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INFO-CPM Digest             Wed,  2 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue    1

Today's Topics:
                           ^Z in CP/M file
              Looking for mailing list program for CP/M
                             TeX for CP/M
                     TeX under CP/M ??? (2 msgs)
               Unauthorized Duplication of Turbo Pascal
                   Where can I get a KayPLUS ROM ?
                       Zmp15 Osborne 1 Overlay
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Date: Mon, 31 Dec 90 18:00:14 PST
From: [e-mail] (Will Rose)
Subject: ^Z in CP/M file
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

The only way you'll get this out is by using a programming language
that can read binary files - you'll then get garbage beyond the 'real'
terminating ^Z; or use DDT to change the 'wrong' ^Z to something
innocuous.

Good luck - Will
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Date: Wed,  2 Jan 91 08:25:24 -0500
From: Jay Sage <[e-mail]>
Subject: Looking for mailing list program for CP/M
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Tom Albrecht was looking for a mailing list program.  If he is using the
Z-System, then he should try Joe Mortenson's ZDB (Z DataBase), a small
database program for just this purpose that is currently under active
development.  I have not used it myself, but it gets excellent reviews from
callers at my Z-Node.  It has probably been posted to the Z areas on
SIMTEL20.

-- Jay Sage


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Date: 2 Jan 91 00:15:48 GMT
From: ulysses!rick![e-mail]  (Andy Meyer)
Subject: TeX for CP/M
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ben Wildasin) writes:

> Is anyone familiar with TeX implementations for CP/M? If so, what printers
> do they support? Also, are there any freely or cheaply available Emacs
> editors floating around out there?

Well, I can't remember where I downloaded it, but I have something called
'Small tex' by Mike Meyer (no relation!) circa 1982. I never actually set
it up, but according to its users manual, it does share lots of stuff with
Knuth's Tex. However, rather than using metafonts it apparently uses
Fancy Font(tm) from SoftCraft for output.

This information is offered merely as proof that such a thing does exist.

Andy
--
 Andreas Meyer, N2FYE      > > > > > > > > >     Internet: [e-mail]
 "Ausgezeichnet!"         < < < < < < < < <          uucp:   ..att!rick!ahm

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Date: Tue, 01 Jan 91 08:04:51 IST
From: "Jacques J. Goldberg" <PHR00JG@TECHNION>
Subject: TeX under CP/M ???

Ben Wildasin asked for it.

Ben, I am addicted to TeX and no less to CP/M.
But TeX under CP/M, I wouldn't try to turn the dream into reality.

TeX was originally written in WEB, with the WEB interpreter (TANGLE)
producing PASCAL source code. The TeX program relies on enumerated
variables in the range 0..32767? Do you know a CP/M compiler handling
that?

A converter WEB-to-C was then developped, that makes porting much easier.
Today you can get the source for TeX in C. All implementations known to
me under MSDOS starting from the C code use an internal virtual memory
management because the 640k addressing space is not large enough. Even
if such a management would be ported to CP/M, I do not see how the
memory swapping and overlayed code and work areas could be packed in
60k of memory left on a banked system. It could be a challenge, but not
something practical.

DVI drivers, you ask.
One could think of TeXing the document on some other machine, downloading
the intermediary DVI file to a CP/M machine, and using the CP/M system
to display the output. A Previewer is probably feasible under CP/M as what
you need is a bit map of the screen (in some graphics mode, not all CP/M
system has such a feature). And to print, but probably you would want to
print on a cheap Epson-like device: there again memory bitmaps are
required, and with the much higher resolution again the driver will
essentially exercise the hard disk, and the user will be frustrated.
It already takes FIVE MINUTES if not more to print one page of TeX output
on an Epson printer with a 10 MHz 8086 processor!!!!

I know only one reasonable way to TeXing under CP/M. Purchase one of those
cheap PC-clones, with 640k RAM and at least 20 Mb hard disk, and a graphics
card, and declare it to yourself and friends as a co-processor to the CP/M
machine. As a SLAVE, the idea of keeping a PC is perhaps tolerable....

If however you NEED TeX the right machine to purchase is OF COURSE not
the PC junk. What you want is an AMIGA. TeX on an Amiga outperforms just
about anything existing except powerful workstations. Speed is not the main
issue. With the Amiga you see the output and the input on the same screen
side by side, without printing, and the turnaround to prepare a document
is minimized.

Too bad, it ain't CP/M....                        Jacques

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Date: 1 Jan 91 23:18:53 GMT
From: munnari.oz.au!csc.anu.edu.au!csis![e-mail]  (Ken Yap)
Subject: TeX under CP/M ???
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

>Ben Wildasin asked for it.
>
>Ben, I am addicted to TeX and no less to CP/M.
>But TeX under CP/M, I wouldn't try to turn the dream into reality.

I second that. Don't even think of it. I just finished a tangle (sorry
for pun) with getting TeX running on a Tandy 6000 (68k based Xenix
machine) with 1 M memory and tens of Mb of disk. My major problems:

Needed flexnames cpp (got free version).
Needed long identifiers (used shortc and cpp).
Bug in compiler for large multi-d arrays.

And the sheer amount of time needed to compile and test.

I would say the minimum configuration that will support TeX comfortably
is 1 M memory, 20 Mb disk, flexnames C compiler with 32 integer type.
Below this you'll need ugly tricks.

So go buy yourself a cheap PC clone instead.

Oh, if there are any t6k readers, I'll announce the diffs in the Tandy
newsgroup soon.

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Date: Wed,  2 Jan 91 08:25:12 -0500
From: Jay Sage <[e-mail]>
Subject: Unauthorized Duplication of Turbo Pascal
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

About a week ago (just before I left on vacation) Earl Phillips wrote:

>> Someone posted a request for turbo pascal on a 5-1/4"
>> disk. I have turbo pascal an both 8" and 5-1/4". Email
>> me if you haven't already got it, and we'll aange to
>> mail you a copy.

I would like to point out that Turbo Pascal is a copyrighted program.  If it
were no longer available for purchase (or if this were a request for a
replacement for a damaged copy), I would not post this caution.  However,
though no longer available from Borland, it is in current production by Alpha
Systems in San Jose (and carried by my wife's company, Sage Microsystems
East).

-- Jay Sage


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Date: Wed,  2 Jan 91 08:25:16 -0500
From: Jay Sage <[e-mail]>
Subject: Where can I get a KayPLUS ROM ?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

>> Anyone know where I can pick up a KayPLUS ROM for an '83 KP-II?  Emerald
>> Microware's brochure describes it in glorious detail, but has a big
>> "N/A" written over the price :-(

   I can't help you with the KayPLUS ROM, but we are slowly making progress
with bringing the Plu*Perfect TurboROM back into production (since Advent has
gone out of that business).

-- Jay Sage


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Date: 2 Jan 91 03:04:40 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!urchin![e-mail]  (Charles Cotham)
Subject: Zmp15 Osborne 1 Overlay
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I just received Klaus Schauer's Osborne 1 overlay for ZMP15 comm program,
and uploaded it to NW Znode Houston @ 713-937-8886. Give it a try, ZMP15
by Ron Murray from Australia is a nice comm program that gives CP/M
users Z modem protocal. Thanks to Klaus it now runs on the Osborne 1.

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INFO-CPM Digest             Fri,  4 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue    2

Today's Topics:
                   Changes at The Computer Journal?
                      CPM signel board computer
                              good news
                    Help with embedded ^Z (2 msgs)
                  TeX under CP/M and ``TeX clones''.
              Trouble Installing ZSDOS on a Xerox 820-II
                          UUCP and CPM Plus
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Date: 3 Jan 91 17:02:51 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Jim Gonzalez)
Subject: Changes at The Computer Journal?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I received a letter from Chris McEwen the other day, announcing that he was
taking over Art Carlson's job as editor of The Computer Journal.  He didn't
get into the details, and I'd let my subscription lapse after issue #47.
There was a file, either on Jay Sage's Z-Node or BCS's ZI/TEL BBS
explaining what happened, but I failed to obtain a copy.  Does anyone have
more information?  Chris McEwen alluded to health problems that finally
forced Art Carlson to step down.

Personally, the Z-System bias of the magazine made it less attractive for
me, since I'm still struggling with a CP/M 1.3 clone (Cromemco CDOS),
leaving me out of the running for a Z-System.  The hardware articles were
disappointing, too.  Of course, *now* Chris McEwen announces that they've
done an article on building a SCSI interface, and it's the in issue I just
missed.  <Sigh>.

                -Jim.

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Date: 2 Jan 91 21:08:04 GMT
From: msk!@uunet.uu.net  (Mark Kaplan)
Subject: CPM signel board computer
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Toy needs good home.

Digital Research "Big Board" complete single board computer system.
Designed to run CPM.

Z80 with all peripherals, PIO, SIO, Clock, etc.
Completely loaded with 64K RAM.

It worked the last time I tried it (About 5 years ago).

Needs: Power supply, terminal (or monitor and keyboard)
and (2) 8" disk drives.

I have a keyboard, which I have never tried. It will need
some rewiring to use with this board. I used a terminal.

Make an offer. (No offer too low!)

Home: [phone]
Work: [phone]

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Date: 3 Jan 91 19:32:25 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Karol Gieszczykiewicz)
Subject: good news
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Greetings. I got the K10 working. Here's how (maybe someone else got a
non-working one too)

If you take the case off and face the HD controller board, try to
locate all the mounting screws for the PCB. There should be 4. Now,
look at the top-left one (nearest the face panel on top) and take it
out (with a screwdriver). The problem with my K10 was that, after
years of vibrations, the HD controller shifted so much as to make a
resistors lead touch the grounding screw. That's why, early on, it's a
just a "flakey" HD drive and only later (after many angry HITS on the
right side ;-) does it fail completely...

Well, all I did was put a small plastic washer on that mounting screw,
formatted the drive, and let it run all night. No problems yet!
[wheeeeee]

Now for the question (no, not related). I would like to know more
about the TurboROM. I took out the old 10MB drive and put in a 40 MB
28 ms. I UNDERSTAND that the most I can get is a speed improvement,
but I want MORE :-) A person I know put in 2 10MB drives and just put
a switch on the front panel so he can switch them in and out ! :-)
Viola, 20MB! [grin]

Take care.

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Date: 4 Jan 91 15:13:57 GMT
From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!rex!uflorida!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!prism![e-mail]  (MILLS,JOHN M.)
Subject: Help with embedded ^Z
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

--
MILLS,JOHN M.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:      ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!jm59
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: 4 Jan 91 14:47:51 GMT
From: usc!samsung!rex!uflorida!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!prism![e-mail]  (MILLS,JOHN M.)
Subject: Help with embedded ^Z
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

^Z?  A friend disassembled the @#$% thing to learn how to get that error
message.  I would first try simply _editing_ your original (corrupted)
file under Word Master.  You should be able to see and delete the
offender.  (If you copied the file using a 'dumb' utility, it may have
been truncated.  Hope that hasn't happened.) It's been a long time
since I used it, but Word Master shouldn't balk at ^Z (except for giving
you some unsolicited advice).


--
MILLS,JOHN M.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:      ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!jm59
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 03 Jan 91 08:01:25 IST
From: "Jacques J. Goldberg" <PHR00JG@TECHNION>
Subject: TeX under CP/M and ``TeX clones''.

I did not know that there exists or has existed anything like a stripped
down TeX or something resembling TeX.

IF IT EXISTS, KEEP YOUR HANDS AWAY.

Because TeX is TeX only if it is TeX. This is not a joke. One of the most
important FACTS about TeX, explaining at least in part its popularity in the
academic community, is that THE SAME INPUT FILE PRODUCES IDENTICALLY THE
SAME DOCUMENT ON ANY OUTPUT DEVICE USING ANY COMPUTER.

If you use ``something like'', you will start up happy to use your CP/M
machine with it. Then you will want MORE, BETTER QUALITY with a laser printer
for example. You will transfer the input to another machine, and IT WON'T WORK.
Unless you care for guaranteed frustration, DO NOT START.           Jacques

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Date: Thu, 3 Jan 1991 05:48:00 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Trouble Installing ZSDOS on a Xerox 820-II
Message-ID: <" 3-Jan-91  8:48:00 EST".*[e-mail]>

Has anyone ever installed ZSDOS (by Plu*Perfect) on a Xerox 820-II?  Can it be
done?  I have had one heck of a time trying!!!  Bridger gave me the phone
number for one of the authors, but before I go bothering anyone at their home,
I thought I would first check here.

When I tried using INSTALOS in the normal way.  I got an error message saying
"Bit relocatable table not found" (or something like that).  The error, when
checked in the manual, said that something was probably non-standard, and
suggested trying MOVCPM to create a file, and use INSTALOS with the /A option.

So, I tried MOVCPM * *.  I kept getting the message SYNCRONIZATION ERROR, and
the computer locked up, forcing me to push the reset button.  I finally
reformatted the disk I was trying to put ZSDOS on, and SYSGEN'ed it from my
Master System Disk.  I did NOT run CONFIGUR like I normally would.  Once the
needed CP/M and ZSDOS files were copied over, I ran MOVCPM * * again.

This time, MOVECPM worked.  It would have defaulted to a filename of CPM60.SYS,
but I named it SYSTEM.MDL so I could use the default in INSTALOS.  At that
point, I ran INSTALOS /A, and used SYSTEM.MDL.  It seemed to work this time,
though it came up with the following.

    CCP   0000H
    BDOS  0800H
    BIOS  1600H

Not exactly what I was expecting for a 60K system!!!  Not being happy with
this, I continued on anyway, and replaced the DOS using ZSSYS.ZRL.  I then
SYSGENED the disk using the resulting MDL file.  As expected, the computer
locked up when I tried to boot it.

I really don't know what to do next.  Any suggestions?

                ~ Mike ([e-mail])

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Date: 3 Jan 91 23:05:29 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!axion!tharr!nowster![e-mail]  (Paul Martin)
Subject: UUCP and CPM Plus
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Thanks for all the help the net has given.

As you can see, I have now got DG's UUCP package.

--
Paul Martin                       [e-mail]
nowster![e-mail]    ..!uunet!tharr!nowster!pm

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INFO-CPM Digest             Sun,  6 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue    3

Today's Topics:
                          good news (2 msgs)
                    Help with embedded ^Z (2 msgs)
                                 MP/M
                        osborne 1 to kaypro 2x
                        Pallio still offline?
                      Searching for XLISP Stuff
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Date: 4 Jan 91 14:30:08 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!urchin!f601.n106.z1.fidonet.org![e-mail]  (CHARLES COTHAM)
Subject: good news
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Karol,

   Leave me you address or number and I will get intouch with you about
the Osborne boot disks you needed.
                              Charles Cotham


---MSBBS V0.08

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Date: 4 Jan 91 15:15:16 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!urchin!f601.n106.z1.fidonet.org![e-mail]  (MARC NEWMAN)
Subject: good news
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

>        Now for the question (no, not related). I would like to
>        know more about the TurboROM. I took out the old 10MB drive
>        and put in a 40 MB 28 ms. I UNDERSTAND that the most I can
>        get is a speed improvement, but I want MORE :-) A person I
>        know put in 2 10MB drives and just put a switch on the
>        front panel so he can switch them in and out ! :-) Viola,
>        20MB! [grin]

Carol, I have a Kaypro 10 with the Advent Turbo Rom, and also the clock
they used to sell, and I ADDED a 56 meg drive.  The original one in it
was a 10 meg 1/2 high, and it was a fairly simple matter to add another
1/2 high drive.  Took a new control cable with an extra connector, a
second data cable, a Y for the power cable to split off power to 2
drives, and the ROM and Formatter Advent used to sell.  You would have 50
megs if you left your original drive in.

There is a minor speed improvement with the Turbo Rom.

I hear that since Bridger Mitchell wrote the Rom and Formatter
originally, he is selling them now.  Can someone else verify this?

Good luck, and I will be glad to help if needed.

Marc Newman
---MSBBS V0.08

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Date: 4 Jan 91 15:15:45 GMT
From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!rex!uflorida!mailer.cc.fsu.edu!prism![e-mail]  (MILLS,JOHN M.)
Subject: Help with embedded ^Z
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Sorry - Un-truncated text was:
Did you get Word Master's message when you originally _entered_ the
^Z?  A friend disassembled the @#$% thing to learn how to get that error
message.  I would first try simply _editing_ your original (corrupted)
file under Word Master.  You should be able to see and delete the
offender.  (If you copied the file using a 'dumb' utility, it may have
been truncated.  Hope that hasn't happened.) It's been a long time
since I used it, but Word Master shouldn't balk at ^Z (except for giving
you some unsolicited advice).

--
MILLS,JOHN M.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:      ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!jm59
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: 4 Jan 91 16:21:44 GMT
From: hsdndev!spdcc![e-mail]  (Jerry Natowitz)
Subject: Help with embedded ^Z
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (MILLS,JOHN M.) writes:
>... but Word Master shouldn't balk at ^Z (except for giving
>you some unsolicited advice).

In fact Word Master gave me no advise about the ^Z, it just refused to
read the file past that point (which was in the first line, of course).

I ended up using BASIC to edit the file as a random access file.
--
     Jerry Natowitz
     Guest user on:
ARPA [e-mail]
UUCP {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!jin

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Date: Fri, 4 Jan 91 12:53 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: MP/M

Yes, it is time for simple and mundane questions that comes up
periodically. I hate to be the one, but...

1) Who created/produced/sells MP/M? I'd like to get a packet (once I
   get out of this broke-ness spell) and play with. While you're at
   it, any comments?

2) Could anyone tell me a phone number for Digital Research or whoever
   it is that sells CP/M for them now? DR's 800 number disappeared.

Thnx!

    -John

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Date: Fri, 4 Jan 91 18:39:38 EST
From: [e-mail] (Rhonda Gaines)
Subject: osborne 1 to kaypro 2x
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have recently acquired dbaseII for the osborne 1 and don't know
how to use it on my kaypro 2x.  When I put the disk in it says it
can't read my diskette.  Any ideas on how to convert these osborne
disks to kaypro so I can use them?

 -thanks


--
Rhonda Gaines                   |   University of Virginia
phone:  [phone]            |   Thornton Hall
bitnet: [e-mail]  |   Applied Mechanics Program
internet: [e-mail]   |   Charlottesville, VA  22903-2442

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Date: 6 Jan 91 15:34:15 GMT
From: eru!hagbard!sunic!isgate!krafla![e-mail]  (Adam David)
Subject: Pallio still offline?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I tried mailing to Dave Goodenough [e-mail] and it bounced because pallio
was not back in the UUCP maps. Can anyone enlighten me?

Adam David.  [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 4 Jan 91 10:31:21 PST
From: "Strong data types for weak minds." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Searching for XLISP Stuff
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    Does anybody know of a BBS where I could find either:

        1) an XLISP V1.2 executable '.COM file and/or
        2) sources for XLISP V1.1

    I need a ready-to-go '.COM for CP/M with matching sources
    to rebuild in another environment.

    Regards,
    rcs


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INFO-CPM Digest             Mon,  7 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue    4

Today's Topics:
                Changes at TCJ (The Computer Journal)
                     No Slot Clock for Kaypro 10
                        Pallio still offline?
                        ZSDOS on Xerox 820-II
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Date: Mon,  7 Jan 91 14:04:01 -0500
From: Jay Sage <[e-mail]>
Subject: Changes at TCJ (The Computer Journal)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Jim Gonzalez wrote recently:

>> I received a letter from Chris McEwen the other day, announcing that he
>> was taking over Art Carlson's job as editor of The Computer Journal...Does
>> anyone have more information?

   Chris is taking over not only as editor but as publisher.  The complete
text from an announcement file on my Z-Node is attached below.  If our
community is to retain this tremendously valuable resource (all the others
have folded or defected), we must have new subscribers and contributors
coming on board.  Please give the magazine a try.

>> Personally, the Z-System bias of the magazine made it less attractive for
>> me, since I'm still struggling with a CP/M 1.3 clone (Cromemco CDOS),
>> leaving me out of the running for a Z-System.

   I don't think Jim really expects TCJ to cover CP/M-1.3!!  With such an old
version of CP/M, Jim in not likely to find much applicable material in TCJ or
anywhere else.  While the CP/M coverage in TCJ is largely concerned with Z-
System (after all, that is where by far most of the action is in CP/M
programming), TCJ covers much more than just Z-System.  We are especially
looking toward expanding the coverage of embedded controllers and local area
networks.  The next issue will probably include articles on both (assuming I
finish mine describing the controller I built to run my home's heating and
electrical system).

>> The hardware articles were disappointing, too.

   What was wrong with them, and what would you like to see?  More specific
comments would be more helpful.  The management is very much open to
suggestions!

>> Of course, *now* Chris McEwen announces that they've done an article on
>> building a SCSI interface, and it's the in issue I just missed.  <Sigh>.

   If that is the article I am thinking of, it described a way to attach a
Bernouilli box to a CP/M computer.  If I could find a surplus Bernouilli box,
as the author did, I'd love to try that out.

   Here is the set of news releases about changes at TCJ.  Please note that I
have no financial stake in TCJ (unless you count losing money by underwriting
the cost of new subscriptions placed with Sage Microsystems East).  I am
strongly committed to keeping this last true hobbyist magazine alive.
Besides writing my own columns, I also solicit and edit submissions from
other authors.

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                                                             27 December 1990

                                 NEWS RELEASE

Art Carlson, editor and publisher of The Computer Journal (TCJ) has announced
his retirement. Chris McEwen is named as the new editor and publisher. Art
cites health as his reason for the change. "The past few years have been a
struggle due to my personal health," Art writes. "It is time to get help. I
spent a lot of time thinking about the type of person who could continue TCJ
from its present base, and expand it without ruining what we have worked so
hard to achieve. It had to be someone interested in our areas of computing."

Chris states that no changes in format or editorial policies are anticipated.
"The traditional strengths of TCJ as a technical journal--its quality
articles and reader involvement--will continue. We look forward to building
on the solid foundation that Art gave us."

The Computer Journal publishes technical papers relating to micro computers,
embedded controllers and operating systems. "Upcoming articles include use of
ground as a surge sink for power line protection and assembly language
programming for the high level language programmer," the new editor reports.
TCJ also provides thorough coverage of the CP/M and Z-System operating
systems. The journal, published six times per year, is expected to expand
soon from its current 40 to 48 pages. Chris explains, "Our most recent issue
went to press with just two column inches uncommitted. We have a growing
backlog of good articles awaiting space."

The new address for TCJ is: The Computer Journal, PO Box 12, South
Plainfield, New Jersey 07080.

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                               TCJ ANNOUNCEMENT
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A subscription policy change is announced concurrent with the news release of
Art Carlson's retirement from the position as editor and publisher of The
Computer Journal. Previously, TCJ was available only through prepaid
subscriptions. This required readers to pay prior to seeing their first issue
of the journal.

Effective immediately, subscriptions will be accepted without pre-payment.
New subscribers will be given an opportunity to review their first issue
before being asked to pay. Should you feel that TCJ is not for you, simply
mark the invoice "Canceled" and return to us.

Alternately, and for a limited time only, prepaid subscriptions will be given
a discount of $2 per year for US subscribers or $3 per year for foreign
subscribers. This offer is valid for both new subscriptions and renewals, but
expires on 31 May 1991.

What do you get when you subscribe to The Computer Journal? TCJ stands as the
sole remaining general circulation magazine providing full support for CP/M,
Z-System and 8-bit operating systems. Articles written by such Z-System
notables as Jay Sage, Carson Wilson, and Bridger Mitchell appear regularly.
Use of Z-System and its tools are discussed in depth. But we don't stop with
that. Articles include advanced programming techniques, such as using
logarithms to speed mathematical calculations. Interfacing devices on micro
computers is covered, as a recent article on building an RS-422 interface
showed. And real world solutions to real world problems are given: The
March/April issue will have a paper describing the dangers of MOVs and using
the ground line to dissipate surges in power line conditioners.

If you are a CP/M or Z-System user, or if you are an advanced user of any
micro computer system, you should take a look at TCJ. Send us your name and
address and let us send you the latest issue.

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The Computer Journal                               Call for Articles

As the major magazine supporting CP/M and Z-System, TCJ is calling for
articles relating to configuring, maintaining, interfacing and operating
micro computers. Articles should be written toward the intermediate to
advanced user. Particular interest exists toward hardware projects and
installing Z-System on non-standard systems such as those equipped with
Trantor drives. We are particularly seeking an article relating to use of Z-
System in a multi-user (networked) environment and use of SCSI for
generalized I/O.

Articles should be between 10k and 30k in length. Please also include a short
biography of one to two paragraphs.

Submit your article on disk or upload to either Socrates Z-Node 32 at (908)
754-9067 or Newton Centre Z-Node 3 at [phone]. Graphics should be
submitted in hardcopy and also in TIFF or EPS formats if possible. If you are
mailing in a submission, send to:

     The Computer Journal
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If accepted for publication, submissions will become the property of The
Computer Journal. Manuscripts will be returned if accompanied by a return
mailer with postage. If you question if your topic is suitable for
publication, please contact the publisher at the above address.


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Date: Mon, 07 Jan 91 12:57:12 CST
From: Steve Westlund <[e-mail]>
Subject: No Slot Clock for Kaypro 10

Wanted: No slot clock for Kaypro 10.

I am interested in buying a no slot clock for my Kaypro 10. It is one of the
earlier models without the timer or internal modem. Does anyone know of a
company that still sells a no slot clock for a Z80 machine? It would be great
to use in date and time stamping files on my system.

Thanks,

Steve Westlund  C08920SW@WUVMD
Washington University
St. Louis, Missouri

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

Date: 6 Jan 91 18:29:41 GMT
From: att!pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!ijpc![e-mail]  (Ian Justman)
Subject: Pallio still offline?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Adam David) writes:

>
> I tried mailing to Dave Goodenough [e-mail] and it bounced because pall
> was not back in the UUCP maps. Can anyone enlighten me?
>
> Adam David.  [e-mail]

pallio may not be on the UUCP maps, but he is online.  I'd have
to dig out a piece of mail I got from him.

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

Date: Mon,  7 Jan 91 14:14:13 -0500
From: Jay Sage <[e-mail]>
Subject: ZSDOS on Xerox 820-II
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Mike Sprague described his travails with getting ZSDOS installed on his Xerox
computer.

>> So, I tried MOVCPM * *.  I kept getting the message SYNCRONIZATION ERROR,
>> and the computer locked up, forcing me to push the reset button.

   That shows that the system you were running at the time was not one
created by that version of MOVCPM, which checks the DOS serial number in the
first six bytes of code.  Digital Research punishes one for trying to use a
'borrowed' MOVCPM by locking up the system.

>> MOVECPM ... seemed to work this time, though it came up with the
>> following.
>>
>>      CCP   0000H
>>      BDOS  0800H
>>      BIOS  1600H

   This may or may not be a problem.  I don't remember what those values are
supposed to be.  I'd recommend that you look at that image file and see where
the CCP, DOS, and BIOS appear.  Normal SYSGEN images have them at 980H,
1180H, and 1F80H, respectively.

   I would also suggest that you make up a new boot disk based on the system
generated by MOVCPM and make sure it works.  Then go back to the ZSDOS
installation.

   Chris McEwen at Z-Node #32 runs this stuff, I'm quite sure, on Xerox 16/8
computers.  If it will work there, it should work on your simpler machine.
Also, I seem to recall that the clock module menu includes something for the
Xerox 820 (though I may be mistaken).  Good luck.

--- Jay Sage


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INFO-CPM Digest             Tue,  8 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue    5

Today's Topics:
                    Need WordStar utility (2 msgs)
                   osborne 1 to kaypro 2x (2 msgs)
                        Pallio still offline?
                        ZSDOS on Xerox 820-II
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 7 Jan 91 22:06:02 GMT
From: autodesk!catnip![e-mail]  (Gun Control is Hitting Your Target)
Subject: Need WordStar utility
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Clarence Wilkerson) writes:


> Aha! Some versions of WordStar supported direct write to screen
>memory on the (few) machines that had screen memory as part of
>system RAM. I suspect that setting the high bit is the way the
>Osborne knew to highlight the current character.

Yes and no.

No, WordStar for the Osborne 1 did not come configured for memory mapped
video - I don't know why - it's orders of magnitude faster than going through
a jillion layers of software.

Yes, you could set the underline attribute by or'ing with 0x80.
--
real address: [e-mail]
last choice:  lll-winken!catnip.berkeley.ca.us!bandy

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Date: 8 Jan 91 13:59:40 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!axion!linus![e-mail]  (John Foster)
Subject: Need WordStar utility
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

From article <[e-mail]>, by [e-mail] (Gun Control is Hitting Your Target):
> [e-mail] (Clarence Wilkerson) writes:
>
>
>> Aha! Some versions of WordStar supported direct write to screen
>>memory on the (few) machines that had screen memory as part of
>>system RAM. I suspect that setting the high bit is the way the
>>Osborne knew to highlight the current character.
>
> Yes and no.
>
> No, WordStar for the Osborne 1 did not come configured for memory mapped
> video - I don't know why - it's orders of magnitude faster than going through
> a jillion layers of software.
>
> Yes, you could set the underline attribute by or'ing with 0x80.
> --
> real address: [e-mail]
> last choice:  lll-winken!catnip.berkeley.ca.us!bandy

Actually, WordStar on the Osborne 1 didn't come configured for any
of the features of the machine; it was just shipped as plain vanilla,
as far as I could ever tell. For example, the arrow keys on the machine
were set up to deliver CP/M codes, and you had to do a messy setup
operation to switch back and forth between those and the codes that
WordStar expected.

I found it much easier to use after I dug into the customisation
info, and set the screen help delays etc to what I thought were
sensible values. I also found and published a patch for the arrow keys
problem, but that's a longer story ...


| John Foster, DNR3.14, Room G44C, SSTF, British Telecom Research Labs, |
|                           Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, IP5 7RE, UK.    |
| Phone:  [phone]      Fax:  [phone]      Telex: 987137  |

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

Date: 6 Jan 91 21:29:40 GMT
From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!dali.cs.montana.edu!ogicse!pdxgate!parsely!percy!qiclab!techbook![e-mail]  (Frank Zsitvay)
Subject: osborne 1 to kaypro 2x
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Rhonda Gaines) writes:
>I have recently acquired dbaseII for the osborne 1 and don't know
>how to use it on my kaypro 2x.  When I put the disk in it says it
>can't read my diskette.  Any ideas on how to convert these osborne
>disks to kaypro so I can use them?

   there is a program for the kaypro called mfdisk, which is supposed to
allow you to set one of your disk drives to the osborne format, as well
as format a disk in that format.  while i have not tried it myself,
i would guess that it works.

   there is a selection in that utility that is supposed to let you
read/ write, and format an ibm pc disk, but i haven't been able to get
that to work.  would it be safe to assume that only works for cp/m 86
and not msdos??   (msdos has a very different directory structure than
cp/m.  perhaps it works with msdos 1.xx or so...)



--
[e-mail] - but don't quote me on that....

American Oil Company motto - Bend over, We'll pump!!!

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Date: 8 Jan 91 07:25:59 GMT
From: mcsun!hp4nl!vax1.sara.nl!hasara11![e-mail]  (Jan Wim Wesselius)
Subject: osborne 1 to kaypro 2x
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

> I have recently acquired dbaseII for the osborne 1 and don't know
> how to use it on my kaypro 2x.  When I put the disk in it says it
> can't read my diskette.  Any ideas on how to convert these osborne
> disks to kaypro so I can use them?

> Rhonda Gaines                   |   University of Virginia

With my Kaypro-2 came a program which enabled it to read Osborne
disks. If the only problem is the disk format that should solve it.
I suppose you can get it from another Kaypro owner, as it came bundled
with your machine and you have some sort of right to it.
If, however, dbaseII needs to be customized for use on a particular
CP/M machine, it will not be that easy, I am afraid :-( (I simply do
not know)

Jan Wim Wesselius - University of Amsterdam
A512JANW@HASARA11 / [e-mail]

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Date: 8 Jan 91 18:18:48 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!axion!tharr![e-mail]  (Paul Martin)
Subject: Pallio still offline?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Dave Goodenough is at [e-mail]  or ...!wet!pallio!dg

--
If life is just a bowl of cherries, you'd better watch out for the stones.
    Paul Martin. [e-mail] INTERNET: [e-mail]
    <-- tharr *free* public access to Usenet in the UK 0234 261804 -->

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

Date: Mon, 7 Jan 1991 14:15:45 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ZSDOS on Xerox 820-II
Message-ID: <" 7-Jan-91 17:15:45 EST".*[e-mail]>

Jay, thanks much for the info!!!

>> So, I tried MOVCPM * *.  I kept getting the message
>> SYNCRONIZATION ERROR, and the computer locked up, forcing
>> me to push the reset button.

> That shows that the system you were running at the time was
> not one created by that version of MOVCPM, which checks the
> DOS serial number in the first six bytes of code.  Digital
> Research punishes one for trying to use a 'borrowed' MOVCPM
> by locking up the system.

Hmmmm, seems strange that DR would try to keep you from using MOVCPM, when it
*seems* to be standard utility on a CP/M System Disk.  Odd!

I'm not sure if that was the case here, however.  My normal System/Boot disk
was created using the original System/Boot disk.  Using my normal System/Boot
disk, I had formatted, sysgen'ed, and configured the disk on which I was trying
to put ZSDOS.  MOVCPM is not on my normal System/Boot disk, because it's
something I never use (normally).  I grabbed MOVCPM for the ZSDOS disk from the
original system/boot disk.  (And yes, I do have a backup of the original system
disk  :-)

Does this then mean that only a disk formatted and sysgened by the original
System/Boot disk can be used by MOVCPM?  Or does this mean that the version of
MOVCPM supplied with my System/Boot disk is useless with that disk?

I was wondering if the problem was in that I had configured the system.  Xerox
supplied a utility called CONFIGUR which allows you to set the defaults upon
booting.  Things like the floppy drive step rate (the default 30mS is a tad
slow), options for the serial ports, 7 or 8 bit keyboard, and things like that.
I usually run it when I sysgen a disk, to set a faster floppy step rate,
changed the printer to 9600 baud, and the keyboard to 8 bits.

> Chris McEwen at Z-Node #32 runs this stuff, I'm quite sure, on
> Xerox 16/8 computers.  If it will work there, it should work on
> your simpler machine.

Chuckle it's the same machine, not a simpler one.  A 16/8 is nothing more than
an 820-II with the 16/8 board (8086 CPU w/128K RAM) installed!!  The software
is slightly different, in that you get CP/M, CP/M-80 and CP/M-86.  CP/M-80
itself might be more complex than CP/M, in that it is meant for concurrent
operation with the 16/8's CP/M-86.  Even so, when you boot the machine, your
booting CP/M, not CP/M-80.

                ~ Mike  ([e-mail])

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Date: Tue,  8 Jan 91 22:15:07 MST
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V91 #6
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INFO-CPM Digest             Tue,  8 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue    6

Today's Topics:
                              good news
                        Help with embedded ^Z
                  Is MIX C still available for cp/m?
                  TCJ 1990 Article List (200+ lines)
                       Zmp15 Osborne 1 Overlay
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 8 Jan 91 16:25:47 GMT
From: usc!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex![e-mail]  (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: good news
Message-ID: <oHRgV1w163w@austex>

>     Now for the question (no, not related). I would like to
>     know more about the TurboROM. I took out the old 10MB drive
>     and put in a 40 MB 28 ms. I UNDERSTAND that the most I can
>     get is a speed improvement, but I want MORE :-) A person I
>     know put in 2 10MB drives and just put a switch on the
>     front panel so he can switch them in and out ! :-) Viola,
>     20MB! [grin]
>
The TurboROM is now being marketed and supported by Sage Microsystems East.
Contact Jay Sage, uucp address [e-mail].

TurboROM (or another ROM upgrade) is required on a K-10 in order to access
more than one hd of 10MB. TurboROM allows a total of 2 hard drives of up to
56MB each (simultaneously, no switches!).  In addition, it provides a
type-ahead keyboard buffer, a built in screen dump, cursor configuration,
built in screen blanking after 10 minutes of nonuse, onscreen time display
if you have a built in clock (some K-10's do), auto-detection of a variety
of floppy disk formats (many more using Plu*Perfect's MULTICOPY), support
for time/date stamping of files (requires Plu*Perfect DateStamper), and last
and possibly not least, support for up to 4 floppy drives.  I guess that
about sums it up.  I hope it's OK to post this.  I don't make any money off
of TurboROM, but use one in my personal K-10 and also in my BBS K-10.  I'm
happy to see that Jay has picked up the ball on this one.

                                     Lindsay Haisley

"Everything works if you let it!"
 ---  Travis J. Redfish
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
uucp: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog
 BBS: [phone] (Z-Node 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)

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

Date: 3 Jan 91 00:06:21 GMT
From: usc!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex![e-mail]  (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: Help with embedded ^Z
Message-ID: <aT96u1w163w@austex>

[e-mail] (Jerry Natowitz) writes:

> I was adding some control characters to a text file for a printer and,
> without realising the consequences, added a control Z in the first line
> of the file.
>
> I've tryed using pip thus:
> >pip
> *a.a=b.b[osStuff^Z]
>
> Where "Stuff" is a string that occurs in the second block of the file.
>
> No luck, Word Master still won't edit the file.  I don't have a lot of
> the utilities around, BASIC-80 and PIP usually do the trick.  I tryed
> reading the file in BASIC, no luck.
>
> Any help would be appreciated ...
> --
>      Jerry Natowitz
>      Guest user on:
> ARPA [e-mail]
> UUCP {ima,harvard,rayssd,linus,m2c}!spdcc!jin

Your problem is a relatively simple one but requires the right tool, in
this case any one of several will do.  A public domain program called
SZAP is available on many BBS's around which is a "binary" file editor,
which is to say that it doesn't recognize ^Z as an EOF marker and allows
you to change bytes anywhere in the file.  An other utility which will do
the job is a disk editor.  Two of them DU (many versions around) and SODU
(which is screen oriented and must be taylored for individual terminals) are
fairly common.  These programs allow you to edit disks by track and sector
or by group, which is the logical data unit referenced in the CP/M
directory

The easiest solution, if the file is small, is to use DDT, or any other
debugger, load the file into memory (it must all fit), change the offending
^Z to whatever, quit DDT and SAVE the appropriate number of pages to the
filename of your choice.

                                    Lindsay Haisley

"Everything works if you let it!"
  ---  The Roadie
  ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
uucp: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog
 BBS: [phone] (Z-Node 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)

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

Date: 1 Jan 91 05:41:05 GMT
From: usc!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex![e-mail]  (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: Is MIX C still available for cp/m?
Message-ID: <7yy3u2w163w@austex>

[e-mail] (Phillip Evans) writes:

> [e-mail] (Phillip Evans) writes:
>
> > [e-mail] (Jim Gonzalez) writes:
> >    [...some stuff deleted...]
> >
> >
> > > By the way, they claim to support the full K&R standard, including bit
> > > fields plus enums and structure assignments.  You may not want to use the
> > > features yourself, but it's increasingly likely that you'll encounter the
> > > in PD source.  Just yesterday I was burned by BDS C's refusal to allow
> > > static assignment of character arrays.  This further complicated building
> > > of sgrep from a C Users' Group diskette.  I *still* prefer BDS C to Aztec
> > > for stuff I need to run small and fast, though.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, be sure that these advertised features are actually
> > > in the *CP/M* version; many commercial vendors are simply selling older
> > > versions, having ceased development years ago.  These often started as
> > > "subset" compilers, and were done well before enums, etc. became popular.
> > > Good luck.
> > >
> > > Oh yes, please post what you learn, particularly about the status of thei
> > > CP/M support.
> > >
> > >                 -Jim.
> >
>

I believe that BDS C is now being supported by Sage Microsystems East, and
has been upgraded to be fully compatable with ZCPR3.  Mail to Jay sSage can be
addressed to [e-mail].

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

Date: 8 Jan 91 22:03:58 GMT
From: bbn.com![e-mail]  (Jim Gonzalez)
Subject: TCJ 1990 Article List (200+ lines)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I thought it might be helpful for readers to see how the mix of articles
evolved over 1990.  This exercise has convinced me that TCJ may, both by
moving forward and stepping back, become something of great value to us
humble CP/M folk.  I'll talk to Jay tonight, and probably resume by
subscription.

                -Jim.

===========================================================================


        The Computer Journal - 1990 Tables of Contents


-- Issue #42 - January/February -------------------------------------------


    Dynamic Memory Allocation
        Techniques for alocating memory at run time with examples in Forth.
        By Dreas Nielsen.

    Using BYE with NZCOM
    Getting BYE and NZCOM to peacefully coexist is not easy - here's
    how to do it.
    By Chris McEwen.

    C and the MS-DOS Screen CHaracter Attributes
    How to talk to the screen with C.
    By Clem Pepper.

    Forth Column
    Lists and object oriented Forth.
    By Dave Weinstein.

    The Z-System Corner
    Genie Roundtable discussions, BDS Z and a review of some Z-System
    fundamentals.
    By Jay Sage.

    68705 Embedded Controller Application
    An example of a single-chip microcontroller application.
    By Joe Bartel.

    Advanced CP/M
    PluPerfect Writer and using BDS C with REL files.
    By Bridger Mitchell.

    Real Computing
    The NS 32000. [ NS32 trap mechanism, NS 32303 ICU, etc. ]
    By Richard Rodman.

    Computer Corner
    [ Video standards. ]
    By Bill Kibler.


-- Issue #43 - March/April ------------------------------------------------


    Standardize Your Floppy Disks
    Using Dysan's Diagnostic to check your floppy drives.
    By Eugene L. Langberg.

    LSH
    A new history shell for Z-System.
    By Rob Friefeld.

    Letwin's Prior Progeny
    Heath's HDOS, then and now.
    By Kirk L. Thompson.

    The Z-System Corner
    Software Update Service, and customizing NZCOM.
    By Jay Sage.

    Graphics Programming With C
    Writing graphics routines for the IBM PC, and the Turbo C graphics
    library.
    By Clem Pepper.

    Lazy Evaluation
    How to save time by ending the evaluation of logical expressions as
    soon as the result is known.
    By Marla Bartel.

    S-100
    There's still life in the old bus.  Installing a new disk controller
    and video board.
    By Michael Broschat

    Advanced CP/M
    Passing parameters when space is at a premium and complex error
    recover must be managed.
    By Bridger Mitchell.

    Real Computing
    The NS 32000. [ New NS32 Systems, More Free OS's (Xinu, Minix),
    etc. ]
    By Richard Rodman.

    The Computer Corner
    [ WESCON, Embedded Systems, Forth for PC ]
    By Bill Kibler.


-- Issue #44 - May/June ---------------------------------------------------


    Animation in Turbo C
    Part one in this issue covers the basic tools and the Turbo C Ver.
    2.0 graphics libraries.
    By Clem Pepper.

    Multitasking in Forth
    Implementing multitasking with New Micros F68FC11 and Max-Forth.
    By Matthew Mercaldo.

    Mytsteries of PC Floppy Disks Revealed
    Here's the information you need to understand FM, MFM, and the
    twisted cable.
    By Richard Rodman.

    DosDisk
    The MS-DOS disk format emulator for CP/M systems.
    By Daniel J. Mareck.

    Advanced CP/M
    ZMATE System programmer's editor and using lookup and dispatch for
    passing parameters.
    By Bridger Mitchell.

    Real Computing
    The NS32000.  [ Benchmarks, etc. ]
    By Richard Rodman.

    Forth Column
    Forth news, and handling strings in Forth,
    By Dave Weinstein.

    The Z-System Corner
    Working with the MEX telecommunications package.
    By Jay Sage.

    The Computer Corner
    [ VGA, etc. ]
    By Bill Kibler.


-- Issue #45 - July/August ------------------------------------------------


    Letters

    Embedded Systems for the Tenderfoot
    Designing a Z80 RS-232 communications gateway, part 1.
    By Art Carlson.

    Advanced CP/M
    String searches and tuning JetFind.
    By Bridger Mitchell.

    Animation with Turbo C
    Part 2, screen interactions.
    By Clem Pepper.

    Real Computing
    The NS 32000.
    [ Bare Metal 0.6 announcement, etc. ]
    by Richard Rodman.

    The Computer Corner
    [Software development issues, EXORMACS ]
    By Bill Kibler.


-- Issue #46 - September/October ------------------------------------------


    Build a Long Distance Printer Driver
    When RS-232 is too slow, and the parallel port won't handle the
    distance, build an RS-422 parallel port.
    By Stuart R. Ball.

    Embedded Systems for the Tenderfoot
    Using the 8031's built-in UART for serial comunications.
    By Tim McDonough.

    Foundational Modules in Modula 2
    Abstract data types and information hiding.
    By David L. Clarke.

    The Z-System Corner
    Patching The Word Plus spell checker, and the ZMATE macro text
    editor.
    By Jay Sage.

    Animation with Turbo C Ver. 2.0
    Part 3: Text in the graphics mode.
    By Clem Pepper.

    Z80 Communications Gateway
    Part 2: Prototyping, Counter/Timers, and using the Z80 CTC.
    By Art Carlson.

    Real Computing
    The NS32000.
    [ New fax and laser printer versions, Futurebus ]
    By Richard Rodman.

    The Computer Corner
    By Bill Kibler.


-- Issue #47 - November/December ------------------------------------------


    Controlling Stepper Motors with the 68HC11F
    The first in a series on controlling steppers.
    By Matthew Mercaldo.

    The Z-System Corner
    The ZMATE Macro Command Language.
    By Jay Sage.

    Embedded Systems for the Tenderfoot
    Using 8031 interrupts.
    By Tim McDonough.

    T-1
    What it is and why you need to know.
    By Richard Rodman.

    ZCPR3 and Modula Too
    Modula2 makes the Z-System connection.
    By David L. Clarke.

    Tips on Using LCDs
    Interfacing to the 68HC705.
    By Karl Lunt.

    Real Computing
    Debugging, NS32 Multitasking Trick, and Distributed Operating Systems.
    By Richard Rodman.

    Long Distance Printer Driver
    Corrected schematics from issue #46.

    ROBO-SOG 90
    A report on the ROBO-SOG happenings.
    By Michael Thyng.

    The Computer Corner
    [ Minix (for PC and Atari ST), FORTH and the RTX (Harris micro)
      Design Contest ]
    By Bill Kibler.

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

Date: 5 Jan 91 19:38:58 GMT
From: usc!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex![e-mail]  (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: Zmp15 Osborne 1 Overlay
Message-ID: <NFgBV1w163w@austex>

[e-mail] (Charles Cotham) writes:

> I just received Klaus Schauer's Osborne 1 overlay for ZMP15 comm program,
> and uploaded it to NW Znode Houston @ 713-937-8886. Give it a try, ZMP15
> by Ron Murray from Australia is a nice comm program that gives CP/M
> users Z modem protocal. Thanks to Klaus it now runs on the Osborne 1.


Thanks for the number for Znode 45.  You might have noticed when you
uploaded ZMP15 that the RCPM there is using RZMP16 for Zmodem u/d loads.
This is a serious upgrade of ZMP15 which makes use of BYE rather than
terminal overlays.  The .LBR is available there as RZMP16.LBR.  Thanks again
to Ron Murray.

"Everything works if you let it!"
 ---  Travis J. Redfish
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
uucp: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog
 BBS: [phone] (Z-Node 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)

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INFO-CPM Digest             Thu, 10 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue    7

Today's Topics:
                       Help with Zenith system
                         NorthStar Advantage
                    Osborne1 to Kaypro 2X (3 msgs)
                  Pointers to XLISP or RCPMs Wanted
                      Searching for XLISP Stuff
                        Tandon Drive docs/info
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 7 Jan 91 15:09:15 GMT
From: agate!bionet!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!milano!uudell!bigtex!texsun!newstop!eastapps!hienergy![e-mail]  (Jim Vienneau - Sun Microsystems)
Subject: Help with Zenith system
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I recently aquired at auction some Zenith PCs that I believe are CP/M
machines, but I'm not sure. They are all-in-one boxes with a 12" green
monitor, two (what look like 360K) diskette drives, a keyboard and several
I/O ports on the back. Typing the "help" key at boot time displays a
diagnostic menu. I did not receive any OS with these and would really
appreciate hearing from anyone who knows what they are and/or has the
OS for them (will pay all costs). The model number on the back is:
ZFG121-32 if that means anything to you.

Thanks for taking the time to read this! Any insight appreciated!



Jim Vienneau, Sun Microsystems Inc - Billerica, MA
Email: [e-mail]   Amateur Radio: WB1B
Good old Ma Bell (well old anyway): [phone]

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Date: 10 Jan 91 03:16:12 GMT
From: portal!cup.portal.com![e-mail]  (Lance W Rund)
Subject: NorthStar Advantage
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Howdy...

I just found a NorthStar Advantage in perfect condition.  There's just
one problem... no boot disk.

Help?

(if anyone can provide comm software, too, I'd be ever so grateful...)

...lance rund
   [e-mail]

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Date: 9 Jan 91 06:59:36 GMT
From: pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0![e-mail]  (Ted C. Smith)
Subject: Osborne1 to Kaypro 2X
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Rhonda Gaines writes:

> I have recently acquired dbaseII for the osborne 1 and don't know
> how to use it on my kaypro 2x.  When I put the disk in it says it
> can't read my diskette.  Any ideas on how to convert these osborne
> disks to kaypro so I can use them?

Well, there are a couple of programs around that can handle this.
I use Media Master by Spectre Technologies (22458 Ventura Blvd.,
Suite E, Woodland Hills, CA 91364; phone [phone]).  Uniform is
another program that should be able to do the trick -- I think you
can get it from FOG.  And, a more circuitous route would be to use
a shareware package like 22NICE which permits IBM-compatibles to
emulate an Osborne or Kaypro disk drive (I've used it to move
SuperCalc files from my old Ozzy to my new 386 machine).

--
           Ted Smith  --  tcs.sactoh0.SAC.CA.US
         California Division of Mines and Geology
        Call our MS-DOS based bbs (CDMG ONLINE) at
                   916-327-1208 8-N-1

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Date: Wed, 9 Jan 91 10:19:35 PST
From: [e-mail] (R. Hanscom)
Subject: Osborne1 to Kaypro 2X
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Ted C. Smith) writes:

>Rhonda Gaines writes:
>
>> I have recently acquired dbaseII for the osborne 1 and don't know
>> how to use it on my kaypro 2x.  When I put the disk in it says it
>> can't read my diskette.  Any ideas on how to convert these osborne
>> disks to kaypro so I can use them?

>Well, there are a couple of programs around that can handle this.
>I use Media Master by Spectre Technologies (22458 Ventura Blvd.,
>Suite E, Woodland Hills, CA 91364; phone [phone]).  Uniform is
>another program that should be able to do the trick -- I think you
>can get it from FOG.  And, a more circuitous route would be to use
>a shareware package like 22NICE which permits IBM-compatibles to
>emulate an Osborne or Kaypro disk drive (I've used it to move
>SuperCalc files from my old Ozzy to my new 386 machine).

I have said this before (tired of hearing it??), but be very careful
about software like MediaMaster before putting big bucks into it.  I
was fooled by their documentation and impressive list of "formats
handled".  It (apparently) works fine with a format like Kaypro's
DSDD, that is quite common.  I can tell you, from personal experience,
that it will NOT read these Ozzy diskettes, if they are single density,
on a vanilla PC clone unless you have a specialized controller/drives.
It has problems with single density diskettes (early Osbournes used SD).
There are other formats that they advertise, that will not work (Cromemco
DSDD is a notable example).  Try before you buy.  Of course the same is
true for Uniform and 22NICE, but I have not had the opportunity to try
them.

Please don't respond with "I have it and love it.  It works with xxxx"
etc.  I'm glad that you like it, but if you're thinking about buying
it for reading some format that you commonly use, and you have no
direct knowledge that it works with that format -- proceed with
caution!!  Flames to /dev/null.

          roger             icf![e-mail]
                             [e-mail]



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Date: 8 Jan 91 23:05:04 GMT
From: att!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!ncr-sd!simasd!simasd!pnet07![e-mail]  (Don Maslin)
Subject: osborne 1 to kaypro 2x
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Rhonda Gaines) writes:
>I have recently acquired dbaseII for the osborne 1 and don't know
>how to use it on my kaypro 2x.  When I put the disk in it says it
>can't read my diskette.  Any ideas on how to convert these osborne
>disks to kaypro so I can use them?
>

You should have the utility MFDISK.COM with your 2X which will permit reading
the Osborne disk.

Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm
Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: simasd!pnet07![e-mail]
- San Diego Computer Society - | INET: [e-mail]

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Date: Wed, 9 Jan 91 21:06:58 PST
From: "Strong data types for weak minds." <[e-mail]>
Subject: Pointers to XLISP or RCPMs Wanted
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    Wanted: pointers to sources for XLISP V1.1, V1.5, or a CP/M-80
    'COM for XLISP V1.2 wanted and/or pointers to current RCPMs.

    XLISP V1.1 files wanted are from SIGM Volume 118 and are
    XLBIND.C or XLOBJ.C.

    Much grass !

    rcs


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

Date: 10 Jan 91 16:29:44 GMT
From: munnari.oz.au!yoyo.aarnet.edu.au!sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au!levels![e-mail]  (What a Guy!)
Subject: Searching for XLISP Stuff
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] ("Strong data types for weak minds.") writes:
>
>     Does anybody know of a BBS where I could find either:
>
>         1) an XLISP V1.2 executable '.COM file and/or
>         2) sources for XLISP V1.1
>
>     I need a ready-to-go '.COM for CP/M with matching sources
>     to rebuild in another environment.
>
>     Regards,
>     rcs


I believe it is in SIMTEL.  I think I got it around Sept, or OCT of last year.

Good luck

Ronn

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Date: 9 Jan 91 18:31:12 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!cynic![e-mail]  (Phillip Evans)
Subject: Tandon Drive docs/info
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have just inherited a pair of Tandon Drives and have no information on
them.  Would anyone who knows how many side/what density/how many tracks
or who has documentation for these please reply.  The drives are:

Tandon TM 100-4 full height, and TM 65-4 half height.


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Date: Thu, 10 Jan 91 15:17:07 MST
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INFO-CPM Digest             Thu, 10 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue    8

Today's Topics:
                        CP/M & MBASIC question
                                 MP/M
                        Need WordStar utility
                          Zenith Z100 OS???
                    ZSDOS on Xerox 820-II (3 msgs)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 10 Jan 91 07:15:55 GMT
From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu![e-mail]  (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Subject: CP/M & MBASIC question
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    Greetings I have a Kaypro 10 and am starting to experiment
    with CP/M. (My first z80 machine)

    I have several questions:

    1) Is there a command in Miscrosoft BASIC (M-80) that will
    clear the screen and home the cursor? I have all docs but they
    say nothing.

    2) I have a simple CLS.COM program that is about 15 bytes long
    that clears the screen. Now, I DUMPed it and converted the
    hex to decimal and poked those values from within BASIC.
    When I CALL it, it clears the screen and does a "Warm Boot"
    [bummer]. Anyways, I got rid of the JMP 0000h (for the
    warm boot) but now in hangs. [bummer^2] Arghh... Good lord,
    even my Apple ][+ has a HOME command! ;-)

    3) How do I load a binary file so I can use it with the
    USR# function? I have an assembler (RMAC), a linker, a
    BASICLIB.REL (what is that <--- ?), and MBASIC. Is this
    all I need? Oh, yeah, I have a hard disk so space in not
    a problem.

    (I have the source for SAFETY.COM, which also clears the screen,
    but even that does not work when POKEed from BASIC. Can I use
    &HD000? I have no idea where empty space is in BASIC.)

    Anyone?

    I also don't have a text editor (WS died) so I wrote my own
    in basic.... can't use the "," with INPUT... it gives a
    "Redo from start" (or something similar).

    4) Anyone know how to read a text file using random-access?
    I tried every possible combination. I can create but I can't
    read it. (Remember, you can't read a file that contains ","s
    with the INPUT# statement)

    Maybe I should stick to assembly..... [grin]
    (Yeah, but you need an editor for that - Catch 22???)

    Take care.

    P.S. Please e-mail. I will archive everything. Before sending
    a "send everything to me", give me a few days to organize :-)
--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Name: Karol Gieszczykiewicz Address: [e-mail]
This message posted for: Filip Gieszczykiewicz ([e-mail])

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

Date: 10 Jan 91 20:14:28 GMT
From: drivax![e-mail]  (Riddle)
Subject: MP/M
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Is PShirley getting married bare-footed?) writes:
>
>Yes, it is time for simple and mundane questions that comes up
>periodically. I hate to be the one, but...
>
>1) Who created
        Digital Research Inc.
>  /produced
    generic ==DRI
    Specific == Each Hardware manufacturer
> /sells MP/M?
    Each Hardware Manufacturer.

    But, if your manufacturer is "Out of Business" or never did the
    port of MP/M, you can buy generic package from:

    Discus            408 424-5851
    340-46 El Camino Real South
    Salinas, CA 93901

>  While you're at it, any comments?
    If you buy the generic package you'll need to write your own
    BIOS and XBIOS.  Most of which will already exist in your CP/M
    BIOS.  Or, you can find somebody with the same type of machine
    with a BIOS already written.
>
>2) Could anyone tell me a phone number for Digital Research or whoever
>   it is that sells CP/M for them now? DR's 800 number disappeared.
    address above
--
-- Riddle@Digital Research, Incorporated    uunet!drivax!riddle
          Integrated Systems Business Unit    [e-mail]
      70 Garden Court, B206            [phone]       (vmail)
      Monterey, California  93940        [phone]       (fax)

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Date: 8 Jan 91 15:48:19 GMT
From: usc!samsung!dali.cs.montana.edu!ogicse!pdxgate!parsely!percy!qiclab!techbook![e-mail]  (Frank Zsitvay)
Subject: Need WordStar utility
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Gun Control is Hitting Your Target) writes:
>[e-mail] (Clarence Wilkerson) writes:
>
>
>> Aha! Some versions of WordStar supported direct write to screen
>>memory on the (few) machines that had screen memory as part of
>>system RAM. I suspect that setting the high bit is the way the
>>Osborne knew to highlight the current character.
>
>Yes and no.
>
>No, WordStar for the Osborne 1 did not come configured for memory mapped
>video - I don't know why - it's orders of magnitude faster than going through
>a jillion layers of software.

   the memory mapped video on the osborne is somewhat strangely laid out,
and micropro never bothered to adapt the memory mapped version of wordstar.

   but soon pd text editors began showing up for the ozzy, such as vdo and
its successor, vde.  for a machine like a stock osborne, thay are actually
much better than wordstar.

   download them from a bbs near you.  vde ended at 2.66 (eric meyer still
does work on his PC version of vde, which is (INHO) the best text editor
available for msdos machines.  (it even runs on a dec rainbow))  but is
very stable and has no major bugs.

--
[e-mail] - but don't quote me on that....

American Oil Company motto - Bend over, We'll pump!!!

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Date: 10 Jan 91 16:23:19 GMT
From: usc!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!newstop!eastapps!hienergy![e-mail]  (Jim Vienneau - Sun Microsystems)
Subject: Zenith Z100 OS???
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anyone happen to have any OS kicking around for a Zenith Z100? I
bought a few of these at auction and didn't get any software or documentation
with them. If you happen to have it, I'll gladly pay any and all costs
(either doc or OS).

A couple of folks sent me mail identifying them for me, I tried to reply,
but the mail bounced (arpanet). Thanks for the help!

Jim Vienneau, Sun Microsystems Inc - Billerica, MA
Email: [e-mail]   Amateur Radio: WB1B
Good old Ma Bell (well old anyway): [phone]

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

Date: 9 Jan 91 19:25:02 GMT
From: att!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!ncr-sd!simasd!simasd!pnet07![e-mail]  (Don Maslin)
Subject: ZSDOS on Xerox 820-II
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Jay Sage) writes:
>   That shows that the system you were running at the time was not one
>created by that version of MOVCPM, which checks the DOS serial number in the
>first six bytes of code.  Digital Research punishes one for trying to use a
>'borrowed' MOVCPM by locking up the system.
>
That sounds like the basic information needed to patch MOVCPM to eliminate the
problem.
                                                 - don

Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm
Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: simasd!pnet07![e-mail]
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------------------------------

Date: Thu, 10 Jan 91 11:10:39 -0500
From: Jay Sage <[e-mail]>
Subject: ZSDOS on Xerox 820-II
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Mike Sprague answered:

>> Hmmmm, seems strange that DR would try to keep you from using MOVCPM, when
>> it *seems* to be standard utility on a CP/M System Disk.  Odd!

   MOVCPM is a standard program that comes with CP/M, but it contains the
licensed software for that machine: the CCP, the serialized BDOS, and the
manufacturer's (or DRI's) proprietary BIOS.  It is not a utility that can be
moved from system to system; it is the basic operating system generation
program.

   SYSGEN, on the other hand, is a more-or-less universal utility.  It
extracts the operating system from the system tracks on a diskette and/or
writes it to a new diskette.  It does not generate a new system; it only
copies it.  It may be used with MOVCPM to put the system created by MOVCPM
onto the system tracks of a diskette for booting.

   If you got a synchronization error report when you ran MOVCPM, then the
operating system that you were running at the time was not one that was
created by that copy of MOVCPM.  Specifically, the BDOS in use either was not
the Digital Research BDOS (perhaps you has installed something else) or had a
different serial number.  People have published, by the way, the simple patch
for defeating the serial number check.

>> I was wondering if the problem was in that I had configured the system.
>> Xerox supplied a utility called CONFIGUR which allows you to set the
>> defaults upon booting.

   CONFIGUR probably just changes values a specific locations in the BIOS
code, and this should have no effect on the operation of MOVCPM or the
installation of ZSDOS.

>> Chuckle it's the same machine, not a simpler one.  A 16/8 is nothing more
>> than an 820-II with the 16/8 board (8086 CPU w/128K RAM) installed!!

   Yes, but I would call a machine without the extra board and the software
complications required to deal with it a "simpler" one.  Even more reason to
contact Chris McEwen if you are still having trouble after generating a
clean, new system disk.

-- Jay Sage


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

Date: 10 Jan 91 21:25:38 GMT
From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!descartes.math.purdue.edu![e-mail]  (Clarence Wilkerson)
Subject: ZSDOS on Xerox 820-II
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

To be fair, most MOVCPM`s incorporate at least minimal BIOS type code
to boot the system, so for a general user to use a different version
of MOVCPM than the one intended for the system would be pointless and
confusing to diagnose. Obviously this doesn't apply to hackers, who find
their own workarounds.

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INFO-CPM Digest             Fri, 11 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue    9

Today's Topics:
                        CP/M & MBASIC question
                             cp/m mbasic
                              DecMate 2
                         Long winter nights.
                       Pied Piper manual wanted
                        Tandon Drive docs/info
Using MediaMaster and Uniform (was Re: Osborne1 to Kaypro 2X) (2 msgs)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 10 Jan 91 10:26:50 GMT
From: usc!samsung!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!cica!news.cs.indiana.edu!bsu-cs!bsu-ucs![e-mail]  (Paul Neubauer)
Subject: CP/M & MBASIC question
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, (Filip Gieszczykiewicz) writes:
>     Greetings I have a Kaypro 10 and am starting to experiment
>     with CP/M. (My first z80 machine)
>
>     I have several questions:
>
>     1) Is there a command in Miscrosoft BASIC (M-80) that will
>     clear the screen and home the cursor? I have all docs but they
>     say nothing.

No, there is no such command in MBASIC to do that.  The  reason is that
most CP/M computer manufacturers failed to get together on ways to do
obvious things like screen handling, so they are (nearly) all different.

>     2) I have a simple CLS.COM program that is about 15 bytes long
>     that clears the screen. Now, I DUMPed it and converted the
>     hex to decimal and poked those values from within BASIC.
>     When I CALL it, it clears the screen and does a "Warm Boot"
>     [bummer]. Anyways, I got rid of the JMP 0000h (for the
>     warm boot) but now in hangs. [bummer^2] Arghh... Good lord,
>     even my Apple ][+ has a HOME command! ;-)

Yes, that is certainly a bummer all right.  The easy thing to do with a
Kaypro is simply:

    PRINT CHR$(26);

All Kaypros that I know of treat a control-z sent to the screen as
meaning clear the screen and home the cursor.

>     I also don't have a text editor (WS died) so I wrote my own
>     in basic.... can't use the "," with INPUT... it gives a
>     "Redo from start" (or something similar).

I like VDE as a text editor.  It is fast and relatively stable.
Different people will have different preferences, but for an "in-memory"
text editor, I find VDE to be about the fastest and least buggy one
around.  It works well on Kaypros.  Its only problem shows up when you
need to edit a file larger than about 35KB.  Then you need the virtual
memory functionality of something like WS or Perfect Writer (an attempt
at an EMACS clone).

There is probably someone there in Pittsburgh (I assume from your
address) who can supply you with numerous PD programs, including
editors.  If not, send me email and I may be able to help.

========
Paul Neubauer    [e-mail]         [e-mail]
                [e-mail]            [e-mail]
                                                [e-mail]

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Date: 10 Jan 91 23:18:01 GMT
From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu![e-mail]  (Earl W Phillips)
Subject: cp/m mbasic
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

To the fellow w/questions re:mbasic and clearing
the screen, try this:

  10  blah, blah
  20 print chr$(26)
  30 blah, blah
  .
  .

  .
  .

    This should do it!

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Date: 10 Jan 91 15:59:27 GMT
From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!muvms3![e-mail]  (Ed Dzierzak)
Subject: DecMate 2
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

A friend of mine picked up an old DecMate 2... It has some
software but no boot disk. We suspect this is a CPM machine. Is it?
If so, where can we get a boot disk?

Thanks in advance...

Ed Dzierzak

HSL001@MUVMS3

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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 91 19:27 EDT
From: Is PShirley getting married bare-footed? <[e-mail]>
Subject: Long winter nights.

Excuse me, but...

I was going through some old mail files to free up account space and
noticed that the last time we did intel-bashing was last april. Some
memorable quotes were:
  "Let Segment:Offset be the punishment for your sins"
and
  "Would you trust a company whose logo is falling apart?"
Both from the same person - sorry, I cannot "scroll" on this terminal
to check your name again... has anyone heard of "Tab" terminals?

Anyways, from the messages, it was apparent that the spring energy was
driving us through the clever quotes and some vicious remarks.

But, spring being b
                  spring, we can do more positive things then. Why
not spend all our negative energy these long, cold, (or warm, for those
of you with not-yet-fossilized heating) winter nights?

Any takers?

    -John

P.S. Oh, I'm not gonna be involved in it again... I learned some good
lessons about human decency last time... but I won't hesitate to
encourage others.

P.P.S. If you wanna yell at me for posting this, please do it privately.
I don't want everybody to suffer just because _I_ am miserable.
My address is [e-mail], or call me at [phone] ext. 517
during the day and [phone] otherwise.

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Date: 10 Jan 91 22:37:30 GMT
From: metaphor!mnementh![e-mail]  (Ed Rush)
Subject: Pied Piper manual wanted
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

A friend of mine, who does not have Usenet access, has a
Pied Piper computer, made by Semi-Tech, but does not have
its manual(s).  Apparently, the company is long gone.

Does anyone out there have a Pied Piper manual?  David would
be happy to pay photocopying costs or, if you are in the
San Jose area, borrow it and do the copying himself.

If you have or know of a Pied Piper manual, it would be best
to e-mail directly to him:

    [e-mail]

Or, you can call him in the daytime at [phone]
or at home at [phone].  If all that fails, you can
send a reply to me and I'll pass it on to him.

Thanks in advance and in absentia for your help.
  -----------------------------------------
  Ed Rush, employed by but not speaking for
  Metaphor Computers, Mtn. View, CA
     UUCP: [...!{apple|decwrl}!]metaphor!mnementh!rush
     Internet: [e-mail]
  -----------------------------------------
"The reason angels can fly is that they take themselves so lightly."

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

Date: 10 Jan 91 19:45:03 GMT
From: att!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!ncr-sd!simasd!simasd!pnet07![e-mail]  (Don Maslin)
Subject: Tandon Drive docs/info
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Phillip Evans) writes:
>I have just inherited a pair of Tandon Drives and have no information on
>them.  Would anyone who knows how many side/what density/how many tracks
>or who has documentation for these please reply.  The drives are:
>
>Tandon TM 100-4 full height, and TM 65-4 half height.
>
The 100-4 is a double side 96-tpi drive.  From the common dash number, I would
assume that the 65-4 is also 96-tpi.  Look for an upper head to see if it is
double sided.


Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm
Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: simasd!pnet07![e-mail]
- San Diego Computer Society - | INET: [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 11 Jan 91 09:58:33 PST
From: [e-mail] (R. Hanscom)
Subject: Using MediaMaster and Uniform (was Re: Osborne1 to Kaypro 2X)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In <[e-mail]> [e-mail]
  (shannon nelson) writes:

  ......stuff deleted

> number of off-the-wall systems.  However, I have noticed that I usually
> must format the transfer diskette with MM or Uniform before copying the

  ......more stuff deleted

This is a hint given in the documentation, but in my case, it didn't help.
I tried lots of different combinations, without success.  I guess I have
no problem with these programs; they are *VERY* useful *IF* they work.
My problem is that the vendor makes expansive claims about the formats
that they can process, and the warning to potential users is that these
claims *CAN* be untrue.  Be careful!!  Particularly if the format you are
interested in reading is single-density and/or not-so-common.

Even worse, in the case of MediaMaster, phone calls to the vendor for
help were treated as a nuisance.  Then you are really stuck.

Again, the bulk of these comments are directed toward the MediaMaster
product.  I have little experience with Uniform or 22Disk.

        roger          icf![e-mail]
                         [e-mail]


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Date: 11 Jan 91 15:33:08 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!descartes.math.purdue.edu![e-mail]  (Clarence Wilkerson)
Subject: Using MediaMaster and Uniform (was Re: Osborne1 to Kaypro 2X)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

22disk in its documentation mentions the single density problem, and a simple
(2-patch wires) hardware modification for some pc disk controllers. with this
patch, my pc reads single density ok using 22disk.

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Date: Sat, 12 Jan 91 12:15:18 MST
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INFO-CPM Digest             Sat, 12 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   10

Today's Topics:
         Apple II+ & CP/M compatible forsale (lots o' stuff)
                        CP/M & MBASIC question
                              good news
    Using MediaMaster and Uniform (was Re: Osborne1 to Kaypro 2X)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 12 Jan 91 16:22:02 GMT
From: usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!mstr!mstr![e-mail]  (jeff miller)
Subject: Apple II+ & CP/M compatible forsale (lots o' stuff)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

*** Apple II+ and CP/M ***
Help!  I've got a Basis 108 super Apple II+ compatible dual
6502/Z80 for sale.  It's one of those machines that is now of
little use to me but perhaps to an Apple or CP/M person it
might be of great value.  Just the pair of Shugart 850s in
Morrow Designs cases w/ power supplies are worth a small
chunk of change.

o   128kb memory
o   Prometheus Applesurance diagnostic disk controller with
    Basis-specific diagnostic ROM.
o   Extra Prometheus Applesurance controller w/ Apple ROM
    (controller has some problem but ROM is good)
o   Dual Panasonic JA551 (Shugart SA455 OEM) 1/2-height
    5-1/4"
    40-track drives (read & write regular Apple 35-track
    normally) with Shugart technical OEM & service
    documentation
o   Dual 8" DS/DD Shugart SA850 floppy drives (1Mb each) in
    Morrow Designs cases with Vista A800 8" drive controller
    and drivers and utilities for P-System, Apple DOS 3.3,
    and CP/M, and including Shugart technical OEM and service
    manuals
o   Extra Vista A500 5-1/4" disk controller

o   PCPI Applicard 6MHz Z80 coprocessor (note: the Basis also
    has its own built-in Z80 which is independent of the
    Applicard, and runs included Microsoft SoftCard CP/M)
o   Videx UltraTerm video card (160x48, etc. - great w/
    Wordstar 3.3 included) (note: the Basis also has its own
    built-in video)
o   USI Pi-3 1000-line hires amber monitor (the best in its
    day)
o   Extra Apple Monitor III composite green screen
o   Built-in RGB and composite video output

o   ThunderClock with X-10 interface and software
o   Serial and parallel ports
o   A2D joystick

o   CP/M 2.2 w/ ZCPR
o   CP/M 3.0 w/ DRI manuals
o   UCSD P-System
o   Apple DOS 3.3
o   ProDOS
o   Switchable dual bootable Apple/Basis ROMs
o   Excellent detached keyboard with a separate numeric
    keypad and programmable function keys.
o   A huge amount of programming languages with manuals
    including UCSD Pascal and Fortran, MBasic for CP/M, Aztec
    C for Dos 3.3, CBasic for CP/M, 6502 and Z80/8080
    assembler, Mix C and editor for CP/M, Turbo Pascal 2.0,
    Fortran-80 for CP/M, Applesoft Basic, and more
o   Utilities, games, mucho communications & application
    software (too much to list) for all three operating
    systems
o   Many technical books, including original Apple manuals,
    and lots of documentation on everything related to the
    system.
o   Lots of 5-1/4" and 8" diskettes including DS/DD 8" (1024
    kb).
o   Almost all issues of the First Basis Users Group
    newsletter.

This machine is built like a tank and was the best of the
best in its time which now seems to be slightly behind us.
I rarely use it anymore but it is still a valuable machine in
the right hands.  This is a giant pile of excellent stuff.
Everything is in good working order and all goes together.
Asking $300 plus shipping or make offer.

Call Jeff at [phone]     <== best way to make contact

Usenet:
mail to ...!philabs!pwa-b!mstr!mill7761
or         [e-mail]

America Online:
EMail to MelData

AppleLink:
D3264

Compuserve:
71505,1355 Jeff Miller (but I rarely log on)

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

Date: 11 Jan 91 20:16:03 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!cc.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: CP/M & MBASIC question
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Filip Gieszczykiewicz) writes:
>     Greetings I have a Kaypro 10 and am starting to experiment
>     with CP/M. (My first z80 machine)
>
>     1) Is there a command in Miscrosoft BASIC (M-80) that will
>     clear the screen and home the cursor? I have all docs but they
>     say nothing.

Try this:

PRINT CHR$(26) : REM Clear screen
PRINT CHR$(27);"=";CHR$(X+31);CHR$(Y+31) : REM move cursor

CP/M machines work the way God intended (they have terminals instead of
standard hardware that everyone has to know about), so it was not possible
for Microsoft to put those commands in.

I might have the coordinate order backwards, and +31 means that the upper
left hand corner is (1,1). If you want it to be (0,0), add 32 instead.

>     2) I have a simple CLS.COM program that is about 15 bytes long
>     that clears the screen. Now, I DUMPed it and converted the
>     hex to decimal and poked those values from within BASIC.
>     When I CALL it, it clears the screen and does a "Warm Boot"
>     [bummer]. Anyways, I got rid of the JMP 0000h (for the
>     warm boot) but now in hangs. [bummer^2] Arghh... Good lord,
>     even my Apple ][+ has a HOME command! ;-)

If you have the manuals, you should look up how to call a machine language
routine; it's been long enough since I played with BASIC at that level (I've
discovered the magic of assemblers now) that I don't remember. At the very
least you have to replace the JMP 0000h with a RET (opcode C9H). If you just
delete the JMP, you'll wind up wandering through memory; I usually trash a
disk when that happens, so I tend to be careful.

>     3) How do I load a binary file so I can use it with the
>     USR# function? I have an assembler (RMAC), a linker, a
>     BASICLIB.REL (what is that <--- ?), and MBASIC. Is this
>     all I need? Oh, yeah, I have a hard disk so space in not
>     a problem.

I used to hand poke them, but I have done things like read a binary image
into a string and use that to construct a source statement on disk. Getting
machine code into BASIC is not easy.

BASICLIB.REL is the run-time library for a BASIC compiler, e.g., BASCOM,
which compiles Microsoft BASIC. I seem to recall that its library was called
BASLIB, though.

>     (I have the source for SAFETY.COM, which also clears the screen,
>     but even that does not work when POKEed from BASIC. Can I use
>     &HD000? I have no idea where empty space is in BASIC.)

The traditional way to do this is store the code in a string variable and
use VARPTR to find the address of the variable; if you've got manuals you
can figure out how to do that. I seem to recall that VARPTR( A$ ) is the
length of A$ and then VARPTR( A$ ) + 1 contains the low-order byte of the
data area and VARPTR( A$ ) + 2 contains the high-order byte. But it's been
a while.

>     I also don't have a text editor (WS died) so I wrote my own
>     in basic.... can't use the "," with INPUT... it gives a
>     "Redo from start" (or something similar).

Try using LINE INPUT.

>     4) Anyone know how to read a text file using random-access?
>     I tried every possible combination. I can create but I can't
>     read it. (Remember, you can't read a file that contains ","s
>     with the INPUT# statement)

Try using LINE INPUT#.

--
===============================================================================
Roger Ivie

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

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

Date: 12 Jan 91 02:27:26 GMT
From: usc!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex![e-mail]  (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: good news
Message-ID: <Fc4mV2w163w@austex>

> I hear that since Bridger Mitchell wrote the Rom and Formatter
> originally, he is selling them now.  Can someone else verify this?
>
> Good luck, and I will be glad to help if needed.
>
> Marc Newman
> ---MSBBS V0.08

Bridger Mitchell can be reached through Znode 2, 213-670-9465.  Most
Plu*Perfect products are also sold by Sage Microsystems East.


"Everything works if you let it!"
 ---  Travis J. Redfish
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
uucp: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog
 BBS: [phone] (Z-Node 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)

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

Date: 10 Jan 91 20:04:31 GMT
From: littlei!intelhf!ptdcell0.intel.com![e-mail]  (shannon nelson)
Subject: Using MediaMaster and Uniform (was Re: Osborne1 to Kaypro 2X)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (R. Hanscom) writes:
>
>                        ...  I can tell you, from personal experience,
>that it will NOT read these Ozzy diskettes, if they are single density,
>on a vanilla PC clone unless you have a specialized controller/drives.
>It has problems with single density diskettes (early Osbournes used SD).
>There are other formats that they advertise, that will not work (Cromemco
>DSDD is a notable example).  ...
>

I've worked with both MediaMaster and Uniform, though not with a large
number of off-the-wall systems.  However, I have noticed that I usually
must format the transfer diskette with MM or Uniform before copying the
data onto the disk.  When formatted by the target machine, MM & Uniform
often can't read it.  When formatted with MM or Uniform, usually both
can read and write the diskette.

Hope it helps...

--
==============================================================================
Shannon Nelson              Portland Technology Development, Intel
[e-mail]       [phone]    I don't speak for Intel
                  Parents can't afford to be squeemish.

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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 91 10:15:04 MST
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INFO-CPM Digest             Wed, 16 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   11

Today's Topics:
                            cp/m boot disk
                 CP/M emulation under Unix? (2 msgs)
               Looking for Molecular Series 9 utilities
                        Need WordStar utility
                    Using BYE as a relocatable RSX
                        ZSDOS on Xerox 820-II
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 15 Jan 91 23:03:18 GMT
From: julius.cs.uiuc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.ircc.ohio-state.edu![e-mail]  (Earl W Phillips)
Subject: cp/m boot disk
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I understand someone is looking for a boot disk for a
5-1/4" cp/m system. Send me email, maybe I can help.
I know people who are giving up cp/m for dos. (I know
not why!)  :-)

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Date: Tue, 15 Jan 91 09:22:43 PST
From: [e-mail] (R. Hanscom)
Subject: CP/M emulation under Unix?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Robert C.
Terzi - Sun Consulting) writes:

> Does a Z-80/8080 emulator exist that runs under Unix, preferably
> that can boot CP/M, using files to emulate the floppies?

an emulator was recently released on the network.  don't know the
details, I haven't tried it.

> Failing that any cross-assemblers or compilers that will run under
> Unix and generate binaries that will run under CP/M?

You Bet!!  The C Users Group has released a diskette of cross assmebler
sources that includes one for the Z80 written by Will Colley (sp??)
called "AZ80" (I think).  I run it on an MS-DOS machine, and find it
quite nice.  I believe it was also posted to comp.binaries.ibm.pc *VERY*
recently.  It is written in C, so I see no reason why an enterprising
Sun-ite couldn't port it to UNIX (or most any place that has a decent
C compiler.)

> Thanks,
> --Rob
>
>+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
>|Robert C. Terzi                                        Internet: [e-mail]|
>|Sun Consulting Services          UUCP: ...!sun!rct, {sun,philabs}!gotham!rct|
>|Sun Microsystems, Inc.                               BellNet: [phone]|
>|USnail: Sun Microsystems, Inc.  14 Floor, 45 Broadway,  New York,  NY, 10006|
>+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

You are welcome.

       roger                icf![e-mail]
                              [e-mail]


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Date: 15 Jan 91 16:07:45 GMT
From: sun-barr!newstop!texsun!erasure.East.Sun.COM![e-mail]  (Robert C. Terzi - Sun Consulting)
Subject: CP/M emulation under Unix?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I may be dreaming, but I thought I would ask anyway...

Does a Z-80/8080 emulator exist that runs under Unix, preferably
that can boot CP/M, using files to emulate the floppies?

Failing that any cross-assemblers or compilers that will run under
Unix and generate binaries that will run under CP/M?

Reasons why you make ask?

1. to run old software, thus really eliminating the need to keep old
   equipment around.

-- OR --

2. to be able to find some use for said dust gathering old machines.


Anyone find any interesting uses for old machines (other than the
obvious planter/doorstop etc.?   (I.E. device (BSR or otherwise)
controller, serial mux, printer switch, etc?)

(I'm new to this group so forgive me if this has been asked before...)

Thanks,
--Rob

+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
|Robert C. Terzi                                        Internet: [e-mail]|
|Sun Consulting Services          UUCP: ...!sun!rct, {sun,philabs}!gotham!rct|
|Sun Microsystems, Inc.                               BellNet: [phone]|
|USnail: Sun Microsystems, Inc.  14 Floor, 45 Broadway,  New York,  NY, 10006|
+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+

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Date: 16 Jan 91 14:34:50 GMT
From: agate!bionet!uwm.edu!src.honeywell.com!skyler.mavd.honeywell.com![e-mail]  (Randal L. Barnes)
Subject: Looking for Molecular Series 9 utilities
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I recently acquired a Molecular Series 9 (CP/M) system.  One
of the distribution disks was unreadable.  It contained the
streamer tape utilities among other things.  As I understand
it, Molecular has been out of business for some time.  Does
anyone out there know where I can get a copy of this disk?

Randy

--
Randal L. Barnes                    [e-mail]
Tea, Earl Grey, HOT!

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

Date: 16 Jan 91 15:42:35 GMT
From: agate!bionet!uwm.edu!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex![e-mail]  (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: Need WordStar utility
Message-ID: <oTiVV1w163w@austex>

[e-mail] (Frank Zsitvay) writes:

>
>    download them from a bbs near you.  vde ended at 2.66 (eric meyer still
> does work on his PC version of vde, which is (INHO) the best text editor
> available for msdos machines.  (it even runs on a dec rainbow))  but is
> very stable and has no major bugs.
>
VDE is still supported by Carson Wilson as ZDE (for ZCPR3).  Check his
Lilliput Znode (I think) in the Midwest.  The number is on any Znode list.


"Everything works if you let it!"
 ---  Travis J. Redfish
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
uucp: austex![e-mail]  OR  [e-mail]
 BBS: [phone] (Z-Node 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)

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Date: 14 Jan 91 20:43:59 GMT
From: agate!bionet!uwm.edu!spool2.mu.edu!samsung!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex![e-mail]  (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: Using BYE as a relocatable RSX
Message-ID: <1F8RV1w163w@austex>

I recently upgraded by BBS from Z33 to Z34 with NZCOM.  I read with
interest Chris McEwen's article in TCJ #42 on using BYE with NZCOM, however
I found the job to be not as formidable as advirtised.  NZCOM is easy to
configure and BYE is a bear, but once tamed and properly configured, it
coexists with NZCOM with no apparent problems.  I did not encounter any
of the bugs which Chris reported.  I suspect that his maxdrive and maxuser
quirk was an artifact of QBBS.  HBBS, which is written in assembler had the
same problem - maxdrive was set one drive lower than it should have been.
The bug was easily killed.

I would like to know if anyone has tried rewriting BYE to run as a
relocatable RSX under Z34.  Z34, NZCOM and JetLDR allow dynamic reloction
of files by two different mechanisms.  A "type 4" COM file contains a PRL
style relocation bitmap and an elegant relocation header (thanks, Bridger!)
which places the working image of the file in high memory just below the
CCP.  JetLDR has the capability as well of placing an RSX at the memory
location of your choice using a CFG file interface.  The RSX is in a .REL
format and JetLDR is capable of handling all the hooks via multiple common
declarations in the RXS relocatable module.

I'm probably going to jump into this one and try it myself at some point,
however if anyone has done this before I'd like to take advantage of
his or her (hopefully successful) experience.


"Everything works if you let it!"
 ---  Travis J. Redfish
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
uucp: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog
 BBS: [phone] (Z-Node 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)

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Date: Mon, 14 Jan 1991 12:24:40 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: ZSDOS on Xerox 820-II
Message-ID: <"14-Jan-91 15:24:40 EST".*[e-mail]>

Thanks again Jay, and others, for the info.

If my MOVCPM and operating system do not match, then I am afraid they will
NEVER match.  However, I still think it might have had something to do with
CONFIGUR.  I kept getting the synchronization error until I formatted a floppy
with the master, sysgened it BUT did not configure it.  Formatting, sysgening
and configuring it, even using the master, resulted in a synchronization error.

Anyone know the patch for defeating the serial number check for MOVCPM?  I may
need it here.

>> Chuckle it's the same machine, not a simpler one.  A 16/8 is nothing more
>> than an 820-II with the 16/8 board (8086 CPU w/128K RAM) installed!!

>   Yes, but I would call a machine without the extra board and the software
> complications required to deal with it a "simpler" one.  Even more reason to
> contact Chris McEwen if you are still having trouble after generating a
> clean, new system disk.

What I meant to say is that CP/M is CP/M is CP/M.  Unless you start using the
16/8 board, with concurrent CP/M-80 and CP/M-86, there is NO difference between
running CP/M on a 16/8 or the 820-II.  Even so, I suspect the changes for ZSDOS
might be no different for CP/M-80, than for CP/M, assuming it could even be
installed.  CP/M-80 is NOT sysgened onto the boot tracks of the bootable floppy
(nor is CP/M-86).  Normal CP/M is what gets installed.  You have to run an
application (I don't remember what it is off the top of my head) to shift from
CP/M to CP/M-80.  Thus, I suspect you can't even install ZSDOS on the 16/8's
CP/M-80.

I may not be exactly correct here, as it's been a while since I messed with a
16/8 board.  It seems that there is so little software for CP/M-86, that it's
really not worth my time.

This does not mean, however, that I will not contact Chris McEwen.  Is there a
way I can contact him, besides the Z-nodes?  Someday I'm gonna hook a modem to
one of my computers ... someday.  :-)

                ~ Mike  ([e-mail])

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Date: Wed, 16 Jan 91 12:15:21 MST
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INFO-CPM Digest             Wed, 16 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   12

Today's Topics:
                       Compupro Disk 2 (2 msgs)
                        CP/M & MBASIC question
                      CP/M emulation under Unix?
                       cpm emulators under unix
                Kaypro 2 w/ 5 1/4" single-sided disks.
         Wanted - System disk for SANYO MBC 1000 CP/M machine
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 16 Jan 91 15:40:40 GMT
From: crash![e-mail]  (Marc Wilson)
Subject: Compupro Disk 2
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] writes:
>Does anyone know anything about this board (Compupro Disk 2 cntrl)?
>I believe it is a hard disk controller to SA-4000 <?>.  Is SA-4000 compatible
>with ST-506?

     The Disk 2 is a two board set.  If you don't have both boards,
you can't use it.

     CompuPro's Disk 2 is a SA-1000 ( ie. 8" ) HD interface.  Specs
basically read like those for the Disk 3, except for the interface
(DMA across 64k boundaries, intelligent controller, etc. )

     It's no longer supported, but CompuPro will still answer
questions about it.  The manual is still available from them, too.
Give tech. support a call.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Marc Wilson
     ARPA: ...!crash![e-mail]
           ...!crash!pnet01!pro-sol![e-mail]
     UUCP: [ cbosgd | hp-sdd!hplabs | sdcsvax | nosc ]!crash!mwilson
     INET: [e-mail]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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: 16 Jan 91 01:16:22 GMT
From: portal!cup.portal.com![e-mail]
Subject: Compupro Disk 2
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anyone know anything about this board (Compupro Disk 2 cntrl)?
I believe it is a hard disk controller to SA-4000 <?>.  Is SA-4000 compatible
with ST-506?

John

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

Date: 16 Jan 91 06:03:18 GMT
From: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex![e-mail]  (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: CP/M & MBASIC question
Message-ID: <8ZRuV1w163w@austex>

[e-mail] (Filip Gieszczykiewicz) writes:

>     1) Is there a command in Miscrosoft BASIC (M-80) that will
>     clear the screen and home the cursor? I have all docs but they
>     say nothing.

The clear screen command for the Kaypro 10 is ^Z, aka 1b hex, aka CHR$(26)
in Basic, I think.  Any way you can send this to the screen will work.

>     2) I have a simple CLS.COM program that is about 15 bytes long
>     that clears the screen. Now, I DUMPed it and converted the
>     hex to decimal and poked those values from within BASIC.
>     When I CALL it, it clears the screen and does a "Warm Boot"
>     [bummer]. Anyways, I got rid of the JMP 0000h (for the
>     warm boot) but now in hangs. [bummer^2] Arghh... Good lord,
>     even my Apple ][+ has a HOME command! ;-)

You have to change the JMP 0 to a RET (C9 hex).  This will return
program control to the CCP rather than to the BIOS warm boot.


"Everything works if you let it!"
 ---  Travis J. Redfish
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
uucp: austex![e-mail]  OR  [e-mail]
 BBS: [phone] (Z-Node 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)

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

Date: 16 Jan 91 17:00:14 GMT
From: agate!bionet!uwm.edu!spool2.mu.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!descartes.math.purdue.edu![e-mail]  (Clarence Wilkerson)
Subject: CP/M emulation under Unix?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

The recent CUG release (292???) did not contain all the source files necessary
to recompile.

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Date: 16 Jan 91 00:25:34 GMT
From: julius.cs.uiuc.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!gauss.math.purdue.edu![e-mail]  (Clarence Wilkerson)
Subject: cpm emulators under unix
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I'm using a cp/m emulator for unix that I got from the U. Of Tokyo
ftp site a year or so ago. It does 8080 only, and is not complete
emulation of all flags. In particular Wordstar does not run.
For some reason, WS uses JPO in a way that depends on a very
good emulation ( this is jump on odd parity). The implementor of
my version tried to just always save the last arithmetic result
and then recreate the flags when needed. This should work for
reasonable code, but obviously fails for code like
     lxi h, arbitrary_word
     push  h
     pop   psw
Anyway, the version I have runs CP/M, MAC, M80, L80, MBASIC, etc,
so I haven't made the ultimate effort to track down the last ergs
fr the emulation.
  You can try out the look and feel of CP/M-80 by rlogging into
"[e-mail]". This is readonly system, so about all
you do without getting kicked off is run SD, MBASIC, etc.
Clarence Wilkerson

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

Date: 15 Jan 91 00:27:07 GMT
From: usenet!jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU![e-mail]  (Kenn R. Stump)
Subject: Kaypro 2 w/ 5 1/4" single-sided disks.
Message-ID: <1991Jan15.002707.10289@[e-mail]>

I'm posting this for a friend as the machine he is on doesn't have
the ability to Postnews...

-----rip here-----
>The system is a Kaypro 2 w/ 5 1/4" single-sided disks.  What I'm looking
>for is the system disk with pip, baud, config, etc. utilities on it.
>Thanks for the help. I'd really like to get the stuff copied and running so
>I can get the computer back to him.
>Thanks again,
>
>dave
-----rip here-----
And that's the bottom line, folks. . .
If you have access to this stuff or own this stuff or can even catch a whiff
of the stuff in the wind, could you please send mail to
[e-mail] saying so?  he's in kind of a hurry to get this
machine back to his friend.  If you can't get mail to him, then
send mail to either me ([e-mail]) or
my brother ([e-mail]) please.  Put "To: Dave Smith"
or "Dave, your machine is crud, Smith Re: CPM master disks"
in the subject line please.
blah blah blah . . .

ob-cuteness: "AdThanksvance"

Replies would be oh-so appreciated . . .
Thanks muchly!
- Kenn

                   .                 :  [e-mail] :
              .   -+-   .            :  [e-mail]  :
             -+-   |   -+-           +---------------------------+
              |         |              :        {ogicse,hp-pcd}
  He Came To Die On A Cross Of Wood;   :!orstcs!jacobs.CS.ORST.EDU!kenns
And He Made The Hill On Which It Stood;:         Kenn R. Stump

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

Date: 16 Jan 91 01:55:07 GMT
From: comp.vuw.ac.nz!cc-server4.massey.ac.nz![e-mail]  (Giovanni Moretti)
Subject: Wanted - System disk for SANYO MBC 1000 CP/M machine
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Help

--- a friend has managed to obtain a SANYO MBC1000 system which
is apparently a CP/M machine, but he doesn't have any software for
it, and more specifically, a systems disk.

I'm assuming that this contains the utilities necessary to format
disks and generally fire up the machine.

If you would be prepared to send us a copy of such a disk (I know
this sounds a bit vague, but then I've never used CP/M :-), let me
know how we might go about easing the transfer.

Normally I'd use UUENCODE and PKZIP, but have no idea on how to get
the info from a PC to a CP/M disk.

Thanks
Giovanni

--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Giovanni Moretti, Consultant       | [e-mail], Pkt-ZL2BOI@ZL2BFJ
Computer Centre,  Massey University| Ph 64 63 69099 x8398, FAX [phone]
Palmerston North, New Zealand      | QUITTERS NEVER WIN, WINNERS NEVER QUIT
------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Date: Thu, 17 Jan 91 08:15:22 MST
From: [e-mail]
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V91 #13
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INFO-CPM Digest             Thu, 17 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   13

Today's Topics:
                Compression algorithms wanted (2 msgs)
                       cpm emulators under unix
                       Help with Zenith system
                     No Slot Clock for Kaypro 10
                        osborne 1 to kaypro 2x
                                Wanted
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 14 Jan 91 20:14:47 GMT
From: agate!shelby!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!usc!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!descartes.math.purdue.edu![e-mail]  (Clarence Wilkerson)
Subject: Compression algorithms wanted
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I think I got sources for Unix versions of LU, UNCRUNCH, USQ, etc
from the UNIX-C.CPM section of Simtel20.
Clarence Wilkerson

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

Date: 10 Jan 91 15:22:31 GMT
From: agate!linus!nixbur!nixpbe!ugun13!ugum01![e-mail]  (josef Moellers)
Subject: Compression algorithms wanted
Message-ID: <josef.663520951@ugum01>

Hi,

I am currently writing a utility to handle .LBR-files under UNIX.
What I need for this are descriptions (or even code) of the algorithms
that crunch/squeeze/compress files.

--
| Josef Moellers        | c/o Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG |
|  USA: [e-mail]    | Abt. STO-XS 113                 |
| !USA: [e-mail]    | Heinz-Nixdorf-Ring                 |
| Phone: [phone]    | D-4790 Paderborn                 |

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Date: 16 Jan 91 22:07:58 GMT
From: usc!cs.utexas.edu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!utgpu!attcan!telly!druid![e-mail]  (D'Arcy J.M. Cain)
Subject: cpm emulators under unix
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> David Watola writes:
>[e-mail] (Robert C. Terzi - Sun Consulting) writes:
>>Does a Z-80/8080 emulator exist that runs under Unix, preferably
>>that can boot CP/M, using files to emulate the floppies?
>
>what a coincidence.  my emulator is just about done.  'just about'?
>well, that means there are a few bugs to work out whenever i find

Mine needs a little work but it is running code.  It also has a
built in debugger which is handy.  That is the part that needs the most
work right now.  The debugger is a compile time option because it
is slooooooooow with it in.  I haven't compiled it under anything but
my 386 system so I can't guarantee plug and play but it is mainly
ANSI so should work on ANSI compilers.  I use GNU C.

I'll post it to alt.sources.  Comments are greatly appreciated.  I
thought there was a mailing list for discussing this.  It seemed
like everyone was writing a CP/M emulator at one point and someone
started a mailing list to swap code and ideas.  I remember joining
the list but I can't remember who was running it and I haven't seen
anything.  Anyone know if this is still happening?

>the time.  right now it runs Manx Aztec CII, M80, L80, and a few
>other applications without any problem.  but it chokes on Wordstar
>(not that i would ever use such a pig--but its a great test) and,
>more importantly on ASM and MAC.  anyone ever try to debug a program

Aztec C, MAC, HEX and a bunch of others work on mine.  One thing
needed is a test suite.  My idea is to run instructions and jump
to zero on error.  A debugger can then watch to see where the jump
occurs since the error immediately stops the system.  Of course it
is important to test the test and jump instructions rather early.

>that emulates a microcode interpreter?  it sucks tracking down that
>single instruction that isn't working quite right.  the good news

That's why I built in a debugger.  It helps debug the processor itself.

>though, is that it
>runs very fast on my 25MHz 68040 even though it is in C.  faster than
>z80mu (which is mostly machine code) runs on a 20MHz 386.  i think
>that when i finally write the entire thing in 68000 assembly language
>it will run (on the average) about as fast as a 3.5 or 4 MHz Z80.
>on the other hand, it really pokes along on a 25MHz 68030.

Mine isn't too bad.  I emulate CP/M rather than loading a real copy.
It helps speed things up.  An interesting side effect of the method
I use is that the TPA can stretch from 0100 to fffe, 258 bytes short
of the entire 64k, as long as the high 1 or 2 k is only used for
stack or data.  Programs that do standard checking for top of TPA
still have up to fec0 where the BDOS seems to sit.

--
D'Arcy J.M. Cain (darcy@druid)     |
D'Arcy Cain Consulting             |   There's no government
West Hill, Ontario, Canada         |   like no government!
[phone]                    |

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

Date: 16 Jan 91 21:38:57 GMT
From: hpcc05!col!hpldola!hp-lsd![e-mail]  (Howard Rebel)
Subject: Help with Zenith system
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    My guess is that what you have are what is known as Heath/Zenith
89 computers.  Two five inch drives are mounted vert. to the right of the
screen.  There should be a fan mounted in the top-right-rear of the case.
This is a 2 MHZ computer but can be modified to run at 4.

This machine was built/designed by Heathkit.  Heathkit  was purchased by
Zenith which started calling Heath's computers 'Zenith Data Systems.'

These computers ran both CPM and HDOS (Heath-DOS).  The problem you
now face is to determine what type of disk drives you have.  Heath
used one hard sector format and at least two soft sectored formats.

Howard Rebel.

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

Date: 14 Jan 91 03:08:39 GMT
From: swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex![e-mail]  (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: No Slot Clock for Kaypro 10
Message-ID: <5kuqV3w163w@austex>

[e-mail] (Steve Westlund) writes:

> Wanted: No slot clock for Kaypro 10.
>
> I am interested in buying a no slot clock for my Kaypro 10. It is one of the
> earlier models without the timer or internal modem. Does anyone know of a
> company that still sells a no slot clock for a Z80 machine? It would be great
> to use in date and time stamping files on my system.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Steve Westlund  C08920SW@WUVMD
> Washington University
> St. Louis, Missouri

Our BBS uses a Kenmore Ztime-I Calendar/Clock in our Kaypro 10.  It was, I
understand, widely used a few years ago as a Kaypro add-on clock.  The
company is Kenmore Computer Technologies, 71 Argonne Drive, Kenmore, NY
14217.  Phone [phone].  I don't know if they are still in business.


"Everything works if you let it!"
 ---  Travis J. Redfish
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
uucp: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog
 BBS: [phone] (Z-Node 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)

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

Date: 14 Jan 91 02:53:15 GMT
From: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex![e-mail]  (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: osborne 1 to kaypro 2x
Message-ID: <gVTqV2w163w@austex>

[e-mail] (Frank Zsitvay) writes:

>
>    there is a program for the kaypro called mfdisk, which is supposed to
> allow you to set one of your disk drives to the osborne format, as well
> as format a disk in that format.  while i have not tried it myself,
> i would guess that it works.
>
>
> --
> [e-mail] - but don't quote me on that....
>
> American Oil Company motto - Bend over, We'll pump!!!

There is a program called Uniform from Micro Solutions, Inc. (Lord knows
if they're still in business) which is commercial and an excellent
disk format xlater for CP/M machines.  You must have the version written
for your machine.  It will both copy and format to a large variety of other
CP/M disk formats.  You can also find a friend with a MS-DOS machine and
use an excellent DOS program called 22DISK (v 12 is current) to read and
write CP/M formats via a DOS machine.  We have 22DISK and MFDISK available
on the Kaypro Club of Austin BBS here.  I'm not sure if they are up, but
if you look and don't find them, leave a msg and they can be posted.


"Everything works if you let it!"
 ---  Travis J. Redfish
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
uucp: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex!roadhog
 BBS: [phone] (Z-Node 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)

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

Date: 16 Jan 91 03:05:08 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!ncr-sd!simasd!simasd!pnet07![e-mail]  (Don Maslin)
Subject: Wanted
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>


      DDDDDDD   II  NN   NN   OOOOOO         SSSSSSSS  II  GGGGGGGG
      DD    DD  II  NNN  NN  OO    OO        SS        II  GG
      DD    DD  II  NN N NN  OO    OO  ****  SSSSSSSS  II  GG   GGG
      DD    DD  II  NN  NNN  OO    OO              SS  II  GG    GG
      DDDDDDD   II  NN   NN   OOOOOO         SSSSSSSS  II  GGGGGGGG


Dina-SIG has requests for the following software, and would be very
thankful for any assistance in obtaining it:

      Bondwell Laptop (CP/M) system disk
      VICTOR 9000 (CP/M) system disk
      VISUAL Technology AMIGO (CP/M) system disk

      CP/M-68K Manuals (Digital Research Inc.)
      CP/M-68K software
      UCSD p-system software

If you have any of these, or know anyone who does, please leave e-mail
for  me telling me about it or whom and how to contact.  Many thanks.



Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm
Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: simasd!pnet07![e-mail]
- San Diego Computer Society - | INET: [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 91 02:56:54 MST
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V91 #14
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INFO-CPM Digest             Sat, 19 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   14

Today's Topics:
                      CP/M emulation under Unix?
                       cpm emulators under unix
                                disks
                       Need file split program.
         Wanted - System disk for SANYO MBC 1000 CP/M machine
                         Ztime Clock, Uniform
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Fri, 18 Jan 91 08:29:36 PST
From: [e-mail] (R. Hanscom)
Subject: CP/M emulation under Unix?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Clarence
Wilkerson) responds to my comment about cross assemblers available from
the C Users Group:

> The recent CUG release (292???) did not contain all the source files
> necessary to recompile

Bummer....I have that volume, but haven't had much time to do anything
with it.  I was thinking of CUG #276 which is a bunch of cross compilers
written by Will Colley (sp??).  The Z80 version, called "az80", has
complete sources.  I compiled it with Turbo C on an XT clone, and it
seems to work very well.  It is very similar to M80, which I have gotten
used to thru the years.  I would think that a reasonably talented
person could port it to, say Sun, without a great hassle.  Have not
tried it however.  If you're out there Will Colley --- thanks for a
nice piece of software!!!

          roger            icf![e-mail]
                            [e-mail]


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Date: Fri, 18 Jan 91 18:05:17 EST
From: Mark Eichin <[e-mail]>
Subject: cpm emulators under unix
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

>>thought there was a mailing list for discussing this.  It seemed
>>like everyone was writing a CP/M emulator at one point and someone
>>started a mailing list to swap code and ideas.  I remember joining
>>the list but I can't remember who was running it and I haven't seen
>>anything.  Anyone know if this is still happening?
    I got about half a dozen responses and started the list. Send
mail to "[e-mail]" with discussion; send mail to
"[e-mail]" to get added to the list.
                    _Mark_ <[e-mail]>
                    <[e-mail]>
                    <[e-mail]>


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

Date: 17 Jan 91 20:19:47 GMT
From: usc!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!menudo.uh.edu!lobster!urchin![e-mail]  (Charles Cotham)
Subject: disks
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Klaus,

     Hope you got the disks OK. Let me know if you can do anything with
the ROS overlays for the Osborne 1.

                           Charles Cotham

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

Date: 17 Jan 91 15:55:08 GMT
From: hpcc05!col!hpldola!hp-lsd![e-mail]  (Howard Rebel)
Subject: Need file split program.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have an urgent need for a file split
program(s) that runs under CPM.

I tried simtel20 but it has been refusing
connection.

Are there other archives or bbs's where I
could find CPM programs.

Failing that could some one mail me one.

Thanks

Howard Rebel
hplabs!hp-lsd!howardr

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

Date: 16 Jan 91 19:05:03 GMT
From: julius.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!ncr-sd!simasd!simasd!pnet07![e-mail]  (Don Maslin)
Subject: Wanted - System disk for SANYO MBC 1000 CP/M machine
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Giovanni Moretti) writes:
>--- a friend has managed to obtain a SANYO MBC1000 system which
>is apparently a CP/M machine, but he doesn't have any software for
>it, and more specifically, a systems disk.
>
Alas, I have only the system disk for the MBC-1100 and that is not
compatible with the -1000.

>I'm assuming that this contains the utilities necessary to format
>disks and generally fire up the machine.
>
Exactly right.

>If you would be prepared to send us a copy of such a disk (I know
>this sounds a bit vague, but then I've never used CP/M :-), let me
>know how we might go about easing the transfer.
>
>Normally I'd use UUENCODE and PKZIP, but have no idea on how to get
>the info from a PC to a CP/M disk.
>
Probably, the best way is for the parties on both ends to get a copy of
Sydex' TeleDisk (v2.04 or later).  This shareware program permits making
a file of the original disk and creating a clone of the disk from the file
on the other end.  It is very powerful and utilitarian software!

If you are able to get a copy of the MBC-1000 disk, I'd sure appreciate a
copy also!

                                                - don

Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm
Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: simasd!pnet07![e-mail]
- San Diego Computer Society - | INET: [e-mail]

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

Date: Fri, 18 Jan 91 13:47:04 -0500
From: Jay Sage <[e-mail]>
Subject: Ztime Clock, Uniform
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Lindsay Haisley wrote:

>> Our BBS uses a Kenmore Ztime-I Calendar/Clock in our Kaypro 10.  It was, I
>> understand, widely used a few years ago as a Kaypro add-on clock.  The
>> company is Kenmore Computer Technologies, 71 Argonne Drive, Kenmore, NY
>> 14217.  Phone [phone].  I don't know if they are still in business.

   I use these clock daughter boards in a number of my computers and have
always been very happy with them.  Their one shortcoming is that they do not
keep track of the year.  There are some extra registers, and there is a
common convention for storing the year in one of those registers.  Then one
just has to remember every January 1 to update the year value.

   I do not know what the status of Kenmore Computer Technologies is.  They
moved at one point, and we lost track of them for a while.  In any case,
Chris McEwen, sysop of Z-Node 32, is a source for these units.  He even
offers, I believe, a discounted price.  Contact him at

        Chris McEwen
        433 Frederick Ave.
        South Plainfield, NJ 07080
        201-753-3735

   On another note, Lindsay mentioned Uniform.  The company that makes it,
Micro Solutions, Inc., is definitely still in business.  Their Uniform for
the PC is my first choice for handling foreign formats on the PC (I have
MediaMaster also.  As far as I know, although no further development seems to
be underway with the CP/M products, they can still be purchased.  Contact
them at

        Micro Solutions, Inc.
        132 West Lincoln Highway
        DeKalb, IL 60115
        815-756-3411

-- Jay Sage


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Date: Mon, 21 Jan 91 02:01:06 MST
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V91 #15
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INFO-CPM Digest             Mon, 21 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   15

Today's Topics:
                        CP/M & MBASIC question
                               cpm-68k
                             Info needed
                  Need file split program. (2 msgs)
                           TRS-80 Model II
                    Turbo Pascal on Beehive Topper
                     Wavemate Bullet/Super Bullet
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 19 Jan 91 07:13:15 GMT
From: cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex![e-mail]  (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: CP/M & MBASIC question
Message-ID: <s9e1V1w163w@austex>

[e-mail] writes:

> >     1) Is there a command in Miscrosoft BASIC (M-80) that will
> >     clear the screen and home the cursor? I have all docs but they
> >     say nothing.
>
> Try this:
>
> PRINT CHR$(26) : REM Clear screen
> PRINT CHR$(27);"=";CHR$(X+31);CHR$(Y+31) : REM move cursor
>

The move cursor sequence, while correct, is unnecessary since the act
of clearing the screen with CHR$(26) leaves the cursor in the home
position as well as clearing any video attributes which may have been set.

                                           Lindsay Haisley


"Everything works if you let it!"
 ---  Travis J. Redfish
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
uucp: austex![e-mail]  OR  [e-mail]
 BBS: [phone] (Z-Node 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)

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

Date: 19 Jan 91 19:45:49 GMT
From: psuvm![e-mail]  (MARK McKENNA)
Subject: cpm-68k
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In the lab here at PennState there are 5 computers which run the CPM-68k operat
ing system... (my advisor likes to program in 68000 assembly code).. does anyon
e know of archives for cpm-68k programs... would there be some on simtel?

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

Date: 21 Jan 91 04:50:23 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Subject: Info needed
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Greetings.

I was given a computer that I have no docs on. It consists of a
keyboard, S100 card-cage, and power supply. It came with 2 8" drives.
The computer is made by the "ProcessorTechnology" and is called "SoI
Terminal Computer" Model # 20.

I has several slots on the back: Parallel, Serial, Casette interface.
There is also a card that controls the 2 8" drives with its own ribbon
cable.

I have a box of disks for it: CP/M-CDOS (FIG-FORTH) V1.2 8080 & Z80
(FORTH READABLE), MICROSOFT BASIC V5.03, UTILITY PROGRAMS, 48K WORK
DISK, FORTH SCREENS, 8080 FORTH, FOTH Z-80 CP/M (INCLUDING FLOATING
POINT), WORD PROCESSING, some more cryptic-labeled disks.

The card-cage has these cards: 2708 module (personality module), Disk
Jockey 2D/B (2D mod B) Rev 3, 16K static RAM (MM16K14) by The Memory
Merchant, 32K static RAM by Industrial Micro Systems.

Anyone have/had/remember one of these? It says that it is (C) by
ProcessorTechnology in 1976....so I guess it's been a while.

What I want is some info about how to boot it from the floppy drive(s)
and what some of the DIP switches do. Anything...

Take care.

P.S. By the way, what is a "Tandy Model 16"? Interesting?
Someone is selling them for $25, broken... Just wandering...
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Did you hear? Some Poles burned the Russian flag near the Soviet embassy,
in Poland. :-) :-) Why can't CIA just put up $200 million for Saddam's head?

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Date: 18 Jan 91 20:34:47 GMT
From: van-bc!cynic![e-mail]  (Phillip Evans)
Subject: Need file split program.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Howard Rebel) writes:

>
> I have an urgent need for a file split
> program(s) that runs under CPM.
>
You can use PIP to primitive file splitting and concantenation.  When I
ran into this difficulty with a textfile I TYPE'd the file to the console
and waited until what I thought was half of it had scrolled by, then did
control-S and picked out what I hoped was a unique sequence of bytes

The I did PIP <newfile>=<oldfile>[Q<uniquestring>^Z]
      and
          PIP <newfile2>=<oldfile>[S<uniquestring>^Z]

This can be undone by
          PIP <bigfile>=<oldfile>,<oldfile2>

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

Date: 18 Jan 91 16:37:30 GMT
From: hpcc05!col!hpldola!hp-lsd![e-mail]  (Howard Rebel)
Subject: Need file split program.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have found a local copy on the Simtel20 archives.
No further help is needed thanks.

Howard Rebel

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

Date: 21 Jan 91 05:09:28 GMT
From: zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu![e-mail]  (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Subject: TRS-80 Model II
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    Greetings. A friend of mine has a TRS-80 Model II with an
    8" drive. The problem is that it came with a "canned"
    software package. There is no way to generate a "bootable"
    floppy or do anything interesting. He is looking for a
    CP/M start-up disk for his machine. Any utilities would
    also be welcome. If you don't have an 8" floppy, I'll
    send you one, you can copy whatever you want, and I'll
    pay the postage back.

    Reply to me or call him at:

    [phone]
    John W. Zerbe
    115 Lee Road
    Pittsburgh, PA 15237

    Take care and thank you.
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Did you hear? Some Poles burned the Russian flag near the Soviet embassy,
in Poland. :-) :-) Why can't CIA just put up $200 million for Saddam's head?

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

Date: 18 Jan 91 04:16:38 GMT
From: mothra![e-mail]  (Gregory Holdren)
Subject: Turbo Pascal on Beehive Topper
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I recently bought two Beehive Topper II/U CP/M systems.

I'm having a rough time installing Turbo Pascal on the computer. I have all
the escape and ctrl code for the built in CRT screen but the rows get shifted
up and down with lost characters.

Is their anybody experience with the Toppers' CRT (in and outs) and/or
installing TP on the machine? Any other info would be apreciated :^)


                        TNX Greg Holdren
                        [e-mail]

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Date: 19 Jan 91 07:32:27 GMT
From: van-bc!cynic![e-mail]  (Phillip Evans)
Subject: Wavemate Bullet/Super Bullet
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hi All - I am still looking for documentation on the Wavemate CP/M
computers.  To date I have recieved theory of operation-type-stuff on the
Bullet, and this has helped me understand much of the Super Bullet (the
problem at hand).  Thanks to JAY SAGE and GARY INMAN.

What I need are ***system disks***.  If there is anyone who has or knows
of one of these please reply.  As well, if anyone has documantation
specific to the Super Bullet I'd like to hear from you as well.

Z80's will live forever....

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

End of INFO-CPM Digest V91 Issue #15
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23-Jan-91 19:26:12-MST,8544;000000000000
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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 91 19:15:07 MST
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V91 #16
To: [e-mail]
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INFO-CPM Digest             Wed, 23 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   16

Today's Topics:
                         8 meg limit (2 msgs)
              Are there any Cromemco CDOS/Cromix BBS's?
                         CompuTime S-100 card
                     CP/M Kermit-80 Source Wanted
              Osborne Kermit and VT52 emulation problem
              Problem with VDE266 on the TRS-80 Model 4.
                    Ztime Clock, Uniform (2 msgs)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 23 Jan 91 03:41:12 GMT
From: van-bc!cynic![e-mail]  (Phillip Evans)
Subject: 8 meg limit
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Where did/does the 8 meg limit on logical disk size in CP/M come from?

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

Date: 23 Jan 91 14:05:38 GMT
From: spool2.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!gauss.math.purdue.edu![e-mail]  (Clarence Wilkerson)
Subject: 8 meg limit
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I believe that the 8meg limit is set in the coding of
the BDOS, and inforced in the BIOS in the sense that
certain scratch ram in the BIOS data area has a preset
size.
   I think several replacement BDOS clones, e.g.
DOSPLUS, offer larger maximum logical disk size.
   There would be some perfomance penalties for
using larger sizes, namely more directory entries
to check or larger logical block sizes.
Clarence Wilkerson

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

Date: 23 Jan 91 23:13:17 GMT
From: titanic.cs.wisc.edu![e-mail]  (Anthony Rich)
Subject: Are there any Cromemco CDOS/Cromix BBS's?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anyone know the phone numbers and names of any Cromemco
CDOS-specific or Cromix-specific BBS's that are still in operation?

Please reply by email.  Thanks in advance for any info!

  -- Tony
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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 91 09:28:27 PST
From: [e-mail] (R. Hanscom)
Subject: CompuTime S-100 card
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anybody have info on these cards (#CT-102A), like how to
set them and read them???  It doesn't appear to have any battery
back-up.  Are they normally set at each boot??  Any info would
be appreciated.

          roger               icf![e-mail]
                               [e-mail]

Do you know why the Iraqis don't teach driver ed. and sex ed. in
high school at the same time??  Too hard on the camels.

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

Date: 21 Jan 91 22:34:39 GMT
From: julius.cs.uiuc.edu!usc!samsung!umich!sharkey!nstar!baugo![e-mail]  (Joseph Perry)
Subject: CP/M Kermit-80 Source Wanted
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I'm looking for a copy of the standard Kermit distribution for the
latest version of CP/M Kermit-80.  I believe it will be ver. 4.09 or
ver. 4.10.  I want this for an Intel Series II development system
running CP/M 2.2.

As I don't have access to FTP to get it directly from host
WATSUN.CC.COLUMBIA.EDU, another method is needed.

I could get it through:
  a) email transfer
  b) dial-in uucp file transfer
  c) dial-in Kermit or Xmodem file transfer
  d) 5-1/4" or 3-1/2" MS DOS disk
  e) 8" SSDD or SSSD CP/M disk

Does anyone have the latest version of the CP/M Kermit-80 sources?
---
Joseph Perry    Osceola, IN USA
UUCP: uunet!mailrus!iuvax!ndcheg!nstar!baugo!jep
Internet: [e-mail] -or- [e-mail]
---

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Date: Wed, 23 Jan 91 19:01 CST
From: LANCE TAGLIAPIETRA <[e-mail]>
Subject: Osborne Kermit and VT52 emulation problem
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello,

I noticed a bug in the VT52 emulation for Kermit using the Osborne overlay.
The escape code for clearing the screen is sent, and the screen does not
clear.  The same sequence works fine with kermit with the overlay for the
model 4.  Has anyone experienced this problem? I would like to know before
I go digging into the kermit source for a solution. Any thoughts are
appreciated.

Thanks,

Lance Tagliapietra   [e-mail] or taglance@uwplatt


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

Date: Wed, 23 Jan 91 19:47 CST
From: LANCE TAGLIAPIETRA <[e-mail]>
Subject: Problem with VDE266 on the TRS-80 Model 4.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello again,

I have another question -- Is anyone running the memory mapped version of
VDE266 on their TRS-80 model 4 noticing a problem where the character in column
1 in the line below the cursor getting erased when changing the line the cursor
is on? The character is not deleted, but is erased off the display. It does get
restored if any editing is done to that line.

Is there a fix to this problem?

Thanks,

Lance Tagliapietra   [e-mail]  or  [e-mail]

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

Date: 22 Jan 91 21:57:48 GMT
From: bbn.com![e-mail]  (Jim Gonzalez)
Subject: Ztime Clock, Uniform
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jay Sage) writes:
>   I do not know what the status of Kenmore Computer Technologies is.  They
>moved at one point, and we lost track of them for a while.  In any case,
>Chris McEwen, sysop of Z-Node 32, is a source for these units.  He even
>offers, I believe, a discounted price.  Contact him at
>
>        Chris McEwen
>        433 Frederick Ave.
>        South Plainfield, NJ 07080
>        201-753-3735

If anyone tried the above number and it failed, try area code 908-753-3735.
South Plainfield is in the part of New Jersey that moved to area code 908,
and the grace period (during which 908 calls dialed to 201 are rerouted) may
have ended by now.

I left a message on his machine this morning before leaving for work, and
will report what I learn this evening.

                -Jim.

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

Date: 23 Jan 91 16:36:00 GMT
From: bbn.com![e-mail]  (Jim Gonzalez)
Subject: Ztime Clock, Uniform
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> I wrote:
>I left a message on his machine this morning before leaving for work, and
>will report what I learn this evening.

Well, I'm a little late in reporting, but here's what I found out:

Kenmore Technologies is still in business, and is still producing the clock.
Their price is $99.95.  Chris is buying bare boards from them (he could
simply copy the board design but he's "not in the business of ripping off
people's intellectual property"), and populating the boards himself.  He's
offering the finished product for $79.95, including shipping.

The board plugs into the Z-80's socket, and then the Z-80 plugs into the
board.  For machines which lacke the clearance above the CPU socket for the
addtional board, there is a version that connects with a ribbon cable,
allowing the board to be sited elsewhere.  One needs to be careful of how
the cable is routed, avoiding RF noise from switching power supplies, etc
(the only failed installation Chris ever heard of was with an Altos whose
switcher drove the CPU nuts).  The device (a National 58167) appears at I/O
address 0xE0 (0E0h for you old-timers :-), and can be moved to a different
address with trace cuts and jumpers.

Checks should be written to Chris McEwen, and sent to him at:

    P.O. Box 12
    South Plainfield, NJ 07080-0012
    908-755-6186

The above phone number is covered by an answering machine, whereas the one
Jay gave earlier may not be.  You're more likely to reach Chris directly in
the evening, by the way.  Around 8pm seems to work.

                -Jim.

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

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24-Jan-91 15:21:42-MST,8729;000000000000
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Date: Thu, 24 Jan 91 15:15:13 MST
From: [e-mail]
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V91 #17
To: [e-mail]
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

INFO-CPM Digest             Thu, 24 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   17

Today's Topics:
                         8 meg limit (3 msgs)
                           CPM FTP sources
                             Info needed
                        Telcom for Apple CP/M
                    Ztime Clock, Uniform (2 msgs)
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Date: 24 Jan 91 04:36:18 GMT
From: cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!src.honeywell.com!skyler.mavd.honeywell.com![e-mail]  (Randal L. Barnes)
Subject: 8 meg limit
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>,
[e-mail] (Phillip Evans) writes:

> Where did/does the 8 meg limit on logical disk size in CP/M come from?

It has to do with the fact that CP/M uses a 16 bit logical block pointer,
Since CP/M also uses 128 byte logical sectors (sector blocking/deblocking
routines change the physical sector size on the disk but the logical sector
size remains at 128), the maximum logical disk size is:

        65536 * 128 = 8192K

My Molecular Series 9 system has drive B set up as an 8 meg drive.
Doing a STAT B:DSK: yields the following:

            B: Drive Characteristics
        65536: 128 Byte Record Capacity
         8192: Kilobyte Drive  Capacity
         1024: 32  Byte Directory Entries
            0: Checked  Directory Entries
          256: Records/ Extent
           32: Records/ Block
          256: Sectors/ Track
            0: Reserved Tracks

--
Randal L. Barnes                    [e-mail]
Tea, Earl Grey, HOT!                Honeywell Military Avionics Division
                                    612/542-5021

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Date: 24 Jan 91 13:26:09 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!descartes.math.purdue.edu![e-mail]  (Clarence Wilkerson)
Subject: 8 meg limit
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

It seems to me like RLB's reply is a good explanation of why
the maximum size of file would be 8 megs, if we can access
sectors of the file by a 16 bit integer. Why does it dictate
the max. logical size of the disk, however?
Clarence

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

Date: 24 Jan 91 17:33:58 GMT
From: maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!iowasp.physics.uiowa.edu![e-mail]
Subject: 8 meg limit
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

> [e-mail] (Phillip Evans) writes:
>> Where did/does the 8 meg limit on logical disk size in CP/M come from?

  NOte that this restriction is removed in CPM3 and MPM2.  The file
size restriction is limited by the 16 bit record pointer in MPM2
(I haven't combed the CPM3 manuals that closely), but the logical
device size is limited by the cluster size.  Device size is
expressed in terms of the number of clusters, so the maximum
device is 32767*16384 (or 65535*16384) as the largest allocation
cluster is 16K bytes.
  When you get these large devices, however, MPM2 signifigantly slows
down when doing any directory operations as it scans the (potentially)
large directory.  A little work with caching the directory can make
a world of difference...

Willy

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

Date: 24 Jan 91 01:38:46 GMT
From: usc!samsung!rex!uflorida!springs.cis.ufl.edu![e-mail]  (Patrick Martin)
Subject: CPM FTP sources
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I apologize if this if one of the frequently asked questions but I just
got a CPM emulator from the Amiga and was wondering where I could FTP
some CPM software and if in fact that software would run.  The software
emulates the 8080 with H19 Terminal Emulation.

What I really need is a good public domain assembler for a class I am
taking.  I would also be interested in taking a look at stuff like
Mbasic and other software as well.

Thanks,

Pat

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

Date: 24 Jan 91 00:11:48 GMT
From: usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!wuarchive!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!turnkey!orchard.la.locus.com!fafnir.la.locus.com![e-mail]  (Dana H. Myers)
Subject: Info needed
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Filip Gieszczykiewicz) writes:
>
>    Greetings.
>
>    I was given a computer that I have no docs on. It consists
>    of a keyboard, S100 card-cage, and power supply. It came with
>    2 8" drives. The computer is made by the "ProcessorTechnology"
>    and is called "SoI Terminal Computer" Model # 20.

   The Sol was a relatively popular S-100 based computer made for
several years - the first really good Trek game I ever saw ran on one.
Processor Technology was located in Emeryville at first, experienced
tremendous growth, moved to enormous quarters in Pleasanton and then
quickly went bust. Too bad, too; the Sol was neat 'coz it was essentially
what people wanted in an Imsai 8080 but sized to fit on a desk.

>    P.S. By the way, what is a "Tandy Model 16"? Interesting?
>    Someone is selling them for $25, broken... Just wandering...

  Yeah, these were 16 bit Radio Shack computers, based on the 68000
chip, and they ran Xenix and some mutation of TRS-DOS, as I recall, circa 1983.

  What a trip down sentimental lane. Afterall, I learned assmebly
language on an 1802 Elf computer....

--
 * Dana H. Myers KK6JQ         | Views expressed here are    *
 * [phone]         | mine and do not necessarily    *
 * [e-mail]        | reflect those of my employer    *

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Date: 24 Jan 91 17:48:39 GMT
From: pyramid!athertn![e-mail]  (Paul Sander)
Subject: Telcom for Apple CP/M
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does anyone know of any good telecommunications program available for Apple
CP/M?  It must run on an ALS CP/M Card, under CP/M Plus.

In the past, I've tried patching Modem7 and Kermit without success.

Many thanks in advance.
--
Paul Sander        [phone]  | "Passwords are like underwear," she said,
[e-mail]                  | "Both should be changed often."
{decwrl,pyramid,sun}!athertn!paul  | -- Bennett Falk in "Mom Meets Unix"

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Date: 24 Jan 91 00:35:21 GMT
From: ulysses!rick![e-mail]  (Andy Meyer)
Subject: Ztime Clock, Uniform
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jay Sage) writes:
[re: sources of Kenmore Ztime-I Calendar/Clock]

>    I do not know what the status of Kenmore Computer Technologies is.  They
> moved at one point, and we lost track of them for a while.  In any case,
> Chris McEwen, sysop of Z-Node 32, is a source for these units.  He even
> offers, I believe, a discounted price.  Contact him at
 [home address deleted]

(As I write this, I have Chris on the phone. He doesn't have net access "yet?")

Chris would prefer that people contact him at:

    Socrates Z-Node 32
    P.O. Box 12
    S. Plainfield, NJ 07080
    [phone]

BTW, this is the same address for _The Computer Journal_ (plug, plug)
which ensures that if you need to leave a message it will get to him.

Andy

[Disclaimer: I am affiliated with _TCJ_ only as a satisfied reader.]
     .
       .    Andreas Meyer, N2FYE                         [e-mail]
   . O _    AT&T Computer System Technical Services
   _/=/     South Plainfield, NJ                          ..!att!rick!ahm
     |
   _/ \_               "Jugglers do it 'til they drop."

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Date: 24 Jan 91 13:21:26 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!descartes.math.purdue.edu![e-mail]  (Clarence Wilkerson)
Subject: Ztime Clock, Uniform
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Does the Kaypro have any 28 pin EPROM sockets? If so one
could use the Dallas Semiconductor "SMART WATCH". You just
slip it between the EPROM and the old socket. The usual
price seems to be about $40, but I sometimes see it for
$25. It does need some software, because it's not the usual
read a RAM address or port.
Clarence

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End of INFO-CPM Digest V91 Issue #17
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25-Jan-91 12:28:04-MST,10869;000000000000
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Date: Fri, 25 Jan 91 12:15:23 MST
From: [e-mail]
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V91 #18
To: [e-mail]
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

INFO-CPM Digest             Fri, 25 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   18

Today's Topics:
                             8Mbyte limit
                             8 meg limit
                       CP/M-68K, CP/M model II
                     CP/M Kermit-80 Source Wanted
                             Info needed
                       Maximum CP/M volume size
               Need Description of Disk Parameter Block
                        Z80 Emulator (2 msgs)
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 22 Jan 91 22:14:10 GMT
From: eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!ukc!axion!tharr!nowster![e-mail]  (Paul Martin)
Subject: 8Mbyte limit
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Is CPM 3.1 (plus) restriced to the file length limit of 8 MBytes,
as CPM 2.2 is?

--
Paul Martin                                       [e-mail]
[e-mail]                    ..!uunet!tharr!nowster!pm
<-- tharr *free* public access to Usenet in the UK 0234 261804 -->

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Date: 25 Jan 91 01:24:06 GMT
From: zephyr.ens.tek.com!tektronix!percy!nosun!techbook![e-mail]  (Frank Zsitvay)
Subject: 8 meg limit
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Clarence Wilkerson) writes:
>I believe that the 8meg limit is set in the coding of
>the BDOS, and inforced in the BIOS in the sense that
>certain scratch ram in the BIOS data area has a preset
>size.
>   I think several replacement BDOS clones, e.g.
>DOSPLUS, offer larger maximum logical disk size.
>   There would be some perfomance penalties for
>using larger sizes, namely more directory entries
>to check or larger logical block sizes.
>Clarence Wilkerson

   well, not really.   it is limited by the directory structure that is at
the heart of all cp/m disk operations.  cp/m only allows for a maximum of
65536 128 byte blocks.  that is the maximum size of a file, or a whole
disk.

   there is a built in mechanism in cp/m to allow the creation of
partitions on a single physical disk.

    dosplus is essentially a different operating system than cp/m,
and it allows a larger total disk space through a somewhat revamped
directory structure.

   zcpr3 and zsystem do it through other techniques.

--
[e-mail] - but don't quote me on that....

American Oil Company motto - Bend over, We'll pump!!!

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

Date: Thu, 24 Jan 91 20:33:20 -0600
From: [e-mail] (Margaret H. Knox)
Subject: CP/M-68K, CP/M model II
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

For Mark McKenna, you might want to check the SIMTEL20 archives.  There
are some files there for -68K.  If you are looking for something in
particular, you might also try TriSoft.  We have some things that are
PD, but were not uploaded because they were specific to the machines
like you have.
Give them a call at [phone], ask for James Knox.


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

Date: 24 Jan 91 22:19:40 GMT
From: usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.iastate.edu!sharkey!nstar!baugo![e-mail]  (Joseph Perry)
Subject: CP/M Kermit-80 Source Wanted
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Joseph Perry) writes:

> I'm looking for a copy of the standard Kermit distribution for the
> latest version of CP/M Kermit-80.  I believe it will be ver. 4.09 or
> ver. 4.10.  I want this for an Intel Series II development system
> running CP/M 2.2.
[stuff deleted]

From my request (^^^), I got several offers to provide me with the
CP/M Kermit-80 source files for ver. 4.09, the current version.  I now
have a copy on the way.

Thanks to all that replied via e-mail!
---
Joseph Perry    Osceola, IN USA
UUCP: uunet!mailrus!iuvax!ndcheg!nstar!baugo!jep
Internet: [e-mail] -or- [e-mail]
---

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

Date: 25 Jan 91 01:05:21 GMT
From: amethyst!organpipe!afthree.as.arizona.edu![e-mail]  (Thomas J. Trebisky)
Subject: Info needed
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Not really a follow up article, but another question of the same class.

I just purchased a computer at an auction - couldn't pass it up - a nice
S-100 box with two boards, one a "pickles and trout" looks like a video
board ???  And the other (the one I am hoping someone may have info on,
or even a BOOT DISK!!!! ??)  is a Intercontinental Micro Systems Corp.
single board computer.  This little rascal has a Z80A, 9519 interrupt ctlr,
1793 FDC, Z80A SIO/0, 64K of ram, DMA chip and more!!  Wow!  this looks
like one of the neatest little Z80 CP/M boards I have yet to see.

However, I have no manuals or software -- can anyone help?
--
    Tom Trebisky    [e-mail]    (Internet)
    Steward Observatory    University of Arizona    Tucson, Arizona

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

Date: Thu, 24 Jan 91 20:25:53 PST
From: [e-mail] (Will Rose)
Subject: Maximum CP/M volume size
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I'm not sure there is a maximum *volume* size.  The maximum file size
is 8MB, or 0xfff (largest available number) x 128 (sector size) bytes.
A larger file couldn't be accessed randomly, since you'd run out of
sector numbers.

I don't know if there's any reason you can't have a volume bigger than
the largest possible file, but if you do the maths you may find, given
a reasonable allocation block size, that you run out of space in, say,
the disk map around the maximum file size.

Good luck - Will
[e-mail]

UUCP: {nosc ucsd hplabs!hp-sdd}!crash!pnet01!cwr
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Date: 25 Jan 91 13:24:09 GMT
From: bbn.com![e-mail]  (Jim Gonzalez)
Subject: Need Description of Disk Parameter Block
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I'm in the process of getting UNARC16 working on my Cromemco under CDOS.
Since CDOS provides only CP/M 1.3 calls, it complains when UNARC16 does a
call to the CP/M 2.x function 0x1F.

For those who don't have their function tables handy (add another Post-It
note to your favorite email/readnews terminal :-), 0x1F is Get Disk
Parameters Block, which is used to get a pointer in order to query and
(possibly) alter aspects of the disk via this DPB.  This function is used
mostly by file compression and disk directory programs like Super
Directory.

What I need to know is the format of a DPB.  Armed with that knowledge, I
can patch UNARC16 to request the same information from with appropriate
(non-CP/M 1.3) CDOS call.  It only uses one entry from the DPB, so I'm sure
it's just looking for the block size.

By the way, Waite & Lafore's _Soul_Of_CP/M_ has been no help in this
regard.  They acknowledge the existence of function 0x1F, but say nothing
more about it or DPB's.  So much for getting to the "soul" of CP/M.  What
they *do* cover they explain pretty well, but it's annoying what they leave
out.

                -Jim.

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Date: 25 Jan 91 05:01:50 GMT
From: usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!austex![e-mail]  (Lindsay Haisley)
Subject: Z80 Emulator
Message-ID: <R6cBw1w163w@austex>

Discussion on this newsgroup of Z80 emultors brings me to a question to
which I've been looking for an answer for some time.  Is there an MS-DOS
based Z80 emulator out there which does a >>full<< emulation of the CP/M
BIOS, including disk functions.  I'm looking for an emulator with a monitor
debugger which will allow me to work effectively on CCP, BDOS and ZCPR3
system components.  The emulators I've seen so far (which isn't very many)
allow running plain vanilla CP/M programs under a simulated BDOS and, as
in the case of Z80MU, don't really support disk functions.  Joan Riff and
company don't seem to understand that a CP/M disk is just a doubly sub-
scripted array from the point of view of the BIOS, and any managing
software need only be able to import and optionally export "files" from
this data structure to and from true files in the MS-DOS environment, a
fairly simple job.  The BDOS file handling system is much more complex,
but there are enough copies of the CP/M BDOS, ZRDOS, NovaDOS, ZSDOS,
etc. around to handle the job if BIOS emulation is properly done, and a
boot routine is provided to load some system software into the emulated
64K Z80 memory domain.  Such a system would provide maximum flexibility
in CP/M emulation.  Riff seems to have the attitude that anything other
than plain vanilla CP/M (e.g. ZCPR3) or stock MS-DOS (e.g. 4DOS) is a sin
against nature and the users of same should take their computers and go
straight to the Warm Place.  On top of that, newer versions of Z80MU are
severely overpriced (considering that they don't do a true CP/M BIOS
emulation) at $150, for which price I can buy Borland's Turbo C++
Professional or similar package with loads of disks, documentation,
examples, etc....

                             Lindsay Haisley


"Everything works if you let it!"
 ---  Travis J. Redfish
 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
uucp: austex![e-mail]  OR  [e-mail]
 BBS: [phone] (Z-Node 77 - aka - Kaypro Club of Austin)

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

Date: 25 Jan 91 13:15:54 GMT
From: usc!sdd.hp.com!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!descartes.math.purdue.edu![e-mail]  (Clarence Wilkerson)
Subject: Z80 Emulator
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I don't want to get into the "RIFF" wars again. I think
Z80MU has a certain market that is happy to use it.
If you don't want the bells and whistles of the newer
versions, the last public domain version is still kicking
about.
   If you just want a RAW z80 emulation package that will
potentially run any z80 operating system, I haven't seen
any. Your best bet would be to get source to one of the
existing emulators, for example, the Heath User's group
emulator.
   If speed is not an issue, there have been at least a
couple of emulators issued on usenet for z80's, written
in C. Complete z80 implementations may be hard to find,
because often people get tired of thinking about half parity
flags and DAA, etc.
Clarence Wilkerson

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25-Jan-91 23:21:39-MST,9371;000000000000
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Date: Fri, 25 Jan 91 23:15:18 MST
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V91 #19
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INFO-CPM Digest             Fri, 25 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   19

Today's Topics:
                 Bug in Kermit V4.09 TRANSMIT command
                         CompuTime S-100 card
                      CP/M emulation under Unix?
               Need Description of Disk Parameter Block
                             Z80 Emulator
                           ZMP suggestions
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Sat, 26 Jan 91 00:06 CST
From: LANCE TAGLIAPIETRA <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bug in Kermit V4.09 TRANSMIT command
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello,

I think I have discovered a bug in the TRANSMIT command of cp/m Kermit V4.09.
It seems that the TRANSMIT function looses characters. When I send the
following file using TRANSMIT:

:104000005468697320697320612074657374206F2C
:10401000662074686520656D657267656E637920DA
:1040200062726F6164636173742073797374656D18
:104030002E202054686973206973206F6E6C79207C
:104040006120746573742E2020496620746869733A
:1040500020686164206265656E2061207265616C14
:1040600020656D657267656E63792C20796F7520A8
:10407000776F756C642068617665206265656E2077
:10408000696E666F726D656420776865726520740D
:104090006F2074616B65207368656C7465722E2087
:0000000000

The following is actually sent:

:104000005468697320697320612074657374206F2C
:10401000662074686520656D657267656E637920DA
:1040200062726F616463617374207379737456D18
:104030002E202054686973206973206F6E6C79207C
:104040006120746573742E2020496620746869733A
:1040500020686164206265656E206207265616C14
:1040600020656D657267656E63792C20796F7520A8
:10407000776F756C642068617665206265656E2077
:10408000696E666F726D65420776865726520740D
:104090006F2074616B65207368656C7465722E2087
:0000000000

The hex files were created from the following assembler source, assembled with
z80mr:

        org 4000h
        db 'This is a test of the '
        db 'emergency broadcast '
        db 'system.  This is only a '
        db 'test.  If this had been '
        db 'a real emergency, you '
        db 'would have been informed '
        db 'where to take shelter. '
        end

Has anyone else experienced this problem with the TRANSMIT command? I would
appreciate hearing from you if you have -- before I attack the Kermit source
to find the fix.

Any assistance would be appreciated.

Lance Tagliapietra   [e-mail] or [e-mail]



Notice the dropped character in the third, sixth, and nineth lines.

Has anyone else experienced this problem.

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

Date: 25 Jan 91 14:44:51 GMT
From: aurs01![e-mail]  (J. Luce)
Subject: CompuTime S-100 card
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (R. Hanscom) writes:
-
-Does anybody have info on these cards (#CT-102A), like how to
-set them and read them???  It doesn't appear to have any battery
-back-up.  Are they normally set at each boot??  Any info would
-be appreciated.
-
-          roger               icf![e-mail]
-                               [e-mail]
-

I have full documentation on a CompuWATCH. I don't recognize CompuTime.
If this is what you are looking for, let me know where to mail a copy.


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Date: 25 Jan 91 14:14:05 GMT
From: usc!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!crdgw1!antarctica![e-mail]  (william E Davidsen)
Subject: CP/M emulation under Unix?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail]
(R. Hanscom) writes:
There was a CP/M emulator posted to alt.sources, did anyone try it? I't
in my list of stuff to check out. The first posting was incomplete, but
there was a 2nd, later.

--
Bill Davidsen ([e-mail],
uunet!crdgw1!crdos1!davidsen)
  GE Corp R&D Center, Schenectady NY
  Moderator of comp.binaries.ibm.pc and 386users mailing list
       "This is your PC. This is your PC on OS/2. Any questions?"

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

Date: 25 Jan 91 22:03:13 GMT
From: prism![e-mail]  (MILLS,JOHN M.)
Subject: Need Description of Disk Parameter Block
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jim Gonzalez) writes:
>I'm in the process of getting UNARC16 working on my Cromemco under CDOS.
>Since CDOS provides only CP/M 1.3 calls, it complains when UNARC16 does a
>call to the CP/M 2.x function 0x1F.
 .. deletions ..
>
>What I need to know is the format of a DPB.  Armed with that knowledge, I
                            ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  ..etc..

  Alan R. Miller, _Mastering_CP/M_, Sybex 0-068, 1983,
  ISBN 0-89588-068-7,  has about 5 pages on this.  There is also some
  in the DRI manual on adapting/modifying cp/m 2.2 (I forget the exact
  title.).


--
MILLS,JOHN M.
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp:      ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!jm59
Internet: [e-mail]

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Date: Fri, 25 Jan 91 16:48:15 EST
From: Mark Eichin <[e-mail]>
Subject: Z80 Emulator
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

From Lindsay Haisley <[e-mail]>:
>>based Z80 emulator out there which does a >>full<< emulation of the CP/M
>>BIOS, including disk functions.  I'm looking for an emulator with a monitor
    Nick Sayer's emulator (posted to alt.sources a while ago, and
written in reasonably portable (at least among larger machines) C)
*only* fakes the BIOS (there's a table of BIOS entry points that does
RST 38H for each, which is detected by the emulator - the emulator
looks at the address, and does the appropriate BIOS function.) The
BDOS is loaded in from an external file, but is a normal Z80 (or 8080)
BDOS.
    The problem with this design is that it is *SLOW*. There are a
number of places where the BDOS copies sectors around - that loop is
emulated instruction by instruction, which takes a long time.

From Clarence Wilkerson <[e-mail]>:
>>   If you just want a RAW z80 emulation package that will
>>potentially run any z80 operating system, I haven't seen
    Nick's emulator can certainly run anything with a BIOS; in
fact, if you disable the BIOS hooks and provide routines that do "the
right thing" with IN and OUT you can probably emulate *any* z80...
once I've got the time, I do intend to emulate the Radio Shack Model 4
(since I run TurboDOS on it - though I may try to get TRSDOS/LDOS up
just for laughs...)
>>in C. Complete z80 implementations may be hard to find,
>>because often people get tired of thinking about half parity
>>flags and DAA, etc.
    Nick's emulation is *very* careful, particularly due to my
banging on it as an alpha tester... I also double checked everything
against the Zilog Z80 manual for clarification of what the flags do.
Half carry is done "live" as are all the flags (there is an "F"
register, and everything tweaks it as it goes...) There isn't really
any support for the different IM 0..2 interrupt modes, but I suspect
that doesn't matter much for most uses - and that code would tend to
need customization based on the particular hardware being emulated
anyhow.
            _Mark_ <[e-mail]>
            <[e-mail]>
            <[e-mail]>



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

Date: 25 Jan 91 01:26:16 GMT
From: usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!ira.uka.de!smurf!subnet.sub.net!altger!doitcr![e-mail]  (Helmut Jungkunz)
Subject: ZMP suggestions
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

ZMP  BBS MODEM


uunet.munnari.oz!cc.curtin.edu.au!murray_RJ

originated a request for ZMP proposals.  ZMP is the famous ZMODEM program for
CP/M that is in the public domain.

Well, so far I'm very happy with ZMP, except for the lack of script-processing
In this respect, i
I am quite happy with what QTERM supplys. But why does one have to use all
the different programs? WHy is there not one that does all?
ZMP as far as I'm concerned, just lacks this important feature.

If you people have soMething to add - feel fre to do so!

Cheers from the Schneider/Amstrad CPC User Group Munich (SCUG)

Helmut Jungkunz  ([e-mail])

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28-Jan-91 06:22:47-MST,9313;000000000000
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Date: Mon, 28 Jan 91 06:15:08 MST
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V91 #20
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INFO-CPM Digest             Mon, 28 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   20

Today's Topics:
             Bug in CP/M Kermit 4.09 TRANSMIT command (2)
                         CompuTime S-100 card
                           Fidonet postings
                 Fix for Kermit TRANSMIT command bug.
                  Got a really odd one here folks...
             wanted: bad sector lockout program (2 msgs)
                      ZMP overlay for Televideo
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Sun, 27 Jan 91 12:19 CST
From: LANCE TAGLIAPIETRA <[e-mail]>
Subject: Bug in CP/M Kermit 4.09 TRANSMIT command (2)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello,

I have found out a few more bits concerning the problem with the TRANSMIT
command in cp/m kermit V4.09:

1).  The every 128th character is being dropped, starting with the 1288th
     character.

2).  The transmit function is handled by the file CPSTT.ASM in kermit.

3).  The routines to handle the reading from the file into the big buffer
     are in the file CPSUTL.ASM

4).  The characters are read from the big buffer one at a time into a
     retransmit buffer, for retransmission of the current line if
     specified by console input.

5).  It seems that the 128th character is skipped when reading from the
     bug buffer into the line buffer.


Any kermit experts out there willing to lend a hand?

Lance    [e-mail] or [e-mail]

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

Date: 27 Jan 91 06:05:05 GMT
From: mvb.saic.com!ncr-sd!simasd!simasd!pnet07![e-mail]  (Don Maslin)
Subject: CompuTime S-100 card
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (J. Luce) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (R. Hanscom) writes:
>-
>-Does anybody have info on these cards (#CT-102A), like how to
>-set them and read them???  It doesn't appear to have any battery
>-back-up.  Are they normally set at each boot??  Any info would
>-be appreciated.
>-
>-          roger               icf![e-mail]
>-                               [e-mail]
>-
>
>I have full documentation on a CompuWATCH. I don't recognize CompuTime.
>If this is what you are looking for, let me know where to mail a copy.
>
I think you are both correct, as I believe the board in question is a
CompuWatch by Compu-Time which does, I believe, have battery backup.  Look for
a little 'black-box' that says Data Sentry in the center right hand portion of
the board.  That is GE's 3.6vdc ni-cad package.
                                                        - don
>

Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm
Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: simasd!pnet07![e-mail]
- San Diego Computer Society - | INET: [e-mail]

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

Date: 28 Jan 91 03:09:22 GMT
From: van-bc!cynic![e-mail]  (Phillip Evans)
Subject: Fidonet postings
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello All.  I am considering preparing a weekly digest of the messages
posted in this newsgroup for posting to the Fidonet CP/M Tech Echo.  If
anyone has concerns in this regard they should let me know.  I plan to
start next week.

I suppose I should get a signature................X <- my mark.

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

Date: Sun, 27 Jan 91 20:03 CST
From: LANCE TAGLIAPIETRA <[e-mail]>
Subject: Fix for Kermit TRANSMIT command bug.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello,

I have found the fix to the bug in with the TRANSMIT command in version 4.09 of
kermit.  The bug is in the file CPSUTL.ASM. The problem is that subroutine
INBUF: is pre-decrementing the byte count by 1, (decrementing an assembly
generated constant) causing the last character of each record to be ignored.

The line at fault was a few lines after label inbuf2: and read

        mvi     a,bufsiz-1      ; Number of bytes in buffer (pre-decremented)

this should be corrected to

        mvi     a,bufsiz        ; Number of bytes in buffer.

This bug only shows when files to be send via TRANSMIT are greater than 128
bytes.


The pausit: routine in the same file is also missing a return statement.
The cpsker.hex file does not seem to have this problem, but the source
file does not have the return listed in the (corrected) code fragment below:

        jz      pausi1          ; loop until a key has been pressed.
        ret

I hope this can help someone.

Lance Tagliapietra  [e-mail] or [e-mail]

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Date: 25 Jan 91 15:14:13 GMT
From: mintaka!think.com!sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!van-bc!cynic![e-mail]  (Phillip Evans)
Subject: Got a really odd one here folks...
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>



         Mesg: 171   (R)                      Date: 24 Jan 91

         Fldr: General                        Time: 22:55:18

         Subj: oddball computers              Rply: 171 (BOT-172)

         From: David Bowerman                 To:   Philip Evans



         Philip, have you ever run across a computer called a "ADWIN-80"?


         It seems to be a single board Z-80 based system, 256K memory, 4

         serial, 1 parallel printer, SCSI or SASI bus interface, WD2797

         8/5/3" floppy controller, parallel keyboard interface and video

         display circuit.  The person who owns it has no idea of where
the

         boot disk or anything else for it is.  I was thinking about

         picking it up (the price is right -- free) but not sure if I

         wanted to tie into another project such as you are having with
the

         Bullet.  Dismantling the ROMs just not something I want to get

         into for the next few months. Especially not on a machine as

         jammed as this one is.  Stuffed the entire board into a 5.25"

         drive form factor.  No ASICS so some chips are mounted under

         socketed LSI and all the other fun you can have cramming a board


         to it's maximum.



         According to Richard, it was originally mounted into a terminal

         and had one 5.25" floppy connected to it.  At some point, it was


         removed from the terminal and kinda lost in a box.  Evidently
his

         brother who originally owned it is no longer into computers and

         hence he is willing to give it to me (for some strange reason,
he

         thinks I might be willing to give it a good home).




Folks I copied the above message from a local BBS that David Bowerman
runs.  He's a good fellow so if anyone has a lead then please respond.

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

Date: 28 Jan 91 07:04:41 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ub!dsinc!netnews.upenn.edu!grad1.cis.upenn.edu![e-mail]
Subject: wanted: bad sector lockout program
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

   I need a program to locate and lock out bad sectors on a hard
disk running CP/M 2.2.  The machine is a xerox 820-II, using a 10M
shugart drive.

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

Date: 28 Jan 91 12:07:00 GMT
From: att!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!gauss.math.purdue.edu![e-mail]  (Clarence Wilkerson)
Subject: wanted: bad sector lockout program
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

You need FINDBAD. This works after formatting disks, and reads
sectors to find bad ones. The bad ones are collected in a file
stuffed in user number 15.
  Caution: Under CP/M a sector can belong to more than one
logical file. After using FINDBAD, any bad sectors will belong
to both the badsector file, and the previous owner. You can
use DU to discover this problem. If the file is data, you can
recover as much as possible by copying to a file of a different
name, and then erasing the previous copy.
  Check the SIMTEL20 site for FINDBAD. It's a simple idea and
works.
Clarence Wilkerson

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

Date: 24 Jan 91 16:51:42 GMT
From: mcsun!ukc!axion!tharr!nowster![e-mail]  (Paul Martin)
Subject: ZMP overlay for Televideo
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

If anyone has a ZMP overlay which works on the Televideo 803,
could they get in contact with me?

(I have an overlay for the other Televideos, but the 803 is
quite different in hardware.)

--
Paul Martin     ..!uunet!tharr!nowster!pm | CP/M systems never die. They
[e-mail]  ([e-mail]) | just get more BIOSed with age.
  <-- tharr *free* public access to Usenet in the UK 0234 261804 -->

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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 91 12:15:05 MST
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Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V91 #21
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Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

INFO-CPM Digest             Tue, 29 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   21

Today's Topics:
                         8 meg limit (2 msgs)
                           CP/M-68k Kermit
          CP/M TO MSDOS DISK CONVERTER NEEDED (PD?) (2 msgs)
                 Heath/Zenith Z-100 still being used?
                           HP 125 Boot disk
                   Reply to INFO-CPM Digest V91 #13
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 25 Jan 91 21:23:29 GMT
From: usc!samsung!olivea!orc!inews!iwarp.intel.com!ogicse!pdxgate!parsely!percy!qiclab!techbook![e-mail]  (Frank Zsitvay)
Subject: 8 meg limit
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Clarence Wilkerson) writes:
>It seems to me like RLB's reply is a good explanation of why
>the maximum size of file would be 8 megs, if we can access
>sectors of the file by a 16 bit integer. Why does it dictate
>the max. logical size of the disk, however?
>Clarence

  well, it's like this - that same 16 bit integer that is used to address
sectors in a file is also used to address blocks in a disk.  therefore,
the maximum available blocks on a disk is 65536, or 8192K bytes total.

  to access larger disks you would need a larger block pointer, something
on the order of 24 bits or 32 bits.  however, there is too much overhead
associated with maintaining two pointers, and large ones at that, in
an 8 bit system.   it is just easier to accept the 16 bit pointers and
work with them.
--
[e-mail] - but don't quote me on that....

American Oil Company motto - Bend over, We'll pump!!!

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Date: 29 Jan 91 13:23:04 GMT
From: usc!samsung!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!gauss.math.purdue.edu![e-mail]  (Clarence Wilkerson)
Subject: 8 meg limit
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

But the size of a disk block can be large, i.e. 1k, 4k even 16k.
Even 1k x 65535 = 64 megs.
  Of course it's hard to imagine doing a DIR to a disk with
64k 1k files.......
Clarence

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

Date: 28 Jan 91 22:16:37 GMT
From: psuvm![e-mail]  (MARK McKENNA)
Subject: CP/M-68k Kermit
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hi... I'm using a old STRIDE computer running cpm-68k.  I'm in need of a versio
n of kermit which allow transfers of binary files.  Does anyone know of an FTP
site?  (Columbia doesn't seem to have anything)
                                                 Thanks
                                                  Mark

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

Date: 29 Jan 91 07:09:31 GMT
From: usc!samsung!caen!news.cs.indiana.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu![e-mail]  (George Wang)
Subject: CP/M TO MSDOS DISK CONVERTER NEEDED (PD?)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello, I am looking for a program (Public domain if possible)
that will read in a CP/M physically formatted diskette and
convert it to a MSDOS readable version... The CP/M
machine is a old EPSON CP/M 80 system with 5.25" floppies...

Anyone know where I can get this program? Ftp?
I think there was a program called XENOCOPY but that was
a long time ago... Please email your answers. Thanks!
George
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Date: 29 Jan 91 18:20:59 GMT
From: sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!umriscc!mcs213f.cs.umr.edu![e-mail]  (Mike Castle {Nexus})
Subject: CP/M TO MSDOS DISK CONVERTER NEEDED (PD?)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (George Wang) writes:
>Hello, I am looking for a program (Public domain if possible)
>that will read in a CP/M physically formatted diskette and
>convert it to a MSDOS readable version... The CP/M
>machine is a old EPSON CP/M 80 system with 5.25" floppies...

The following are several CP/M associated programs.  While only the last one
really fits you description, I included the others in case you might find
something useful.  I'm not sure if the conversion program actually has an
executable along with the source, but it should not be too much of a problem
to find someone to compile it if it's not.

Hope this helps.

22DSK134.ZIP PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL>    CP/M<->Diskette xfer, over 100 formats. SYDEX
AMPROCPM.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL>    Read/write Ampro CP/M disks on MSDOS
RWCPM.ARC    PD1:<MSDOS.DSKUTL>    Read & Write Epson CP/M diskettes
22NCE130.ZIP PD1:<MSDOS.EMULATORS> Z80 CP/M emulator for MS-DOS systems. SYDEX
AME86.ARC    PD1:<MSDOS.EMULATORS> CP/M-86 emulator for MS-DOS
V2080J88.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.EMULATORS> Run CP/M-80 programs on system with V20 CPU
V20BOOT.ZIP  PD1:<MSDOS.EMULATORS> Turbo Pascal source code for V20 CP/M emulator
Z80MU52B.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.EMULATORS> CP/M (Z80 processor) emulator for MS-DOS
ZRUN321.ARC  PD1:<MSDOS.EMULATORS> Z80 CP/M emulator for MS-DOS
UNCR-DOS.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.SQ-USQ>    Uncrunch CP/M '?Z?' crunched files
UNCR233.ARC  PD1:<MSDOS.SQ-USQ>    Uncrunch CP/M 'Z' files on MSDOS, w/wild cards
CONVERTB.ARC PD1:<MSDOS.TURBOPAS>  Turbo Pascal, convert CP/M data to DOS

These are all available at:
New Mexico:  simtel20.army.mil (26.2.0.74) in the directory listed above
                                           (PDx:<MSDOS.xxxxx> )
Missouri:    wuarchive.wustl.edu (128.252.135.4) in mirrors/msdos/xxxxx
Australia:   sol.deakin.oz.au (128.184.1.1) in pub/PC/simtel-20/xxxxx

There are several mail servers that will process the ftp commands for those who
have access to e-mail, but not FTP.  Addresses are:

In North America (Simtel20 access only):

          [e-mail]   North Dakota State University.
          [e-mail]  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

    In the body of the mail have the command:
    GET PDGET HELP PCSERV-L

Also (any ftp site):
          [e-mail]

   In the body of the mail have the command:
   HELP

Trickle servers (Simtel20 access only):
In Denmark:     TRICKLE@DKTC11
In Turkey:      TRICKLE@TREARN
In Italy:       TRICKLE@IMIPOLI
In Belgium:     TRICKLE@BANUFS11
In Austria:     TRICKLE@AWIWUW11
In Germany:     TRICKLE@DTUZDV1
In Spain:       TRICKLE@EB0UB011
In Israel:      TRICKLE@TAUNIVM
In Netherlands: TRICKLE@HEARN
France:         TRICKLE@FRMOP11
Germany:        TRICKLE@DB0FUB11
Chile:          TRICKLE@USACHVM1
Not sure:       TRICKLE@DS0RUS1I

(note:  these are EARN/BITNET style addresses.  Internet users should
        try BITNET domain addresses such as [e-mail])

    In the body of the mail have the command:
    /HELP

If anyone knows of any other mirrored archives of Simtel20, please let me
know and I'll add them to this generic response.

Thanks.
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Date: 28 Jan 91 17:46:37 GMT
From: sun-barr!newstop!eastapps!hienergy![e-mail]  (Jim Vienneau - Sun Microsystems)
Subject: Heath/Zenith Z-100 still being used?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have some Heath/Zenith Z-100 PCs that I'm trying to find software for. If
anyone knows of a user's group, or BBS that support's these systems, I'd
sure like to know! It's an interesting piece of computer history, I'd sure
like to gather some useful software for them. Thanks in advance for any
leads!

ps: I can't get to simtel20 from here...



Jim Vienneau, Sun Microsystems Inc - Billerica, MA
Email: [e-mail]   Amateur Radio: WB1B
Good old Ma Bell (well old anyway): [phone]

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Date: 28 Jan 91 23:17:12 GMT
From: [e-mail]  (Richard Schulte)
Subject: HP 125 Boot disk
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

A friend of mine picked up an HP 125.  Being a neophyte, he erased his
one and only boot disk.  Does anyone have, or know where another boot
disk can be found?

Thanks,
rich                    [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 26 Jan 91 14:32:21 -0400
From: EUDOH@sctnve
Subject: Reply to INFO-CPM Digest V91 #13
Message-ID: <5B011A0E1D0E013B-SCTNVE*EUDOH@sctnve>

hi,

   anybody have any idea how I can get CP/M for the C-128....
 I've tried ordering it, from the company, whose address I
 didn't think to write down.   The money for it was taken
 out of the bank, but the CP/M never came !!!!!!!!!

 any ideas ??????

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INFO-CPM Digest             Wed, 30 Jan 91       Volume 91 : Issue   22

Today's Topics:
                  can I use this with my Kaypro 10?
                      CP/M for the C-128 needed
          Found the Syncronization Error problem with MOVCPM
                          IEEE 488 for S-100
          need CP/M file transfer binary for generic machine
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Date: 30 Jan 91 07:01:18 GMT
From: swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu![e-mail]  (Filip Gieszczykiewicz)
Subject: can I use this with my Kaypro 10?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    Greetings. I got some custom hard drives for peanuts. When
    I took them apart (a nice enclosure with a PS for 2 HH
    Hard drives and a fan) I found:

    1 custom board (Anyone hear of 8800 buss?)
      - Nothing interesting. It has one 50 pin connector and
        out comes another 50 pin connector that hooks with (below)

    1 Xebec (FAB 10427 Rev 2 [(A)MLI-6] ASSY 104526) controller board
      - This has a 50-pin input (will this work with my K10's
        ribbon cable that connects the motherboard with the WD
        controller?) Out comes a 34-pin drive control and 20-pin
        data cables (ST-506)

    1 ST-406 Hard drive. Looks old - 1982ish... It's a FH 5 1/4".


    Now, I know that I can use the enclosure for any standard
    ST-506 drive (or 2 HH) but I want to know if I can perhaps
    connect this to any machine. Again, anyone know if the K10
    BIOS (CP/M 2.2F in general) supports Xebec controllers?
    It seems to have the same motherboard-controller cable.

    Take care.

    P.S. I asked several questions, here, about CP/M, MBASIC, and
    other stuff. Does anyone want me to summarize and post?
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Date: Wed, 30 Jan 91 14:45:47 -0400
From: EUDOH@sctnve
Subject: CP/M for the C-128 needed
Message-ID: <5B011E0E2A100003-SCTNVE*EUDOH@sctnve>

hi,

  Looking for CP/M for the C-128......
  I ordered it a while back and my check was cashed but the
  disk or anything else never came....
   Didn't remember to write down the address or name of the
  company I ordered it from either (just tore the order form
  out of the C-128 users manual, and that was that...)

 really need CP/M for the C128, if anyone can help please
 speak now.....
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 :                        Sometimes you just gotta say "what the f*ck"  :
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Date: Tue, 29 Jan 1991 13:00:49 PST
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Found the Syncronization Error problem with MOVCPM
Message-ID: <"29-Jan-91 16:00:49 EST".*[e-mail]>

If you remember, I was having trouble installing ZSDOS on a Xerox 820-II.  One
of the problems was in using MOVCPM to create an absolute file os the system.
I kept getting a SYNCRONIZATION ERROR.

Jay Sage explained that this was probably because the system was not created
using that version of MOVCPM.  I had trouble believing this, because I only
HAVE one system disk, and unless it was screwed up, which did not seem to be
the case, then MOVCPM and the system HAD to be the same.

Well Jay was right, but not in the way he had ment.  In playing around with it
some more, it seems ZSDOS's INSTALOS modifies MOVCPM or something like that.
Using the original master system disk, I formatted a new disk, sysgened it, and
then copied MOVCPM and the other files needed to install ZSDOS.  I then booted
the system using the new disk, and ran MOVCPM.  It worked fine, but I didn't do
anything else with it.  I then ran ZSDOS's INSTALOS in the normal way.  Note
that it uses MOVCPM.  As before, I got the "bit relocatable table not found"
error, so I decided to create an absolute file of the system.  MOVCPM gave me a
SYNCRONIZATION ERROR.  I deleted MOVCPM and then copied it over from the master
disk again.  It ran without a problem.

I tried this a couple more times, just to be sure.  If I ran INSTALOS in the
normal fashon, then I was NOT able to use MOVCPM anymore, until I deleted it,
and copied over a new version.

Strange!

                ~ Mike  ([e-mail])

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Date: 30 Jan 91 21:52:01 GMT
From: bbn.com![e-mail]  (Jim Gonzalez)
Subject: IEEE 488 for S-100
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I was thumbing through the new National Instruments catalog this afternoon.
Imagine my surprise at spotting boards for the S-100 bus.  They list a
DMA-capable IEEE-488 (GPIB) interface for $1295, and I/O port version for
$495, and drivers for either one in C for $300.  If any wealthy S-100 owners
are interested in this, their number is 800-IEEE-488 (that's 800-433-3488).
These products also appear in the 1989 edition of the catalog, by the way,
at the same prices.

                -Jim.

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Date: 29 Jan 91 18:38:01 GMT
From: zephyr.ens.tek.com!orca.wv.tek.com!frip![e-mail]  (Andrew Klossner)
Subject: need CP/M file transfer binary for generic machine
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

After ten years of Wordstar, my TRS-80 model II is fading away (one
drive gone, keyboard is flaky, display column 2 overlays column 1), and
I've bought a PC clone.  I need to get my files off the old 8-inch
disks.  To that end, I'm looking for a CP/M serial port file transfer
program.  The constraints:

  -- It must be for "generic" platforms: it has to restrict itself to
     BDOS and BIOS calls.  Going directly to the I/O ports won't work
     because the Pickles & Trout BIOS takes interrupts and snarfs input
     on those ports as soon as it arrives.

  -- It has to be in assembler or binary form -- I don't have a
     worthwhile C compiler.

Best of all would be a program that runs in server mode, so I don't
have to type two commands to transfer one file.

Any protocol is okay, I can match software on the PC clone to fit.

I tried a KERMIT.ASM with "gener" defined to TRUE, but the darn thing
tried to write out my Centronics port.  Looks like erroneous
manipulation of the IOBYTE.  I don't have enough machine left to debug
this version.

If I can get the software onto my VAX, I can get it onto my CP/M
system.  My VAX can FTP to much of the internet, but not to SIMTEL20
(sigh).

Any references would be greatly appreciated.

  -=- Andrew Klossner   (uunet!tektronix!frip.WV.TEK!andrew)    [UUCP]
                        ([e-mail])   [ARPA]

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