In article <675695171.0@farwest.FidoNet> MARC.NEWMAN@farwest.FidoNet.Org (MARC NEWMAN) writes:
>>I am trying to locate a copy of the *old* Scott Adams adventure games. I
>>know that a disk with 11 games was sold about 6 or 7 years ago for MS-DOS
>>and CP/M. Since I have the ability to run all sorts of software, either
>>will work. Does anyone out in net.land have an old copy they would be willing
>>to part with?
>
>If you find a copy, please let me know. I am also quite interested in
>getting a copy of the CP/M version.
All I've got is a TRS-80 version of it. It's Z-80 code, but I'm sure it has dos calls for that system (NEWDOS80) and other calls from deep down in low memory.
>
>Marc
> * Origin: The Black Box RCP/M MSBBS, 713-480-2686 HST/V32/V42bis (106/601)
In article <1991Jun7.064252.13117@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au>, rjl@monu1.cc.monash.edu.au ( r lang) writes:
> In article <822@spam.ua.oz>, dcook@spam.ua.oz (David Cook) writes:
> Clarence Wilkerson writes:
>> If the 3.5" disk is physically compatible with ibm pc type
>> drives, then you can hack a set of parameter tables to match
>> them and use 22disk, a shareware program that runs on a PC.
> I have tried this and it didn't work.
> I have two theories, neither has been tested.
> 1. Microbee disks have 10 sectors and the intersector space
> is shorter than specified in the Western Digital data sheet.
> The PC may not like this short space.
> 2. I think (but am not sure) that the sector header information
> is marked side 0 for both sides of the disk.
> If the PC insists that side 1 is marked as side 1 ...
On item 2:
The SMC floppy controller on the SB180 (a '765 look-alike) is capable
of reading diskettes that have the side bit in the sector header wrong.
I don't know if the NEC or Intel chip acts the same, but if so the
following may help:
Write command:
Command
Unit/Head (controls hardware lines)
Cyl
Head (controls what is to/from disk)
Record
Size
EOT
GPL
DTL
On the FDC9266 setting the 'Unit/Head' bit to side one and the 'Head'
byte to side zero does work.
Willy
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Date: 7 Jun 91 12:09:42 GMT
From: world!jamesp@decwrl.dec.com (james M peterson)
Subject: Re: PL/I compiler
Message-ID: <1991Jun7.120942.3626@world.std.com>
As I remember the digital research pl/1 compiler was not real compatable
with our vax pl/1 stuff - as in major recoding.
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Date: 7 Jun 91 15:27:25 GMT
From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!news.larc.nasa.gov!grissom.larc.nasa.gov!kludge@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU ( Scott Dorsey)
Subject: Re: Help needed: Compupro 8/16 running concurrent cp/m
Message-ID: <6739@uafhp.uark.edu>
Here's a backwards follow-up question.... I'm using 8" single sided drives, but the diskettes I found are doubles... Someone mentioned punching a hole in
singles to use 'em as doubles, can I do the same thing with doubles to use 'em as singles? If so, where do I put the hole?
Subject: Re: Help needed: Compupro 8/16 running concurrent cp/m
Message-ID: <1991Jun19.174505.7866@baron.uucp>
acrosby@uafhp.uark.edu (Albert Crosby) writes:
>Here's a backwards follow-up question.... I'm using 8" single sided drives, but the diskettes I found are doubles... Someone mentioned punching a hole in
>singles to use 'em as doubles, can I do the same thing with doubles to use 'em as singles? If so, where do I put the hole?
>
Yes, the reverse also will work. (Even better, perhaps, because on a DS drive
it is sometimes necessary to cover the SS hole in the jacket.) The SS hole
would be roughly half way between the DS hole and the vertical center line.
*BUT*, the only really accurate way is to make a template from a genuine SS
disk and use it to locate the hole.
- don
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