terminal type...     :-)

Anyways, if you want the spiel, drop me a line stating which one
of the three versions you'd like.

IF YOU WANT TO DISTRIBUTE TO OTHERS, please use TETRIS20.ARK for the
sake of completeness, and please let me know beforehand so that I can
update you whenever necessary.

Thnx!!!

                -John ([e-mail])
                      ([e-mail])

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Date: 19 Feb 90 09:42:01 GMT
From: tahoe!unssun.nevada.edu![e-mail]  (Derrick Hamner)
Subject: BBS List & File Compression
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    I need to find a BBS list for CPM machines.  Specifically, I need
a communications program, preferably Kermit, for an Osborne 1 running CP/M.
I have downloaded rcpm0290.lzt from simtel20, and it seems to be exactly
what I need, except that I don't know what was used to compress it.  I
assume that it is compressed since I expect a BBS list to be an ascii file,
and this is binary.  In any case, if someone could point me to an ascii
BBS list for CPM (Osborne 1) machines, a kermit executable for an Osborne 1,
or tell me how to uncompress rcpm0290.lzt on a UNIX or MS-DOS machine, I
would be very grateful.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Derrick Hamner                    University of Nevada, Reno
Internet: [e-mail] [134.197.1.128]
UUCP: uunet!unssun!derrick

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Date: Sun, 18 Feb 90 12:02 EST
From: "No, me?" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Binary posting on discussion lists....

Hello...

This is in response to Richard Loken (did I spell it right?  If not,
thousand apologies...)'s question regarding binary source posting.

As far as I know, the way these discussion groups work is that when
one sends a message to the group's "base," the base cc's the message
to all of the members (hence the name "list").  Often, as is the
case with info-cpm (or comp.source.cpm, or something like that as
you call it), the groups bases are located in an internet site or
a uunet site (or whatever else have you), which makes it inconvenienet
to forward ALL of the messages through the gateways over into
other networks (over 10 per day, depending on the group), especially
BITNET.

Now, I would imagine that most source codes, UUencoded and what not,
would be far greater than 10 kilobytes.  Just imagin hundreds and
thousands of copies of these flooding across ALL of the nets possibly
imaginable.

Also, let's consider the fact that most of the gateway'ed messages
are "digested" into a bundle of more than one - I've seen one from
dist-ibmpc that was about 30 messages long - messages.  Since
the digests are organized alphabetically, the source is bound
to be stuck somewhere in the middle of the digest.  For some mailer
programs, you have to go through EVERY SINGLE PAGE of it until
you get to the next message.  No way skipping.

Now, let us consider some of us, like me, who are still struggling with
a 300-baud (or even 1200-baud) modem all the way through the pages-long
source code just to get to the next message, whose content one knows
only vaguely through the often uninformative subject lines.

Would this convince you of the impropriety of source posting?

Instead, you can just post a message asking if people want the source,
and if they reply, send the source.

Maybe, just maybe, this IS what you meant by  "source posting."

In that case, this message is misdirected.... I'm sorry.

I'm also sorry that this message was so long.  I imagine this
would be the last of this sort, but first on the digest (starts with "B").

Thanks.....

                    John
P.S.  at least I don't use lines-long signatures... :-)

------------------------------

Date: 19 Feb 90 08:54:56 GMT
From: eru!luth!sunic!ericom!juno.ericsson.se![e-mail]  (Mats Lidell TX/JUF)
Subject: C (a la TURBO) for CP/M ?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hi Everybody,

For more than a year ago someone posted an add, in this newsgroup, for
a TURBO like environment (integrated editor, debugger, fast ...) for C
and running under CP/M.  (or did I just dream this. It sounds
incredible ... :-) I have some slight memory of it being a new version
of BDS-C (!?)  (maybe from another dream!?)

Anyway, I would greatly appreciate any references for any C
environment and compiler, under CP/M, that even slightly resembles
what's given above.

Or putting it another way. Is there a (TURBO-, Lightspeed-,Flash-,...)
C for CP/M ?

Yours Mats
-- Mats Lidell
  [e-mail]

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INFO-CPM Digest             Tue, 20 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   31

Today's Topics:
                         8 inch SSDD Disketes
     A CP/M version of Tetris (the game) is ready for release!!!
                Ah.  Finally.  Tetris is in SIMTEL20.
                    Ampro Little Board w/Hard Disk
                Needed repairs for Xerox820-I/Bigboard
                        Thanks for assistance
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Tue, 20 Feb 90 6:58:46 EST
From: "Paul V. Pullen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: 8 inch SSDD Disketes
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

If anyone is interested on the network, I have received a case of Xerox 8 inch
SSDD disks, part number 9R80443.  I have no use for them, and am offering them
to anyone on the network who will pick up the shipping charges.  This case is
10 packages of 10 disks, each in a plastic container.

Contact me by phone at the number listed below (0700-1530 EST) or at 301-866-
2930 after 1700 in the evening.

                    Paul Pullen

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    /    /   /    /   /    /         /    /   /    /   /    /   /    /   /    /
   /    /   /        /    /         /        /    /   /    /   /        /
  /    /   /----/   /----/         /        /----    /    /   /--      /
 /    /        /   /    /         /    /   /  \     /    /   /        /    /
/____/   /____/   /    /         /____/   /    \   /____/   /____/   /____/

United States Army Chemical Research, Development and Engineering Center

[e-mail]

Snail Mail:  Commander
         USACRDEC
         Attn: SMCCR-PPI (Pullen) E-5604
         Aberdeen Proving Grounds,
                              Maryland  21010-5423

AT&T           [phone]
           [phone]
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Date: 20 Feb 90 03:04:18 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sunybcs!nsscb![e-mail]  (Andy Meyer)
Subject: A CP/M version of Tetris (the game) is ready for release!!!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] ("No, me?") writes:
> Tetris release v. 2.0 ...
> ...is ready for distribution, etc.

I don't mean to be rude or anything, but WHY? Is there something wrong
with QUATRIS (by Steven B. Perkins)? I'm not much of a game player,
but for the few times I've played QUATRIS, it very closely resembled
what I had seen of the arcade version.

> Considering the level of stress and the nature of the crises I have
> been going through, I think I will end up producing a few more games
> by the time my Division III (=senior thesis) is over.

Wouldn't you diminish that stress if you were working on your thesis
like you should be, instead of writing those computer games?!  :-)

Andy
--
 Andreas Meyer N2FYE                      AT&T National Systems Support Center
     .--- ..- ... -   ... .- -.--   -. ---   - ---   -- ... -.. --- ...
 uucp: ..!att!ulysses!nsscb!ameyer     or:        [e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 90 18:37 EST
From: John Shin <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ah.  Finally.  Tetris is in SIMTEL20.

I'm calling your attention to the fact that TETRIS20.ARK is in
SIMTEL20 directory PD2:<CPM.MISC>.  I will still reply to your
requests for Tetris, etc., but I bet Simtel will respond much
faster if you have ftp or trickle around...

     -John Shin

------------------------------

Date: 19 Feb 90 16:01:13 GMT
From: pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!sdsu!crash![e-mail]  (Marc Wilson)
Subject: Ampro Little Board w/Hard Disk
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ian R. Justman) writes:
>I just got an Ampro Little Board Tuesday from a friend for $50.
>This is just the board and software because I have the necessary
>hardware, like a floppy disk and a power supply.  The FD and PS I

     WHich Ampro?  A LB/Z80, or LB/Z80+?  The first has no capability for
a hard drive without adding Ampro's host adapter ( goes under the Z80...
sells for $99 ).  The LB/Z80+ has the SCSI port installed already.

     You might be able to convince your parallel port to talk to the WD
controller, but it's FAR easier to just go SCSI.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marc Wilson
     ARPA: ...!crash![e-mail]
           ...!crash!pnet01!pro-sol![e-mail]
     UUCP: [ cbosgd | hp-sdd!hplabs | sdcsvax | nosc ]!crash!mwilson
     INET: [e-mail]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Date: 19 Feb 90 18:51:41 GMT
From: jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU![e-mail]  (Justin Klein)
Subject: Needed repairs for Xerox820-I/Bigboard
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

For quite a while now, I have owned a Xerox 820/I, which (I am told) is
similiar if not identical to the Ferguson Bigboard.

Quite some time ago it developed a problem.  It used to use an old Tektronix
keyboard, and this keyboard burned out.  We are rather certain that the
keyboard is what's gone, as we have had replaced all the chips in the keybd
interface, and the rest of the components look good.

I have another keyboard that I wisht to connect.  It too is a Tek keybd,
and the edge card connector is exactly the same pattern.  In the lower
left hand corner of the PCB is the following:

    KTC A65-01863-003
    PCB-002D

    and in smaller type right below this, the inscription:

    TEKTRONIX INC 119-0374-09
              REV D

In addition, it has a numeric keypad on the right hand side of the board with
cursor controls on the top of the keys, numbers on the front and a click-lock
NUM LOCK key, also a click-lock TTY LOCK key at the lower left of the main
section of the keyboard.

What I need, in all sincerity, is help in locating tech data, direct advice, or
a comibination of both...as far as tech data, I need anything that would
help me to make the keyboard and computer come together (schematic for the key
board, or schematic for keyboard input to the Bigboard, as the doc I got with
the old girl are woefully incomplete).  Alternatively, I would appreciate
any addresses...email or otherwise...that would connect me with anybody who
had this info.  We have the tech expertise on tap...all we need is the
intelligence.

Please help me get a magnificent old computer back on line!  We miss her!

 advaTHANKSnce!
 -Justin Klein-
 Email:[e-mail], Corvallis, Or.

------------------------------

Date: Tue, 20 Feb 90 7:32:13 EST
From: "Paul V. Pullen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Thanks for assistance
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Several weeks ago, I put a plea out on the network for assistance finding a
replacement disk drive for my Intertec Compustar computer.  I received answers
from Clarence Wilkerson and Andy Marchant-Shapiro stating that the drives should
be direct substitutes (5 1/4) with PC drives.  I now have a fully operational
Intertec with a full height drive in as drive A and a half-height drive working
as drive B.  The only problem was modifications to the drive mount bracket and
the faceplate on the computer to enable my putting the disks in and out of the
half-height drive.  The drive address is set for disk 1 in the half-height, and
all functions seem to be operational.

Thanks to all for your assistance.

                    Paul Pullen

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    /    /   /    /   /    /         /    /   /    /   /    /   /    /   /    /
   /    /   /        /    /         /        /    /   /    /   /        /
  /    /   /----/   /----/         /        /----    /    /   /--      /
 /    /        /   /    /         /    /   /  \     /    /   /        /    /
/____/   /____/   /    /         /____/   /    \   /____/   /____/   /____/

United States Army Chemical Research, Development and Engineering Center

[e-mail]

Snail Mail:  Commander
         USACRDEC
         Attn: SMCCR-PPI (Pullen) E-5604
         Aberdeen Proving Grounds,
                              Maryland  21010-5423

AT&T           [phone]
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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 90 21:15:11 MST
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V90 #32
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INFO-CPM Digest             Tue, 20 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   32

Today's Topics:
                    Ampro Little Board w/Hard Disk
                         Disks are spoken for
                            Kaypro mailing
     Looking for a working Micropiolis Disk Controller B (2 msgs)
                      Reading CPM disks from DOS
                     Thanks (re: JRT Pascal doc)
                    vt52/vt100 emulation on TVI802
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 20 Feb 90 19:54:52 GMT
From: pacbell!sactoh0![e-mail]  (Ian R. Justman)
Subject: Ampro Little Board w/Hard Disk
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Marc Wilson) writes:
>
>      WHich Ampro?  A LB/Z80, or LB/Z80+?  The first has no capability for
> a hard drive without adding Ampro's host adapter ( goes under the Z80...
> sells for $99 ).  The LB/Z80+ has the SCSI port installed already.

I think I have the one with just the Z80.  And what kind of drives
can be used with Ampro's host adapter (which I am willing to do
because I don't know where to find the SCSI version of the LB)?
The drive I presently have is a MiniScribe model 3012 and it came
with a Western Digital WD1002 board.  Any information would be
helpful.  Also, thanks for saying something about the LB+ whose
specifics I didn't know before.  I was wondering what differences
there were.
--
Home:   Ian Justman   |UUCP:(1) My CP/M machine.       |"One of the few
6612 Whitsett Drive   |     (2) My host.               |die-hard CP/M
North Highlands, CA   |(1) !pacbell!sactoh0!ijsys!ianj |addicts left on this
[phone]   95660|(2) !pacbell!sactoh0!ianj       |planet"

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Date: Tue, 20 Feb 90 15:13:29 EST
From: "Paul V. Pullen" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Disks are spoken for
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

To all who read my message on 8 inch floppy disks, they are spoken for!

Thanks for your interest.

                    Paul Pullen

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   /    /   /        /    /         /        /    /   /    /   /        /
  /    /   /----/   /----/         /        /----    /    /   /--      /
 /    /        /   /    /         /    /   /  \     /    /   /        /    /
/____/   /____/   /    /         /____/   /    \   /____/   /____/   /____/

United States Army Chemical Research, Development and Engineering Center

[e-mail]

Snail Mail:  Commander
         USACRDEC
         Attn: SMCCR-PPI (Pullen) E-5604
         Aberdeen Proving Grounds,
                              Maryland  21010-5423

AT&T           [phone]
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Date: 21 Feb 90 02:25:46 GMT
From: crash![e-mail]  (Marc Wilson)
Subject: Kaypro mailing
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

     I dumped the message with your address accidentally... send it again!

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marc Wilson
     ARPA: ...!crash![e-mail]
           ...!crash!pnet01!pro-sol![e-mail]
     UUCP: [ cbosgd | hp-sdd!hplabs | sdcsvax | nosc ]!crash!mwilson
     INET: [e-mail]
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Date: 20 Feb 90 21:22:47 GMT
From: crdgw1!beowulf![e-mail]  (Waiting for the Sun)
Subject: Looking for a working Micropiolis Disk Controller B
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    howdy,
        Some time ago I trashed most of the boards in my
    Altair 8800a with a bad power supply. I've managed to fix most of
    them, but cannot seem to get the old Micropolis disk controller
    to come back to life. Anyone out there got one they'd be willing
    to part with?

    Thanks,
        bob

"Reading legal mush can turn your brain to guacamole." - Commodore/Amiga Manual
Bob Bownes, aka iii, aka keptin comrade doktor bobwrench
874 Kari Dr, Eau Claire (Oh Claire!) Wisc, 54701 (715)-835-1934 voice
[e-mail] {uunet!crdgw1,uunet!ssi}!beowulf!bownesrm
--
"Reading legal mush can turn your brain to guacamole." - Commodore/Amiga Manual
Bob Bownes, aka iii, aka keptin comrade doktor bobwrench
874 Kari Dr, Eau Claire (Oh Claire!) Wisc, 54701 (715)-835-1934 voice
[e-mail] {uunet!crdgw1,uunet!ssi}!beowulf!bownesrm

------------------------------

Date: 20 Feb 90 21:22:47 GMT
From: crdgw1!beowulf![e-mail]  (Waiting for the Sun)
Subject: Looking for a working Micropiolis Disk Controller B
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    howdy,
        Some time ago I trashed most of the boards in my
    Altair 8800a with a bad power supply. I've managed to fix most of
    them, but cannot seem to get the old Micropolis disk controller
    to come back to life. Anyone out there got one they'd be willing
    to part with?

    Thanks,
        bob

"Reading legal mush can turn your brain to guacamole." - Commodore/Amiga Manual
Bob Bownes, aka iii, aka keptin comrade doktor bobwrench
874 Kari Dr, Eau Claire (Oh Claire!) Wisc, 54701 (715)-835-1934 voice
[e-mail] {uunet!crdgw1,uunet!ssi}!beowulf!bownesrm
--
"Reading legal mush can turn your brain to guacamole." - Commodore/Amiga Manual
Bob Bownes, aka iii, aka keptin comrade doktor bobwrench
874 Kari Dr, Eau Claire (Oh Claire!) Wisc, 54701 (715)-835-1934 voice
[e-mail] {uunet!crdgw1,uunet!ssi}!beowulf!bownesrm

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Date: 19 Feb 90 18:17:03 GMT
From: dogie.macc.wisc.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!samsung!umich!sharkey!cfctech!teemc!ka3ovk!ki4pv!cdin-1!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!cps3xx!cpsvax![e-mail]  (J. Daniel Smith)
Subject: Reading CPM disks from DOS
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anyone have a program that allows one to read CP/M disks from a
DOS machine (PC/XT).  I have heard there is such a beast at simtel20,
but that seems to be a very busy site and I can't ever get
through with anonymous FTP.

If someone has such a beast could you send it to me (UUENCODE or
btoa).

Thanks for the help,
   Dan



=========================================================================
J. Daniel Smith                      Internet: [e-mail]
Michigan State University              BITNET: smithdan@msuegr
East Lansing, Michigan                 Usenet: uunet!frith!smithda

God created the integers; all the rest is the work of man.
              - Leopold Kronecker
=========================================================================

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Date: 21 Feb 90 03:09:26 GMT
From: pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu![e-mail]  (Charles S. Fuller)
Subject: Thanks (re: JRT Pascal doc)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Thanks to everyone in the group who helped me to find docs
for JRT Pascal, and especially to the gentleman who mailed them
to me.  [I've omitted his name on purpose to protect him from
an onslaught of "me-too's".]

Thanks again.
Chuck Fuller

------------------------------

Date: 20 Feb 90 15:51:33 GMT
From: pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!texbell!ficc![e-mail]  (Peter da Silva)
Subject: vt52/vt100 emulation on TVI802
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

We have some Televideo 802 CP/M boxes that we use as dumb terminals. We
need to talk to a VAX running VAX/VMS, and provide full-screen modes
for it. Does anyone have a kermit or other emulation that will provide
a more complete vt52/vt100 emulation on the 802. At the least we need
keypad and cursor key emulation.
--
 _--_|\  Peter da Silva. [phone]. <[e-mail]>.
/      \
\_.--._/ Xenix Support -- it's not just a job, it's an adventure!
      v  "Have you hugged your wolf today?" `-_-'

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Date: Thu, 22 Feb 90 11:29:39 MST
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V90 #33
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INFO-CPM Digest             Thu, 22 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   33

Today's Topics:
                    Ampro Little Board w/Hard Disk
                 Any Morrow (s100) owners out there?
                             Curiosity...
                    Curiosity... Plus Robin update
                        Question re:IMSAI 8080
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 22 Feb 90 09:51:33 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!sdsu!crash![e-mail]  (Marc Wilson)
Subject: Ampro Little Board w/Hard Disk
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

     The SCSI host adapter from Ampro gives you a true SCSI bus port.
It supports devices 0-7, can operate in either initiator or target mode, etc.
The NCR 5380 SCSI chip is used.

     To this you need to connect a SCSI HD controller.  Personally, I
recommend Adaptec products.  I use an Adaptec 5500 controller ( which has
many, MANY more features than the BIOS supports ), but the 4000A will work
quite nicely.  The BIOS directly supports the following:

    Adaptec ACB400A ( although any Adaptec will work )
    Shugart 1610
    Xebec 1410/1410A

It also supports the following drives with embedded controllers:

    Xebec OWL

     These are what are mentioned in the documentation.  The main
differences between controllers are usually in the format command, and in the
device initialize command ( what Adaptec calles Mode Select ).  If you
need to, you can modify Ampro's format program to handle anything you want.

     If you want to boot from the HD, you need an auto-initialize controller.
The ones currently supported by the SCSI ROM are the Adaptec and Shugart
controllers, along with the OWL.  There is also a non-Ampro enhancement to the
ROM which supports the non-initialize controllers.

     The host adapter is Ampro P/N A74007-C.  They don't manufacture it
any more, so they're limited to stock on hand.  When I bought mine ( end of
'88 ) Rick Lehrbaum told me "we only have a few left."  Since then, I've heard
nothing.

     I've used this LB/Z80 for over two years ( I bought it used in '87 ).
The guy I bought it from assembled it from the kit.  He never had any problems,
either.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marc Wilson
     ARPA: ...!crash![e-mail]
           ...!crash!pnet01!pro-sol![e-mail]
     UUCP: [ cbosgd | hp-sdd!hplabs | sdcsvax | nosc ]!crash!mwilson
     INET: [e-mail]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Date: 21 Feb 90 07:41:46 GMT
From: pyramid!omni![e-mail]  (Curt Mayer)
Subject: Any Morrow (s100) owners out there?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> svh@shell () writes:
>I've just bought a Morrow S-100 Z80 computer with a 16M hard drive
>and 5.25" floppy. This beast has a "Wunderbuss" that has a real
>time clock, and several serial channels out.

you have a Decision 1. MD-{1,2,3,11,34, etc) are single board
computers. i have 2 of these suckers and they have a very nice
floppy controller and a fairly surreal cpu card (z80 with mmu).

>Since I can read hard/soft sector disks, I think there should be
>or must have been a utility to read NorthStar disks on this machine.

if you have the morrow cp/m for this sucker, you should be able to
read northstar hard sector 5.25 inch disks directly. the most
current cbios i have seen is version 3.1E.

>Has anyone installed DateStamper for this machine?

no, but i am interested in this as well. in addition, i would
like source code to a date/time stamper to add to my heavily
hacked cpm-86.

>I also have a 256K RAM card that was intended for use with
>Micronix - a Z80 UNIX. I'd like to check out CP/M 3.0. Has
>anyone ported to this machine? Alternatively, does anyone have
>a RAMDISK driver for the expansion memory?

ron jacobs, an ex-morrow employee will gladly sell you for a
few bucks, a ramdisk driver. his last phone number was:
[phone]  (berkeley, california).

>Finally, has anyone upped the hard drive to a workable size?

it should be possible, given cbios and mwformat source.
i have both, if you tell me where to send it. (or, i could e-mail
it to you) (legal eagles: is this legit? morrow is no more)

>Steven V. Hovater      Shell Development Company     [phone] (work)
>[e-mail]
> or [e-mail]

    curt mayer, kernel hacker
    home: 415-923-9104    work: 415-966-1024 x 216
---------------------------------------------------------------------

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 22 Feb 1990  08:24 MST
From: "Frank J. Wancho" <[e-mail]>
Subject: Curiosity...
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

      I'm curious about Simtel20...  Where is it, how did it get
    started, what type of system, os, etc???  Electronic addresses
    don't lend themselves to maps. (That's why my disclamier is what
    it is.)

Here is the short answer.  If there's enough interest, I'll post a
much longer version which explains the complete history.

SIMTEL20 is located at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico, about
40 miles north of El Paso, Texas.  It was originally procured to do
Scientific and Engineering work with access to net resources for the
Hybrid Computer Facility in the Simulation and Teleprocessing Branch.
The SIMTEL20 name is a contraction of that branch name and the fact
that it is a DECSYSTEM-20 running the TOPS-20 operating system.

It was installed seven years ago, in February, 1983, and was finally
connected to the net in August 1983.  When the Macsyma Consortium was
dissolved in September 1983, SIMTEL20 inherited the CP/M collection we
started on the MIT-MC host in 1979.  To that has since been added
several large collections, including the canned SIG/M, CP/MUG, and
PC/Blue collections as well as our own MSDOS, Ada, Unix/C, and
Macintosh collections, plus the mail archives for 22 mailing lists.

The primary purpose of SIMTEL20 is to provide network mailbox service
to scattered users in DoD, Federal agencies, and their contractors for
an annual flat fee.  For those users, we provide a stop-gap service
until they obtain their own local network host.

Until about a year and a half ago, those fees were the primary source
of income which made SIMTEL20 self-sustaining, including the
maintenance of the collections.  Except for the funding of a disk
drive to hold the Unix/C collection from another Army agency, LSSA, in
1985, and the partial funding of the Ada collection maintenance in the
past by the STARS Project office, the collections are unfunded.  The
maintenance of the collections is operated under one of the charters
of the DARCOM Microcomputer Software Sharing System proposed in 1982
and initially funded by several DARCOM (now AMC, Army Materiel
Command) organizations.  We are seeking other sources of funding to
keep this operation alive.

--Frank

------------------------------

Date: Wed, 21 Feb 90 08:27 EST
From: Brainwave Surfer <[e-mail]>
Subject: Curiosity... Plus Robin update

Dear Netland,

  Info is still coming in on adding hard disks, some specific to
Robins, most Z80 based CPM generic.  I'll pass it on soon, and if
more than 5-10 people want it, it will be posted!!

  I'm curious about Simtel20...  Where is it, how did it get started,
what type of system, os, etc???  Electronic addresses don't lend
themselves to maps. (That's why my disclamier is what it is.)

  Please, if any answers would endanger us and Simtel20 from evil
hackers I'm sure we all would rather operate in ignorance!!!!!!

  Maybe Keith Petersen would be so kind as to enlighten us newcomers!

         /^^^\   \ /   Jim Agnew         [e-mail],
        /      >  ||   Neurosurgery,     [e-mail]
   /\_/     '   \ '/   MCV-VCU           This disk will self destruct in
 /________________>    Richmond, Va      five seconds.  Good luck, Jim..."

------------------------------

Date: 21 Feb 90 17:18:19 GMT
From: imagen!atari!portal!portal!cup.portal.com![e-mail]  (Gregory Paul Spear)
Subject: Question re:IMSAI 8080
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have an Imsai 8080 with both 5 1/4 & 8 inch drives.  I want to know
if anybody has information on where I can get a copy of CP/M for it.
I think there is a copy of Forth, but I'd rather run CP/M.  It's been
in storage for about 10 years and I'm considering resurrecting it.
Thanks

Greg Spear @ Portal

------------------------------

Date: Wed Feb 21 19:27:55 1990
From: seaeast![e-mail] (Jeffrey Foy)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Subject: 8251a and Qterm 4.2g
To: nwnexus!uunet!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!info-cpm
Date: Wed, 21 Feb 90 19:27:54 EST
From: Jeffrey Foy <jeff@seaeast>
X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.2 PL8]

Does anyone have a Qterm patch file that is for computers with
8251a USARTS and 8430 baud-rate generators? If so, please to
mail it to me at the address below... Thank you!

Jeff - uunet!rutgers!seaeast!jeff


------------------------------

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Return-Path: <[e-mail]>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 90 13:46:24 MST
From: [e-mail]
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V90 #34
To: [e-mail]

INFO-CPM Digest             Fri, 23 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   34

Today's Topics:
                           Adaptec Products
                    Ampro Little Board w/Hard Disk
                  Need help with DOS interrupts!!!!!
                         Qterm patch for C128
                        Question re:IMSAI 8080
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Thu, 22 Feb 90 17:34:53 PST
From: [e-mail] (Roger Hanscom)
Subject: Adaptec Products
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Marc Wilson says:
> Personally, I recommend Adaptec products.

I'd like to add a strong "second" here.  I purchased a 400A last year at
an unbelievably low price from a liquidator.  I'm at a loss to explain the
low price except that perhaps these things were discontinued?  Anyhow, it
came with almost no documentation, so I prepared myself for the documen-
tation "run-around".  Boy, was I ever wrong!!  When I called Adaptec in
Milpitas, they told me mail $5 to a special mail stop at Adaptec and include
the model number of the product I was seeking documentation for.  I got
a *very* complete manual back in less than a week.  It included a schematic
for a host adapter and source code fragments (Z80 asm) for a cbios.  I
was amazed!  We should cherish organizations that treat their customers
like this.  It appeared that *any* manual on an Adaptec product could be
had for $5.  That's saying a lot for this day and age!

           roger                  [e-mail]




------------------------------

Date: 22 Feb 90 19:19:55 GMT
From: att!cbnewsh!hoswjc![e-mail]  (Bill Carpenter)
Subject: Ampro Little Board w/Hard Disk
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

On 22 Feb 90 09:51:33 GMT, [e-mail] (Marc Wilson) said:

mwilson>      The SCSI host adapter from Ampro gives you a true SCSI
mwilson> bus port.  It supports devices 0-7, can operate in either
mwilson> initiator or target mode, etc.  The NCR 5380 SCSI chip is
mwilson> used.

How much trouble would it be to get the Little Board SCSI to work with
a SCSI tape drive?  I'm sort of naive on the subject, but I reckon
after you have the SCSI adaptor, it's mostly a matter of software.
Has it already been done?
--
   Bill Carpenter         att!ho5cad!wjc  or  attmail!bill

------------------------------

Date: 23 Feb 90 01:21:33 GMT
From: uoft02![e-mail]
Subject: Need help with DOS interrupts!!!!!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

hi there,

  i have an important question.  i hope that someone out there can help me!!!

  i am trying to replace some interrupt vectors in the interrupt table,
  using the  INT 21H  interrupt call.  i was trying to use int 21h with
  AH=35H and AL=09H  (trying to replace the keyboard function/response) and
  insert the address of my own routine by using INT 21H with AH=25H and
  AL=09H.  the problem is that when i run it it pukes and locks up the system,
  all interrupts are disabeled.  this is not the result that i want!!  ;')
  i know that it is getting locked up within the interrupt itself and not in
  another part of my code.

  any suggestion that anyone could offer i would greatly appreciate.  please
  remember though, i am trying to do this with the  INT 21H interrupt call.


                        thanks in advance,

                            janet

                            [e-mail]

------------------------------

Date: Thu, 22 Feb 90 19:11 CST
From: Doctor WHO <[e-mail]>
Subject: Qterm patch for C128
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I recently got QTERM 4.2g from Simtel-20.  It looks like a very good program.
However, the patch for the Commodore 128 in the QTPATCH.LBR file is for
QTERM 4.1e and they are not compatible.  I'm VERY new to CP/M and don't know
enough about assembly to modify the Kaypro patch that is included in the
QTERM42G.LBR file.  Is there anyone out there with a QTERM 4.2g patch for the
C128?  Perferably one with a descent keyboard map for arrow keys and the
keypad.  But if no one has one with a good keyboard map, I'll settle for one
that will just make the program work.  Thanks in advance.  You can mail me
directly at

    483882319@UWPLATT       - Bitnet
    [e-mail]   - Internet

  Cory Hug


------------------------------

Date: 23 Feb 90 12:47:15 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!texbell!inebriae![e-mail]  (Bill Kennedy)
Subject: Question re:IMSAI 8080
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Gregory Paul Spear) writes:
>I have an Imsai 8080 with both 5 1/4 & 8 inch drives.  I want to know

[ looking for 5.25: CP/M for the Imsai ]

>in storage for about 10 years and I'm considering resurrecting it.
>Thanks
>
>Greg Spear @ Portal

If it has been stored that long, be *VERY* careful powering it up.  You
might consider covering it with a thick blanket or something, the caps
in the power supply have been known to explode when powered up for the
first time in a long time.  Not all of them, but some have.  It's more of
a mess and disappointment than a danger if you'll leave the lid on and
cover it with something.  The older power supply (upright caps, wired
on top) was the worst offender, but I'd be careful with either.
--
Bill Kennedy    {texbell,att,cs.utexas.edu,sun!daver}!ssbn!bill
                [e-mail]  or attmail!ssbn!bill

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25-Feb-90 11:30:37-MST,10202;000000000000
Return-Path: <[e-mail]>
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 90 11:15:22 MST
From: [e-mail]
Reply-To: [e-mail]
Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V90 #35
To: [e-mail]

INFO-CPM Digest             Sun, 25 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   35

Today's Topics:
               Ampro Little Board w/Hard Disk (2 msgs)
                         Call for Altruists.
                      Micro Cornicopuia (3 msgs)
                  Need help with DOS interrupts!!!!!
      Prices for used Kaypros and other CP/M computers. (3 msgs)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 24 Feb 90 01:45:03 GMT
From: orc!mipos3!cadev5![e-mail]  (Doug Braun ~)
Subject: Ampro Little Board w/Hard Disk
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Bill Carpenter) writes:

>How much trouble would it be to get the Little Board SCSI to work with
>a SCSI tape drive?  I'm sort of naive on the subject, but I reckon
>after you have the SCSI adaptor, it's mostly a matter of software.
>Has it already been done?


I have a home-built host adapter on my home-build Z280 system,
and I have used it to run a Memtec 20 Meg cassette tape drive with
a SCSI controller card.  It worked very well. (I now have the drive
hooked up to a PC).  The only thing is that these drives are streaming,
so they like to get data in long bursts.  I used a 32K buffer in
a port of unix "tar", and it was very handy for backing up hard disks.
I wish I had another drive, so I could swap tapes between the Z280 and
the PC.

Because I had already written a SCSI driver for the hard disk, it was easy
to make it generic, to perform a SCSI transaction for any device.

I.e:   status = scsiop(busid, cptr, dptr, dlen);

Where busid is 1 to 7, cptr points to the command bytes,
dptr points to the data buffer, and dlen is size of the buffer.
The routine figures out how long the commnd is, and which way
the data is going.

SCSI stuff is fun.  (but ask me about my 9-track CP/M tape drive)




Doug Braun                Intel Corp CAD
                    408 765-4279

 / decwrl \
 | hplabs |
-| oliveb |- !intelca!mipos3!cadev4!dbraun
 | amd    |
 \ qantel /

 or:

 [e-mail]

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Date: 24 Feb 90 11:20:38 GMT
From: crash![e-mail]  (Marc Wilson)
Subject: Ampro Little Board w/Hard Disk
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Bill Carpenter) writes:

>How much trouble would it be to get the Little Board SCSI to work with
>a SCSI tape drive?  I'm sort of naive on the subject, but I reckon
>after you have the SCSI adaptor, it's mostly a matter of software.
>Has it already been done?

     There is software available from Ampro to do backups to a tape drive
interfaced over the SCSI bus.  I dunno how well it works; I haven't tried it
'cause I don't have a tape drive.

     If you want random access, I'd have to say no.  Streaming tape?  Almost
certainly.

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marc Wilson
     ARPA: ...!crash![e-mail]
           ...!crash!pnet01!pro-sol![e-mail]
     UUCP: [ cbosgd | hp-sdd!hplabs | sdcsvax | nosc ]!crash!mwilson
     INET: [e-mail]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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Date: 23 Feb 90 21:09:50 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!tcdcs!swift.cs.tcd.ie!vax1.tcd.ie![e-mail]  (A Magic minstrel.)
Subject: Call for Altruists.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Is there anyone out there with either a Northstar Advantage or an OSBORNE 1,
who would be willing to help me 'get started' on the two machines, I am looking
particularily for sources of hardware/software and some techy information.

Replies in email please to [e-mail]

Thanks.

J.

The statement below this is true.
The statement above this is false.

------------------------------

Date: 24 Feb 90 03:06:59 GMT
From: pacbell!sactoh0![e-mail]  (Shawn E. Riggins)
Subject: Micro Cornicopuia
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I own a Kaypro IV '84 and I am wondering if Micro Cornicoupia is
still in business.  If so, are they still catering to CP/M Kaypros?


--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Shawn Riggins A.K.A. The Starrigger | "Jake, you know how these whoppers get
E-Mail Address: [e-mail]    | started. Alien booz in human stomachs.
AT&T: [phone]                 | Accidental chemically induced insanity."

------------------------------

Date: 24 Feb 90 16:33:35 GMT
From: bu.edu!m2c!wpi![e-mail]  (Gary P Gray)
Subject: Micro Cornicopuia
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Shawn E. Riggins) writes:
>I own a Kaypro IV '84 and I am wondering if Micro Cornicoupia is
>still in business.  If so, are they still catering to CP/M Kaypros?

Yes, Micro Cornicoupia is still in buisness, and one of the best programming
journals out there (like DDJ, Byte, and Creative COmputing used to be.)  They
occasionally (from about the 5 issues I have) do have a CPM column, but I
don't think it's on any kind of permenant basis.  They do carry ads from
places that sell/service Kaypros though.
--
-- WARNING!!! The above opinions may be HAZARDOUS or FATAL if swallowed!!! --
And now, in case you missed the actual content of this post here is a summary
of all the important points:

------------------------------

Date: 24 Feb 90 21:43:37 GMT
From: hub![e-mail]
Subject: Micro Cornicopuia
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Shawn E. Riggins) writes...
>I own a Kaypro IV '84 and I am wondering if Micro Cornicoupia is
>still in business.  If so, are they still catering to CP/M Kaypros?>

Great Magazine ! They are still around. I believe they still offer PD
software disks for Kaypro CP/M computers (I just wrote them about it).
I'll post when I find out.

------------------------------

Date: 24 Feb 90 03:15:02 GMT
From: imagen!atari!portal!portal!cup.portal.com![e-mail]  (William Thomas Daugustine)
Subject: Need help with DOS interrupts!!!!!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In artical <[e-mail]>
janet cscon103euoft02.utoledo.edu asks:

-----
hi there,

  i have an important question.  i hope that someone out there can help me!!!

  i am trying to replace some interrupt vectors in the interrupt table,
  using the  INT 21H  interrupt call.  i was trying to use int 21h with
  AH=35H and AL=09H  (trying to replace the keyboard function/response) and
  insert the address of my own routine by using INT 21H with AH=25H and
  AL=09H.  the problem is that when i run it it pukes and locks up the system,
  all interrupts are disabeled.  this is not the result that i want!!  ;')
  i know that it is getting locked up within the interrupt itself and not in
  another part of my code.

  any suggestion that anyone could offer i would greatly appreciate.  please
  remember though, i am trying to do this with the  INT 21H interrupt call.


                        thanks in advance,

                            janet

                            [e-mail]
-----



Perhaps if you posted your message to comp.sys.ibm instead of comp.os.cpm,
you would get a better response. Since Im still using CP/M these days,
I have no contact with the MS-DOS world, and prefer it that way. Maybe
some of the other people who subscribe to this newsgroup feel the same way.

.
+------------------------------------------+---------------------+
| Billy D'Augustine          [phone] | The author is not   |
| [e-mail]                | responsable for     |
| sun!portal!cup.portal.com!Azog-Thoth     | typgraphic errors!  |
+------------------------------------------+---------------------+

------------------------------

Date: 24 Feb 90 05:10:08 GMT
From: ubc-cs!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink![e-mail]  (Curt Sampson)
Subject: Prices for used Kaypros and other CP/M computers.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Over the last few months we've had a recent plummet in the prices of used CP/M
Kaypros.  I recently bought a Kaypro 4 '84 with the internal modem in very good
condition for $200 (which is about the price of two new DSDD drives up here).
Is this typical of prices for CP/M boxes all over?  Or is it just around here.
           -CJS    ( [e-mail] )
("Oh no!  Who erased /usr/games/fortune?  Now I can't post messages...")

------------------------------

Date: 25 Feb 90 17:26:54 GMT
From: hub![e-mail]
Subject: Prices for used Kaypros and other CP/M computers.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Curt Sampson) writes...
>Over the last few months we've had a recent plummet in the prices of used CP/M
>Kaypros...

I recently saw a Kaypro II with a daisywheel printer for $150 in the
newspaper. This seems a bit low, however..

------------------------------

Date: 24 Feb 90 05:10:08 GMT
From: ubc-cs!van-bc!rsoft!mindlink![e-mail]  (Curt Sampson)
Subject: Prices for used Kaypros and other CP/M computers.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Over the last few months we've had a recent plummet in the prices of used CP/M
Kaypros.  I recently bought a Kaypro 4 '84 with the internal modem in very good
condition for $200 (which is about the price of two new DSDD drives up here).
Is this typical of prices for CP/M boxes all over?  Or is it just around here.
           -CJS    ( [e-mail] )
("Oh no!  Who erased /usr/games/fortune?  Now I can't post messages...")

------------------------------

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Return-Path: <[e-mail]>
Date: Wed, 28 Feb 90 23:17:30 MST
From: [e-mail]
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V90 #36
To: [e-mail]

INFO-CPM Digest             Wed, 28 Feb 90       Volume 90 : Issue   36

Today's Topics:
                 Continued support of RCP/M Royal Oak
      Prices for used Kaypros and other CP/M computers. (2 msgs)
                          Several questions
                        TMS 40L44 MEMORY CHIPS
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Wed, 28 Feb 1990  22:08 MST
From: Keith Petersen <[e-mail]>
Subject: Continued support of RCP/M Royal Oak
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Thanks to your support, RCP/M Royal Oak continues to be accessable via
PC Pursuit and Starlink outdial services via our forwarding phone in
Detroit.

The Detroit number is:  313-884-0405

Our regular number continues as well:  313-759-6569

RCP/M Royal Oak offers many of SIMTEL20's CP/M files.  The system
is equipped with a USRobotics HST modem which supports 300, 1200,
2400, and 9600 (HST) bps.  It has 64 megabytes of hard disk storage
arranged as 10 logical drives.

Bob Clyne and I appreciate the letters we have received.  We're
sorry that the post office previously returned some letters as
undeliverable.  Because of this we have discontinued the use of
Detroit Download Central's P.O. box.  Bob Clyne now has his own
P.O. box.  Please use this address:

    Robert Clyne
        P.O. Box 4183
        Center Line, MI  48015-4183

Bob requests that all correspondence and support be addressed to his
name, rather than the RCP/M or to me, in order to avoid delivery
problems.

Please let me know if you have any problems with the forwarding phone
number.

Keith
--
Keith Petersen
Maintainer of SIMTEL20's CP/M, MSDOS, & MISC archives [IP address 26.2.0.74]
Internet: [e-mail], [e-mail]  BITNET: w8sdz@NDSUVM1
Uucp: {ames,decwrl,harvard,rutgers,ucbvax,uunet}!wsmr-simtel20.army.mil!w8sdz

------------------------------

Date: 26 Feb 90 15:11:24 GMT
From: amdahl!rtech!squid![e-mail]  (Sergio Aponte)
Subject: Prices for used Kaypros and other CP/M computers.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Curt Sampson) writes...
>>Over the last few months we've had a recent plummet in the prices of used CP/M
>>Kaypros...
>
>I recently saw a Kaypro II with a daisywheel printer for $150 in the
>newspaper. This seems a bit low, however..


    I just bought mine (Kaypro II '84 + modem port) for $40 (!), but then
    I don't think the guy knew what he had. Next weekend he had another
    one (Kaypro II, pre-84, no modem), this time he wanted $60, I turned
    him down. He said he had 3 of them and was trying to sell one at a time
    to get the most of them.

    I thought about buying it (spare parts, re-sale), but did not want to
    give in to the price hike.

    Could it also have to do (pricing) with availability and demand? It
    seems many people don't know what they are and won't run the risk of
    being stuck with an anchor, and the people that know what they are
    are aware that parts and support are getting scarce...

    BTW, I think I need a couple of drives. Will any "single side" flopy
    drive do? (In other words, are this drives PC and Kaypro compatible or
    are they a special kind?).


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Date: 27 Feb 90 06:54:00 GMT
From: dsl.pitt.edu!pitt!darth!insight![e-mail]  (Brian Hughes)
Subject: Prices for used Kaypros and other CP/M computers.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

 > From: [e-mail] (Curt Sampson)
 > Date: 24 Feb 90 05:10:08 GMT

 > Over the last few months we've had a recent plummet in
 > the prices of used CP/M
 > Kaypros.  I recently bought a Kaypro 4 '84 with the
 > internal modem in very good
 > condition for $200 (which is about the price of two
 > new DSDD drives up here).
 > Is this typical of prices for CP/M boxes all over?  Or
 > is it just around here.



  Curt,

  I just arranged to purchase a Molecular 32 (CP/M) with 60 mg HD, tape backup, 4 terminals with enough internal boards for 12 users for $400.00.  I'm also buying, from the same fellow, an Altos with 40 mg HD and tape backup 4 user system for $100.00.  I think CP/M machines have hit rock bottom.  For simple word processing and modeming, they seem to be the best deal in town.

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Date: 25 Feb 90 22:45:12 GMT
From: m2c!wpi![e-mail]  (Gary P Gray)
Subject: Several questions
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Several short questions:

A) Is ZCPR a public domain (or shareware) program?
B) Is ZCPR worth bothering with on a non-hardisk system (i.e. Osborne exec)
C) Is Turbo Pascal still available for CPM?
D) What is the bye program?

Thanks.

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Date: 28 Feb 90 21:18:30 GMT
From: [e-mail]  (Russell H. Farris)
Subject: TMS 40L44 MEMORY CHIPS
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anyone know if Texas Instruments TMS 40L44 chips are interchangeable
with 4164s or 4264s? Thanks,

Russ Farris         ([e-mail])   [phone]
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San Diego, Calif 92152              but his halberd is home!"

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