4-Jun-92 05:50:56-MDT,9032;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Thu, 4 Jun 92 05:45:38 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #43 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920604054539.V92N43@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Thu, 4 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 43 Today's Topics: BDS-C for CP/M ??? CP/M software sought: "Typing Tutor"? CP/M Systems for sale CP/M to DOS Re: bds-c Re: BDS-C for CP/M ??? Re: CP/M BIOS calls / DEC VT180 (ROBIN) SUMMARY: CPM to DOS transfer ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 29 May 92 03:41:03 GMT From: mcsun!fuug!demos!news-server@uunet.uu.net (Borovoy Vadim Yurievich) Subject: BDS-C for CP/M ??? Message-ID: Who knows where I can get BDS-C, for CP/M (Z80)? --- Vadim --- E-mail vadb@binar.tyumen.su --- ------------------------------ Date: 29 May 92 03:11:24 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!ohstpy!kenyon.edu!siddall@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU Subject: CP/M software sought: "Typing Tutor"? Message-ID: <1992May28.221124.66@kenyon.edu> I am searching for a CP/M version of "Typing Tutor" or its equivalent for teaching keyboarding skills, especially to children. I an using a Morrow MicroDesigns hard disk system. Any suggestions for sources of such a program, or other good sources for CP/M software? Thanks! /-----------------------------------------------------------------------------\ |Scott E. Siddall |Telephone: 614-427-5696 | |Director of Academic Computing - Kenyon College |Fax: 614-427-5824 | |Information and Computing Services |Internet: | |Gambier, Ohio 43022 | SIDDALL@VAX001.KENYON.EDU| \-----------------------------------------------------------------------------/ ------------------------------ Date: 2 Jun 92 05:19:40 GMT From: micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!wupost!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!uicvm.uic.edu!u43610@bloom-beacon.mit.edu Subject: CP/M Systems for sale Message-ID: <92154.001940U43610@uicvm.uic.edu> Two CP/M computer systems for sale.. Make me an E-Mail offer.. - 1) Altos 5-15D.. 3 users.. Parallel and serial printer ports.. decent amount of software. 2 720K drives (Total of 1.5 megs of floppy space.. No hard dis k.) Runs both MP/M and CP/M. The size of an epson 80 column printer, excep t taller (6 inches?)- - 2) Super CP/M system: CompuPro System 10.. 4 users (Each has its own z80B (8 mh z) processor.. Full "password entry" protection.. (That is, you can put it onl ine as a RCP/M and every user will have an account on the system) Mother proce ssor is a 10MHZ 8088 (Five Processors total.. That is real processors.. not SI O controllers! Really neat (Too bad I can't find UNIX for it) - 40 MEG (SCSI or EDSI--not sure which--really fast, tho') drive (As Drives A->E) 8" monster drive (In external case with power supply) 600K formatted disks.. internal 5.25 800K floppy as disk F. Disk G is a 10 meg tape drive. I have n ot used it.. It does work, however.. the software is on the disk. The is ONE M EG of memory in this CCP/M MACHINE. - 4 users.. 2 serial ports for modem and printer (six serials total..) and one pa rellel printer.. Really decent looking machine (The 8" external drive looks li ke hell, but you can hide it or leave it off.. If you're running a RCPM outfit , one generally wants the most bang for their buck.. the extra 600k is sorta ni ce.)--A decent amount of software is on the HD. - Make me an offer.. I have to go back to KAnsas City to get it to have it ship ped (It would take a few weeks for me to get a chance..) - Internet: U43610@uicvm.uic.edu Kenneth Ameika ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 1 Jun 92 21:54:31 EDT From: eudoh@st6000.sct.edu (Etop Udoh) Subject: CP/M to DOS Message-ID: <9206020154.AA18687@st6000.sct.edu> hi, As far as I know, there is a version of kermit written for just about every computer in existence (don't quote me on that, but as far as I know - that is true), and it's available by ftp from columbia university.... If you give me more specs on the phillips machine I can look into getting a term program that will work with it.... ................................................................. : ------------------- SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY : : | EUDOH@SCT.EDU | MARIETTA, GEORGIA : : ------------------- : : Abandon all hope ye who have entered " CYBERSPACE " : :...............................................................: ------------------------------ Date: 3 Jun 92 03:52:42 GMT From: micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!utgpu!csd.unb.ca!atlas.cs.upei.ca!caadams@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Kenny Adams) Subject: Re: bds-c Message-ID: <1992Jun3.035242.11499@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> hi, i found bds-c for a z80 at simtel. it is in PD2: through PD2: kenny caadams@atlas.cs.upei.ca ------------------------------ Date: 31 May 92 17:40:11 GMT From: van-bc!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!ersys!davem@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Dave McCrady) Subject: Re: BDS-C for CP/M ??? Message-ID: vadb@binar.tyumen.su (Borovoy Vadim Yurievich) writes: > Who knows where I can get BDS-C, for CP/M (Z80)? > > --- Vadim --- E-mail vadb@binar.tyumen.su --- > Try: Sage MicroSystems East, 1435 Centre St., Newton Centre, MA 01259-2469 Voice: 617-965-3552 Modem: 617-965-7259 (pw=DDT) Internet: sage@ll.mit.edu (Jay Sage) Dave McCrady davem@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca Edmonton Remote Systems: Celebrating 10 years of service to Northern Alberta ------------------------------ Date: 28 May 92 04:33:12 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!spool.mu.edu!mips!sdd.hp.com!hpscdc!hplextra!hpcc05!hpyhde4!hpycla!hpergfg2!hprdash!hprnd!gregh@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Greg Holdren) Subject: Re: CP/M BIOS calls / DEC VT180 (ROBIN) Message-ID: <450001@hprnd.rose.hp.com> Another good book thats goes even deeper than "Soul of CP/M" is "The Programmer's CP/M Handbook". The book goes in detail into the BIOS and the calls to it. "The Programmer's CP/M Handbook" Publisher : Osborne/McGraw-Hill Author : Andy Johnson-Laird ISBN : 0-88134-103-7 501 pages/paperback Greg Holdren gregh@hprnd.rose.hp.com ------------------------------ Date: 2 Jun 92 16:42:45 GMT From: lynx.msc.cornell.edu!mike@tcgould.tn.cornell.edu (Mike Heisler) Subject: SUMMARY: CPM to DOS transfer Message-ID: <1992Jun2.164245.4005@msc.cornell.edu> Summary of options to get CPM files to DOS: ==================================================================== Get Kermit for the CPM machines from Columbia archive. ==================================================================== An alternative is a piece of software called "moveit" which uses a serial link between machines, but is fast at 9600 buad. Can go CPM to CPM or CPM to DOS, this will cost money tho and may be trouble to find. ==================================================================== I have used a package called "Uniform" to transfer data form old Kaypro CPM machines without any problems. The software will set your PC floppy drive to read literally dozens of different disk formats. Uniform-PC, from Micro Solutions, Inc, 132 West Lincoln H'way, DeKalb, Il 60115 (815) 756-3411 The address and phone number are from a manual copyright 1987, but were correct in 1990. ==================================================================== Get the 22disk package for the pc. It supports most double density softsectored CP/M formats. WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL directory PD1: Filename Type Length Date Description 22DSK138.ZIP B 193057 920113 CP/M<->Diskette xfer, over 100 formats. SYDEX or wuarchive.wustl.edu:/mirrors/msdos/dskutl/22dsk138.zip ==================================================================== I have a commercial product from Intersecting Concepts to do this, but I think they have gone out of business, or merged with somebody. ==================================================================== There is (was) a program called "Media Master" which could convert files from DOS to CP/M or from CP/M to DOS. ------------- Thanks for the response. ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #43 ************************************ 8-Jun-92 00:49:57-MDT,8251;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Mon, 8 Jun 92 00:45:38 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #44 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920608004541.V92N44@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Mon, 8 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 44 Today's Topics: aaaagh!! my forlib.rel is trashed!!! Archives other than Simtel? BDS-C for CP/M ??? CP/M software for sale Otrona Attache Documentation? Re: bds-c Re: BDS-C for CP/M ??? Re: CPM to DOS data transfer WANTED: info on Cromemco TU-ART S-100 serial/parallel board ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 8 Jun 92 06:18:44 GMT From: micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!wupost!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!galway!dwatola@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (David A. Watola) Subject: aaaagh!! my forlib.rel is trashed!!! Message-ID: <1992Jun8.061844.15324@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> somehow, my forlib.rel (microsoft f80) has been trashed and i cannot link to it any longer. my originals are 1000 miles away at the bottom of an ammo box... could some kind soul email a uuencoded forlib.rel to me? i'd really really appreciate it. thanks, dave watola dwatola@bvd.jpl.nasa.gov dwatola@nextasy2.eecs.wsu.edu ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jun 92 07:29:41 GMT From: van-bc!ubc-cs!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!mips!mips!munnari.oz.au!goanna!minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au!lionet!ralphey@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Russell Alphey) Subject: Archives other than Simtel? Message-ID: <354@lionet.Wesley.OZ.AU> I was wondering if any CP/M archives existed other than Simtel. I've never seen mention of any. ------------------------------ Date: 29 May 92 03:41:03 GMT From: mcsun!fuug!demos!news-server@uunet.uu.net (Borovoy Vadim Yurievich) Subject: BDS-C for CP/M ??? Message-ID: Who knows where I can get BDS-C, for CP/M (Z80)? --- Vadim --- E-mail vadb@binar.tyumen.su --- ------------------------------ Date: 3 Jun 92 16:07:08 GMT From: micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!wupost!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!hobbes.physics.uiowa.edu!ns-mx!umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu!jrblack@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (James Roger Black) Subject: CP/M software for sale Message-ID: <1992Jun3.160708.7878@umaxc.weeg.uiowa.edu> I have the following CP/M software for sale. All of it is legally obtained, with license numbers, original disks, manuals, etc. Microsoft Fortran-80 3.44 Microsoft Cobol-80 4.65 Microsoft muMath/muSimp-80 2.15 DJR Associates FMS-80 File Management System Datamaster MBASIC Accounts Payable/Receivable Laboratory Microsystems Z-80 Forth 3.0 I got these from someone else, so I can't make any guarantees. You pay your money and you take your chances. But the price is right: $10 per package, $15 for two, $20 for three, etc. You also pay postage. I also have two sets of genuine DRC CP/M 2.2 documentation for sale, same deal. Reply by email if interested. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roger Black jrblack@shemtaia.weeg.uiowa.edu ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 7 Jun 92 04:45:29 EST From: wilker@hopf.math.purdue.edu (Clarence Wilkerson) Subject: Otrona Attache Documentation? Message-ID: <9206070945.AA00945@hopf.math.purdue.edu.math.purdue.edu> I recently acquired an Otrona, and through the good graces of Don Maslin and the Dinosaur SIG, a boot disk for CP/M 2.2 and MSDOS 2.11. It's a cute machine, with some graphics and sound capabilities, I'd like to know more about it. If anyone has manuals, bios listings, etc, I'd be interested in obtaining copies. Thanks, Clarence Wilkerson \ Bitnet: wilker%math.purdue.edu@purccvm Prof. of Math. (topology)\ Internet: wilker@math.purdue.edu Dept. of Mathematics \ messages: (317) 494-1903, FAX 494-0548 Purdue University, \ office: (317) 494-1955 (voice/modem) W. Lafayette, Indiana 47907 \ ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jun 92 04:20:45 GMT From: att!pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!ijpc!ianj@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Ian Justman) Subject: Re: bds-c Message-ID: <06Jun92124050wlm200@ijpc.UUCP> KA>hi, KA> i found bds-c for a z80 at simtel. it is in PD2: KA>through PD2: But you only give subdirectories off PD2:. How about some filenames?!!??! --- * SLMR 2.1a * Ian Justman (ianj@ijpc.UUCP) ------------------------------ Date: 31 May 92 17:40:11 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca! (Dave McCrady) Subject: Re: BDS-C for CP/M ??? Message-ID: vadb@binar.tyumen.su (Borovoy Vadim Yurievich) writes: > Who knows where I can get BDS-C, for CP/M (Z80)? > > --- Vadim --- E-mail vadb@binar.tyumen.su --- > Try: Sage MicroSystems East, 1435 Centre St., Newton Centre, MA 01259-2469 Voice: 617-965-3552 Modem: 617-965-7259 (pw=DDT) Internet: sage@ll.mit.edu (Jay Sage) Dave McCrady davem@ersys.edmonton.ab.ca Edmonton Remote Systems: Celebrating 10 years of service to Northern Alberta ------------------------------ Date: 30 May 92 05:05:05 GMT From: baron!baron!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil (Don Maslin) Subject: Re: CPM to DOS data transfer Message-ID: <1992May30.050505.18106@baron.uucp> mike@msc.cornell.edu (Mike Heisler) writes: >We have some data on two Z80 CPM machines that are being phased out in >favor of 386 DOS machines. We need to get some of the data from the >160K cpm disks to DOS disks. The two CPM machines are an Osborne and >a Phillips. We have Kermit for the Osborne and can transfer the data >from there at 1200 baud over serial line but would rather not. The >Phillips has no kermit and the Osborne kermit doesn't work on it. Any >ideas? (even if they cost money) > Yes, get Sydex' 22DISK (shareware), or MicroSolutions' UniForm-PC (commercial), or Spectre Technologies' Media Master (commercial). Assuming a 5.25" drive on the 386, you should be able to read the CP/M disks directly. I confess that I am not sure about Media Master and the Phillips, though. Good luck. Keeper of the CP/M System Disk | UUCP: {nosc ucsd crash ncr-sd}!pnet07!donm Archives for the Dino(saur)SIG | ARPA: baron!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil - San Diego Computer Society - | INET: donm@pnet07.cts.com ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jun 92 19:59:13 GMT From: tessi!aardvark!steve@uunet.uu.net (Steve Willoughby) Subject: WANTED: info on Cromemco TU-ART S-100 serial/parallel board Message-ID: <642@aardvark.Rain.COM> I recently acquired a Cromemco TU-ART (TM) dual serial/dual parallel S-100 board, without any documentation whatsoever. I'd like to use it in the Altair system I'm trying to resurrect, but need some more information from anyone who might have or know about one of these. It's got 2 parallel and 2 serial ports, controlled by a pair of TI TMS 5501 chips, and there's a block of DIP switches labelled: 0R45674567 |||||||||| 2N<--><--> A B So, any info on how to program the 5501's, which I/O port numbers the board uses, etc., would be very helpful. Thanks, -- Steve Willoughby N7PFJ | "Bart, don't use the Touch of Death on your sister!" steve@Aardvark.Rain.Com | --Marge Simpson |--------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #44 ************************************ 9-Jun-92 12:53:25-MDT,10145;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 9 Jun 92 12:45:18 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #45 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920609124519.V92N45@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Tue, 9 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 45 Today's Topics: Apple II CP/M (Microsoft Softcard) Re: Archives other than Simtel? Re: bds-c Re: help needed reading EXXON system disks Where's tetris for CP/M ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 8 Jun 92 16:58:22 GMT From: tulane!darwin.sura.net!cs.ucf.edu!tarpit!tous!bilver!jwt!aphelps@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Austin Phelps) Subject: Apple II CP/M (Microsoft Softcard) Message-ID: I got bought the card above. Works fine except the 16 sector disk has 4 bad tracks (render most of the utilities nonfunctional). Does anyone has this software to A) possible copy B) Or buy. thanks. Austin C. Phelps bbs-aphelps@jwt.UUCP "Let History Never Forget the Name Enterprise" Yesterday Enterprise ------------------------------ Date: 9 Jun 92 06:57:03 GMT From: dtix!darwin.sura.net!Sirius.dfn.de!zrz.tu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!fauern!LRZnews!loesch@uunet.uu.net (Andreas Loesch) Subject: Re: Archives other than Simtel? Message-ID: ralphey@lionet.Wesley.OZ.AU (Russell Alphey) writes: >I was wondering if any CP/M archives existed other than Simtel. I've never >seen mention of any. Since I am new in this group I have even never heard of Simtel. What's the complete address? Thanx, Andi -- Andreas Loesch Phone : (+49 89)3209 4086 Univ. Muenchen FAX : (+49 89)3209 4059 Am Coulombwall 1 E-mail : loesch@hera.deb.physik.uni-muenchen.de W-8046 Garching ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jun 92 17:05:07 GMT From: baron!baron!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil (Don Maslin) Subject: Re: bds-c Message-ID: <1992Jun8.170507.2472@baron.uucp> Here they are: Directory PD2: Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== BDS-C.POLICY A 459 831103 Update policy for BDS-C BDS46.LQB B 3840 850209 No description available BDSCIO.H A 5235 830909 No description available BDSCIO50.H A 3206 830909 No description available BDSNEW.CQM B 9472 850209 No description available BDSNEW.MSG A 1109 831128 No description available C.CCC B 1152 850209 No description available CASM.CQ B 13568 850209 No description available CASM.DQC B 4864 850209 No description available CASM.SUB A 193 830909 No description available CCC.AQM B 15872 850209 No description available DEFF.CRL B 8704 850209 No description available DEFF2.CQM B 14080 850209 No description available DEFF2.CRL B 5888 850209 No description available DEFF2A.CQM B 7296 850209 No description available DIO.CQ B 5888 850209 No description available DIO.H A 791 830909 No description available FLOAT.CQ B 4864 850209 No description available FLOAT.DQC B 4224 850209 No description available FLTSUM.CQ B 896 850209 No description available FP.CQM B 7168 850209 No description available HWARE50.H A 2110 830909 No description available NOBOOT.CQ B 1920 850209 No description available NOCLR.CQ B 1792 850209 No description available SIEVE.CQ B 1024 850209 No description available STDLIB1.CQ B 6272 850209 No description available STDLIB2.CQ B 11392 850209 No description available WILDEX16.CQ B 4096 850209 No description available WILDEX20.CQ B 5248 850214 No description available WILDEXP.CQ B 3584 850209 No description available Directory PD2: Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== CHARIO.CQ B 2816 850209 No description available CRYPT.COM B 7424 850209 No description available CRYPT.CQ B 1664 850209 No description available L2.CQ B 14080 850209 No description available L2.DQC B 8832 850209 No description available L2-225.ARK B 66141 880618 Improved L2 linker for BDS-C compile L2LINK.FIX A 1385 830909 No description available LOAD.CQ B 1536 850209 No description available LPR.CQ B 2048 850209 No description available LPRINT.CQ B 896 850209 No description available MAKOVL.CQ B 12928 850209 No description available NL2.CQ B 16256 850209 No description available PH.CQ B 4224 850209 No description available PORTIO.CQ B 2432 850209 No description available PORTIO.H A 378 830909 No description available SCOTT.CQ B 2688 850209 No description available TELED12.CQ B 12928 850209 No description available TELED12.DQC B 4224 850209 No description available UNIQ.CQ B 3200 850209 No description available UNTIP.CQ B 1664 850209 No description available WAVY.CQ B 1792 850209 No description available XC.CQ B 13696 850209 No description available Directory PD2: Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== ALPH.CQ B 1536 850209 No description available APPEND1.CQ B 1536 850209 No description available CAT.CQ B 896 850209 No description available CDIR.CQ B 5248 850209 No description available CIO.CQ B 2432 850209 No description available CP.CQ B 2816 850209 No description available ECHO.CQ B 1280 850209 No description available FP.CQ B 3840 850209 No description available FS.CQ B 1408 850209 No description available LCHECK.CQ B 2688 850209 No description available LONG1.CQ B 2048 850209 No description available LONG1.CQM B 5504 850209 No description available LONG1.CRL B 2560 850209 No description available LONG1.DQC B 3200 850209 No description available PAT.CQ B 7424 850209 No description available PAT.H A 1629 830909 No description available QSORT.TIP A 1279 830909 No description available RM.CQ B 640 850209 No description available RMF.CQ B 1024 850209 No description available RMX.CQ B 896 850209 No description available SAMPLE.CQM B 768 850209 No description available SD.CQ B 640 850209 No description available SORT3.CQ B 7040 850209 No description available STDLIB.DQC B 10752 850209 No description available STRIPC.CQ B 1536 850209 No description available SYMP.CQ B 2432 850209 No description available USERCODE.CQ B 2176 850209 No description available V143.DQC B 5888 850209 No description available V144.DQC B 4096 850209 No description available V145.DQC B 13568 850209 No description available V146.DQC B 7552 850209 No description available V150-2.DQC B 8576 850209 No description available WC.CQ B 1664 850209 No description available Directory PD2: Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== ACRL.LBR B 36992 880107 Assembler for use with BDS-C APPEND.CQ B 1536 850209 No description available BDSLIB.ARK B 16989 880103 Standard C Library for BDS-C 1.5 CONFIG12.COM B 18816 850209 No description available CONFIG12.CQ B 16128 850209 No description available CURLY.ARK B 4552 870818 Check for unmatched curly braces DEVICE.CQ B 6272 850209 No description available DI.CQ B 2176 850209 No description available NRO.CQ B 32256 850209 No description available TAIL.CQ B 1792 850209 No description available TINIT.CQ B 5504 850209 No description available UCSDTRAN.CQ B 9856 850209 No description available ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jun 92 01:18:40 GMT From: haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!mips!mips!munnari.oz.au!comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!naos!ewen@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Ewen McNeill) Subject: Re: help needed reading EXXON system disks Message-ID: rh@rtgx.hanse.de (Ruediger Hoppe) writes: > suspected some CP/M format. So I organized an CP/M reading software from > SYDEX, but no luck with all the 190+ different formats. > Speaking of disk reading software from Sydex (ie, 22DISK), does anyone know the latest registration cost? The shareware version I have here is dated in 1988, and lists US$15 as the registration cost. Any other details about Sydex (ie, address/phone if changed, etc) would be appreciated too. Email replies please - I'll provide a summary in two weeks time. Thanks in advance. > Ruediger Hoppe | Putting fear beside him, he trusts in beauty blind -- Ewen McNeill, ewen@naos.actrix.gen.nz (or ewen@actrix.gen.nz) ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jun 92 13:13:48 GMT From: mcsun!news.funet.fi!cc.tut.fi!kent@uunet.uu.net (Kentt{l{ Marko) Subject: Where's tetris for CP/M ? Message-ID: <1992Jun8.131348.28644@cc.tut.fi> I know there's PD tetris for CP/M but where to look for it ??? Thanks guys, Make -- ....................................................... : MAKE MY DAY : Marko Kentt{l{ : Paununkatu 5 : Love : : or : kent@cc.tut.fi : 33700 Tampere : it : : 180 ov. : kent@ee.tut.fi : Finland : LOUD : ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #45 ************************************ 11-Jun-92 07:46:56-MDT,8281;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 07:45:11 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #46 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920611074512.V92N46@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Thu, 11 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 46 Today's Topics: Aztec C: Z80 or 8080 ? Re: Apple II CP/M (Microsoft Softcard) (2 msgs) Re: Aztec C Re: Aztec C: Z80 or 8080 ? (2 msgs) Re: bds-c (2 msgs) S-100 stuff for sale Wanted: Clock card for N* Advantage ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 10 Jun 92 01:02:12 GMT From: pa.dec.com!nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!sousa.ltn.dec.com!kxovax.enet.dec.com!secrist@decwrl.dec.com (Strong datatypes for weak minds.) Subject: Aztec C: Z80 or 8080 ? Message-ID: <1147@sousa.ltn.dec.com> Which one did it build ? Regards, rcs ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 92 15:36:20 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu!fuller@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (James P. H. Fuller) Subject: Re: Apple II CP/M (Microsoft Softcard) Message-ID: <1992Jun10.153620.29525@athena.cs.uga.edu> > I got bought the card above. Works fine except the 16 sector disk > has 4 bad tracks (render most of the utilities nonfunctional). > > Does anyone has this software to > > A) possible copy > B) Or buy. I have the 16-sector Microsoft disk but it won't boot on my present Z80 card, which is for CP/M 3.0. However, all this stuff is on disks that are physically Apple-format so very probably the CP/M 3.0 diskcopy program would work to clone a CP/M 2.2 disk (it clones Apple ProDos disks just fine, doesn't seem to care what the bits *do* as long as they're in the right place....) Send me mail if you want to pursue this. I'll happily run you off a copy for free but would like to be reimbursed for the cost of disk, mailer and postage. -- jf |James P. H. Fuller, research coordinator Soil/Water Biology Lab | | Institute of Ecology | |work: fuller@athena.cs.uga.edu University of Georgia | |home: (crom2 rejoins the bitstream one day) Athens, GA 30606 | ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 11 Jun 92 07:56:17 -0500 From: curts@tmpcu.mdc.com (Curt Schroeder) Subject: Re: Apple II CP/M (Microsoft Softcard) Message-ID: <9206111256.AA07209@tmpcu.mdc.com> Would the person who was looking for an Apple II CP/M 2.2 system disk please contact me via mail? I would be glad to help, but did not succeed in sending a mail message to him. Curt Curt Schroeder | McDonnell Douglas Missile Systems Company | ----------------------------------------------------------------| These opinions are mine, mine, mine! I | curts@tmpcu.mdc.com | am not an instantiation of Std_Employee! | - Apple II Forever - | ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 92 10:46:00 GMT From: mcsun!news.funet.fi!kuusi.metla.fi!metla!saarikoski@uunet.uu.net Subject: Re: Aztec C Message-ID: <1992Jun10.124600.1@metla.fi> There are two versions of the Aztec C Compiler in the package. One generates code for the 8080, the other for Z80. In version 1.05 (??) Commercial edition, they were called cii and czii; the one with a 'z' was the z80 compiler. I have used the z80 version, ported decus cpp for it etc, but it contains some aggravating bugs. One that I haven't been able to forget was that if(foo) and if(!foo) produced identical assembler code. 1.05 isn't the latest release, though. Send me mail if you want the cpp - you might easily need it if your source contains a lot of #defines etc: the compiler is a one pass one and doesn't have lots of space to use when running. Asmo saarikos@paju.metla.fi ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 92 10:14:39 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!ivie@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (CP/M lives!) Subject: Re: Aztec C: Z80 or 8080 ? Message-ID: <1992Jun10.041439.56489@cc.usu.edu> In article <1147@sousa.ltn.dec.com>, secrist@kxovax.enet.dec.com (Strong datatypes for weak minds.) writes: > > Which one did it build ? The Aztec C that I've got on this machine has two flavors: CC builds 8080 and CZ builds Z80. Frankly, the Z80 code isn't much of an improvement over the 8080 code; I think it just stores an occasional temporary in IX or IY, but it's been a long time since I looked at the output. Roger ivie ivie@cc.usu.edu ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 92 13:43:04 GMT From: iWarp.intel.com|ichips!intelhf!endeavor!george@uunet.uu.net (George Rachor Jr. ) Subject: Re: Aztec C: Z80 or 8080 ? Message-ID: <1992Jun10.134304.27319@endeavor.intel.com> From article <1147@sousa.ltn.dec.com>, by secrist@kxovax.enet.dec.com (Strong datatypes for weak minds.): > > Which one did it build ? > > Regards, > rcs > My version of Aztec C requires a Z80 -- George Rachor Jr. Intel Corporation ------------------------------ Date: 3 Jun 92 03:52:42 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!utgpu!csd.unb.ca!atlas.cs.upei.ca!caadams@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Kenny Adams) Subject: Re: bds-c Message-ID: <1992Jun3.035242.11499@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca> hi, i found bds-c for a z80 at simtel. it is in PD2: through PD2: kenny caadams@atlas.cs.upei.ca ------------------------------ Date: 9 Jun 92 19:17:21 GMT From: mcsun!sun4nl!gufalet.let.rug.nl!rug4!laverman@uunet.uu.net (Bert Laverman) Subject: Re: bds-c Message-ID: <1992Jun9.191721.13864@cs.rug.nl> That was a nice listing, but as the file names suggest, it is NOT BDS-C. Rather, it is a collection of useful programs and routines for use with BDS-C. BDS-C itself is NOT PD. Greetings, Bert -- #include Bert Laverman, Dept. of Computing Science, Groningen University Friendly mail to: laverman@cs.rug.nl The rest to: /dev/null ------------------------------ Date: 9 Jun 92 18:39:33 GMT From: panix!moskowit@nyu.edu (Len Moskowitz) Subject: S-100 stuff for sale Message-ID: <1992Jun9.183933.1191@panix.com> I have some old S-100 stuff I'd be happy to sell. Ithaca InterSystems 64k RAM board -- $10 Ithaca InterSystems VIO board -- $10 North Star ZPB 4 MHz Z-80 CPU (modified to meet IEEE-696) -- $10 Morrow motherboard (21 slot?) in cabinet with Sunny S-100 power supply with card cage -- $25 2 Siemens (World) 8" SSDD disk drives (interchangeable with Shugart 801)in case with power supply -- $35 (very heavy!) Heath/Zenith H-19 terminal, B&W -- $25 I have documentation for all items. Everything was working when taken out of service. If you're interested, drop me a note. Buyer pays shipping. Len Moskowitz moskowit@tronsbox.xei.com (preferred address) moskowit@panix.com Len, I've been inundated with replies (yes - it's hard to believe!) Several people have given me stuff (ie., shipping cost only), so right now I don't expect that I'll have to take you up on your offer. Thanks for your reply, Adam. -- Len Moskowitz moskowit@panix.com ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 92 03:55:12 GMT From: munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!yarra!cm@uunet.uu.net (Charles Meo) Subject: Wanted: Clock card for N* Advantage Message-ID: <79089@yarra.pyramid.com.au> Does anyone know where I might pick up such a beastie--or if they even exist? Chuck -- email: cm@yarra.pyramid.com.au 'The Dark Light is inherently neither good nor evil' ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #46 ************************************ 12-Jun-92 14:51:00-MDT,8996;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Fri, 12 Jun 92 14:45:25 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #47 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920612144529.V92N47@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Fri, 12 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 47 Today's Topics: IMSI Kaypro Liquidation MicroBee DM30 (Cromemco 3102) Terminal FOR SALE Re: Kaypro Liquidation (3 msgs) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 10 Jun 92 14:23:03 GMT From: ftpbox!mothost!lmpsbbs!comm.mot.com!joem@uunet.uu.net (DX531 Joe Markovich) Subject: IMSI Message-ID: <1992Jun10.142303.2798@lmpsbbs.mot.com> To anyone out there! I recently picked up an IMSI CPM system and about 100 CPM boards. I would like to get the system running. Mainly for the same reason people restore old cars. Is there anyone who still knows how to configure a BIOS to get this beast running? Or can tell me what areas in the BIOS needs to be adjusted? I have not yet powered the system up, but there should be enough part there to get something running. ------------------------------ Date: 11 Jun 92 15:28:44 GMT From: micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!wupost!uwm.edu!linac!uchinews!ellis!gjw1@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (Gregory J. Watson) Subject: Kaypro Liquidation Message-ID: <1992Jun11.152844.18940@midway.uchicago.edu> From the New York Times business section, June 11, 1992. {Start article} _Judge's Conversion to Bring Kaypro Liquidation_ A judge said he would convert the troubled Kaypro Corporation from bankruptcy status, which affords the personal computer maker protection from its creditors, to bankruptcy status, which calls for the company to liquidate its assets. Federal Bankruptcy Judge James Myers said last week that he would convert Kaypro from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7, which requires liquidation. Howard Justus, the trustee named by the court to oversee the final operations, said little appeared to be left of the once fast-growing computer maker to liquidate, particularly when compared with claims against the company. Mr. Justus estimated that total claims reached $20 million. "All that's left is the cleanup," he said. In the two years the company has operated under bankruptcy protection, Kaypro built up $2 million more in debt, Mr. Justus said. Under the law, the $2 million plus an additional $1 million in debt accumulated during pre-bankruptcy would have had to have been repaid in full before Kaypro could be reorganized. (AP) {End Article} Oh well, my Kaypro II'83 is officially an orphan now, along with our three other slightly younger Kaypros. A sad day. Gregory Watson gjw1@midway.uchicago.edu g-watson@uchicago.edu ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 92 12:51:59 GMT From: van-bc!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!access.usask.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!rflukes@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Richard F. Lukes) Subject: MicroBee DM30 (Cromemco 3102) Terminal FOR SALE Message-ID: <1992Jun10.125159.21213@ccu.umanitoba.ca> I have a MicroBee DM30 (Cromemco 3102) terminal which I would like to sell for $20. These terminals do not emulate a VT100, or any other common terminal standard. My hope is that somewhere a Cromemco owner will give it a new home. All manuals included. Terminal is in excellent shape. -- Rich P.S. If someone out there has the correct termcap entry for this terminal I would be very interested in a copy. -- Richard F. Lukes rflukes@ccu.UManitoba.CA Computer Science Department (or rflukes@ccm.UManitoba.CA) University of Manitoba WORK: (204)-474-8696 HOME: (204)-257-6701 ------------------------------ Date: 11 Jun 92 18:45:04 GMT From: centerline!jimf@uunet.uu.net (Jim Frost) Subject: Re: Kaypro Liquidation Message-ID: gjw1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Gregory J. Watson) writes: > Oh well, my Kaypro II'83 is officially an orphan now, along >with our three other slightly younger Kaypros. A sad day. My machine has a brother in Chicago! I've got an '83 too. I used it regularly for word processing until buying a high-speed modem and finding out it couldn't sustain 2400bps communications, much less 9600 or higher. I had to buy an actual MS-LOSS machine. The Kaypro has its place in my heart though, and occasionally makes a very nice stool. jim frost jimf@centerline.com ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jun 92 00:03:14 GMT From: micro-heart-of-gold.mit.edu!mintaka.lcs.mit.edu!ogicse!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu!fuller@bloom-beacon.mit.edu (James P. H. Fuller) Subject: Re: Kaypro Liquidation Message-ID: <1992Jun12.000314.12343@athena.cs.uga.edu> gjw1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Gregory J. Watson) writes: > but also still in use. More seriously, if I upgrade my 386 (sorry, > but I still actually have MS-DOS versions of Perfect Writer, The Word > Plus, and a few other things on it :-) to a UNIX machine, I was thinking > of using the old Kaypros as terminals. My brother is still using one > of the II's for nearly all of his stuff. and wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland) responds: > I've used my '84 2X as a terminal at 19200 bps. How, you ask? Interrupts! > If you have a copy of Mite that came with your Kaypro, you're all set for > speedy communications. Mite is pretty bogus as far as scripts goes, and > my version lacks the nifty long packet Y- and Z-Modem stuff, but it gets > the job done. And it uses interrupts to avoid dropping characters. > > Their is a P.D. program on Simtel20 in the Kaypro directory (called > fastterm or something *term) that also uses interrupts, but it can't > perform file transfers, and you have to reboot your Kaypro when you > are finished. The source is there too for your hacking pleasure. There's always kermit, which for terminal purposes does very reliable VT100 emulation and also has a file transfer protocol (not the fastest that ever was, but at 19200bps you probably won't notice.) I'm still trying to make kermit-80 work on the Z80 card in me auld Apple but kermit-65 runs fine on the 6502. Wants interrupts *and* xon/xoff to keep from dropping characters at high speed, however, and the combination of the two means that 19200 isn't noticeably faster than 9600. One of these days I'm going to hide the Unix box under the table and tell people I have the first AppleII in the Known Universe to hit Dhrystone 20,000.... Has anyone else tried to build CP/M kermit-80 from the files on watsun.cc.columbia.edu? | James P. H. Fuller, Research Coordinator Soil Biology Laboratory | | Institute of Ecology | | work: fuller@athena.cs.uga.edu University of Georgia | | home: (crom2 rejoins to the bitstream one day) Athens, GA U.S.A. | ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jun 92 16:01:35 GMT From: centerline!jimf@uunet.uu.net (Jim Frost) Subject: Re: Kaypro Liquidation Message-ID: wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland) writes: >In article jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost) writes: >>My machine has a brother in Chicago! I've got an '83 too. I used it >>regularly for word processing until buying a high-speed modem and >>finding out it couldn't sustain 2400bps communications, much less 9600 >>or higher. I had to buy an actual MS-LOSS machine. >I've used my '84 2X as a terminal at 19200 bps. How, you ask? Interrupts! It was my impression that the '84 had more advanced hardware in a number of places than the '83 (including serial I/O). If this is not the case then the three modem programs I tried all screwed the pooch. I used the "TERM" program but it started loosing at 2400bps. I used the "mdm700" or some such but it wouldn't even try anything faster than 1200. The same limitation existed for one other program I tried. >If you have a copy of Mite that came with your Kaypro, you're all set for >speedy communications. 'Mite' didn't ship with the '83's so far as I can tell. All of this became moot when I bought a PC to handle communications. It took awhile but I finally got it talking to the modem at 38kbps and everyone's happy. >Use a Kaypro for a stool???? I think we could find it a good home >somewhere. Only occasionally. It's got some very interesting games and my one and only copy of my address list so it still gets used, just not all the time anymore. jim frost jimf@centerline.com ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #47 ************************************ 13-Jun-92 21:49:36-MDT,8747;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Sat, 13 Jun 92 21:45:34 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #48 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920613214535.V92N48@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Sat, 13 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 48 Today's Topics: Equivalent of AUTOEXEC.BAT Help completing my CP/M system! Need to find ZCPR3 Re: Kaypro Liquidation (3 msgs) Re: Where's tetris for CP/M ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 13 Jun 92 18:20:55 GMT From: vuse.vanderbilt.edu!krish@uunet.uu.net (P Krishnan) Subject: Equivalent of AUTOEXEC.BAT Message-ID: <1992Jun13.182055.2290@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> I just acquired a Rainbow 100 with CP/M. From the dim past I recall there being a way to automatically execute a set of commands on startup. Only I don't recall the name of such a file (this is the equivalent of autoexec.bat on messyDOS). Please reply by e-mail. Thanks. --Krish -- --Krish ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 92 05:04:29 GMT From: news.cs.indiana.edu!uceng.uc.edu!schriste@purdue.edu (Steven Christensen) Subject: Help completing my CP/M system! Message-ID: <1992Jun13.050429.22099@uceng.UC.EDU> Hi All, I recently purcheased a CP/M machine based on the Intel iSBC 86/05 processor board. It came with a startup disk with PIP on it, but I want to do some development on it, and it is missing some key files, like ASM86 and GENCMD. It uses 8" disks. Does someone have these so I could make a development system? I believe that once I get the ASM and GENCMD, I can download an XMODEM program and start transferring the CP/M binaries, right? I looked through the Simtel CPM section and need to study that a little more. Please send mail if you can help me out. Thanks! Steven P.S. This is a system from '82.... -- Steven V. Christensen U.C. College of Eng. schriste@uceng.uc.edu (this is forwarded to...) schriste@pauling.che.uc.edu (this is preferred) ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 92 14:18:26 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!darwin.sura.net!europa.asd.contel.com!emory!kd4nc!kc4wze@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Randall) Subject: Need to find ZCPR3 Message-ID: <1992Jun13.141826.22444@kd4nc.uucp> I would like to find out were to get ZCPR3. I would also like to know if ZCPR3 comes with enough information to taylor it to my hardware. I have toyed with the idea of converting a Radio Shack Model 3 to run CP/M. To do this I will need to be able to switch RAM into the lower 16K where the RS has ROM and memory mapped I/O. I think I can handle the hardware changes but I would then need to be able to taylor the Zsystem to the new hardware. I guess I will need to write a BIOS or something. I know ZSystem has been ported to several Z80 platforms; is the platform specific code in the public domain? ------------------------------ Date: 11 Jun 92 19:49:00 GMT From: sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!uchinews!ellis!gjw1@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Gregory J. Watson) Subject: Re: Kaypro Liquidation Message-ID: <1992Jun11.194900.2747@midway.uchicago.edu> In article jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost) writes: >gjw1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Gregory J. Watson) writes: >> Oh well, my Kaypro II'83 is officially an orphan now, along >>with our three other slightly younger Kaypros. A sad day. > >My machine has a brother in Chicago! I've got an '83 too. I used it >regularly for word processing until buying a high-speed modem and >finding out it couldn't sustain 2400bps communications, much less 9600 >or higher. I had to buy an actual MS-LOSS machine. > >The Kaypro has its place in my heart though, and occasionally makes a >very nice stool. > >jim frost >jimf@centerline.com Stool is one possibility, but since we have 2 II'83's and one Kaypro 1, I was thinking of trying more along the lines of a coffee table. The Kaypro XL we have is a PC compatible and is the wrong size but also still in use. More seriously, if I upgrade my 386 (sorry, but I still actually have MS-DOS versions of Perfect Writer, The Word Plus, and a few other things on it :-) to a UNIX machine, I was thinking of using the old Kaypros as terminals. My brother is still using one of the II's for nearly all of his stuff. I'm surprised you had speed problems on the serial port. We've used ours at 9600 baud over a null modem link with no problems. I felt rather insulted over the summer when my mother suggested getting rid of the Kaypros (they actually reside in Washington). To be precise, she asked: "Is there a museum which would take them?" Gregory Watson ------------------------------ Date: 11 Jun 92 22:09:12 GMT From: mentor.cc.purdue.edu!noose.ecn.purdue.edu!ea.ecn.purdue.edu!wieland@purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland) Subject: Re: Kaypro Liquidation Message-ID: <1992Jun11.220912.28855@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> In article jimf@centerline.com (Jim Frost) writes: >My machine has a brother in Chicago! I've got an '83 too. I used it >regularly for word processing until buying a high-speed modem and >finding out it couldn't sustain 2400bps communications, much less 9600 >or higher. I had to buy an actual MS-LOSS machine. > >The Kaypro has its place in my heart though, and occasionally makes a >very nice stool. > >jim frost >jimf@centerline.com I've used my '84 2X as a terminal at 19200 bps. How, you ask? Interrupts! If you have a copy of Mite that came with your Kaypro, you're all set for speedy communications. Mite is pretty bogus as far as scripts goes, and my version lacks the nifty long packet Y- and Z-Modem stuff, but it gets the job done. And it uses interrupts to avoid dropping characters. Their is a P.D. program on Simtel20 in the Kaypro directory (called fastterm or something *term) that also uses interrupts, but it can't perform file transfers, and you have to reboot your Kaypro when you are finished. The source is there too for your hacking pleasure. Use a Kaypro for a stool???? I think we could find it a good home somewhere. -- Jeff Wieland wieland@ecn.purdue.edu ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 92 21:07:58 GMT From: mccc!pjh@princeton.edu (Pete Holsberg) Subject: Re: Kaypro Liquidation Message-ID: <1992Jun13.210758.28280@mccc.edu> In article <1992Jun11.220912.28855@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland) writes: =I've used my '84 2X as a terminal at 19200 bps. How, you ask? Interrupts! =If you have a copy of Mite that came with your Kaypro, you're all set for =speedy communications. Mite is pretty bogus as far as scripts goes, and =my version lacks the nifty long packet Y- and Z-Modem stuff, but it gets =the job done. And it uses interrupts to avoid dropping characters. = =Their is a P.D. program on Simtel20 in the Kaypro directory (called =fastterm or something *term) that also uses interrupts, but it can't =perform file transfers, and you have to reboot your Kaypro when you =are finished. The source is there too for your hacking pleasure. Wasn't there a version of YAM for the Kaypro? That'll do terminal emulation and file transfer, although I don't know whether ZMODEM came after MS-DOS or before. ------------------------------ Date: 12 Jun 92 19:11:11 GMT From: van-bc!ubc-cs!destroyer!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!spool.mu.edu!hri.com!noc.near.net!wpi.WPI.EDU!penny.WPI.EDU!ear@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Eric A Rasmussen) Subject: Re: Where's tetris for CP/M ? Message-ID: <1992Jun12.191111.20626@wpi.WPI.EDU> In article <1992Jun8.131348.28644@cc.tut.fi> kent@cc.tut.fi (Kentt{l{ Marko) writes: > >I know there's PD tetris for CP/M but where to look for it ??? I've got it. I don't remember where from, though. Any good suggestions on how I could make it publically available? +---------< Eric A. Rasmussen - Mr. Neat-O (tm) >---------+ +< Email Address >+ | A real engineer never reads the instructions first. | | ear@wpi.wpi.edu | | (They figure out how it works by playing with it.) | | ear%wpi@wpi.edu | +---------------------------------------------------------+ +-----------------+ ((( In Stereo Where Available ))) ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #48 ************************************ 15-Jun-92 00:26:37-MDT,7797;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 00:24:55 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #49 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920615002457.V92N49@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Mon, 15 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 49 Today's Topics: Equivalent of AUTOEXEC.BAT help needed reading EXXON system disks Kaypro ][ for sale Kaypro Schematics Looking for CPM KAMAS outliner program RE: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #47 Re: Kaypro Liquidation (2 msgs) Wanted: Vector Boot CP/M disk and other software.... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 13 Jun 92 18:20:55 GMT From: krish@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (P Krishnan) Subject: Equivalent of AUTOEXEC.BAT Keywords: CP/M, boot Message-ID: <1992Jun13.182055.2290@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> I just acquired a Rainbow 100 with CP/M. From the dim past I recall there being a way to automatically execute a set of commands on startup. Only I don't recall the name of such a file (this is the equivalent of autoexec.bat on messyDOS). Please reply by e-mail. Thanks. --Krish -- --Krish ------------------------------ Date: 5 Jun 92 10:01:33 GMT From: rh@rtgx.hanse.de (Ruediger Hoppe) Subject: help needed reading EXXON system disks Keywords: exxon, disks Message-ID: <1992Jun05.100133.1860@rtgx.hanse.de> Hi netters, I need some help in converting several disks (hopefully the files on them) into any PC format. The problem is, that I don't know how to read the disks. The system they where written with is called 'EXXON office system'. That's labeled on the disks, and, as I was told, stood on the hardware too. At least EXXON. These machines are already out of work for some years, and I assume they are at least 10 years old. First try in my AT-clone 5,25" drive failed, of course. From the age I suspected some CP/M format. So I organized an CP/M reading software from SYDEX, but no luck with all the 190+ different formats. Does anyone know this system? Does anyone know how to read the disks (5,25", DSDD, 96tpi) with an AT-floppy/controller? Please e-mail me, or post in comp.os.msdos.apps. Thanks in advance Ruediger -- Ruediger Hoppe | Putting fear beside him, he trusts in beauty blind rh@rtgx.hanse.de | He slips into the nectar, ...!uunet!mcsun!unido | Leaving his shredded clothes behind. !mcshh!rtgx!rh | (The Lamia, Genesis) ------------------------------ Date: 15 Jun 92 03:52:06 GMT From: stern6@husc10.harvard.edu (Michael Stern) Subject: Kaypro ][ for sale Message-ID: It works; it has a handful of software (Wordstar & related utilities). What am I offered? ****************************************************************************** Michael Stern * "I love children, especially when they cry, * for then someone takes them away." stern6@husc.harvard.edu * -Nancy Mitford ****************************************************************************** ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 92 23:44:59 GMT From: johnm@cajal.uoregon.edu (John Martin) Subject: Kaypro Schematics Keywords: n Message-ID: <1992Jun13.234459.21254@nntp.uoregon.edu> I have a Kaypro II that someone gave to me, but no sofware came with it. After much searching, I found some OS disks, and discovered that the machine does not seem to even try to read the disk drives. After swapping with a known good drive, I figured the problem is upstream from them. This all leads up to my question: Does anybody have Kaypro schematics??? I know that the now defunct Micro Cornucopia used to sell them, but I never had the need. Now they are gone... Thanks in advance, and if you can help, please respond via e-mail. ============================================================================ | John Martin johnm@cajal.uoregon.edu | | Institute of Neuroscience University of Oregon | | Eugene, OR 97402 | ============================================================================ ------------------------------ Date: 5 Jun 92 17:54:24 GMT From: parny@u.washington.edu Subject: Looking for CPM KAMAS outliner program Message-ID: <1992Jun5.175424.29712@u.washington.edu> I'd like to find a copy of the old CPM outliner program, KAMAS, to run on my Kaypro 4. Anyone out there have a copy they'd like to get rid of cheap? Philip Arny (parny@u.washington.edu) Health Sciences Library and Information Center University of Washington SB-55 Seattle, WA 98195 ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 14 Jun 1992 22:15:34 -0400 (EDT) From: PALM_ERD@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU (Wolf Gang) Subject: RE: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #47 Message-ID: <920614221534.20200623@CCSUA.CTSTATEU.EDU> Re: Orphaned Kaypro's I bought a used '83 Kaypro II with a busted B: drive, which I replaced promptly with an Identical drive a friend was liquidating for $10 a piece. So my cost of the KAypro II with new drive was $35 and a bunch of discs. It has a 7 mhz processor accellerator that can keep up with 2400 as well as 9600 baud transmissions. ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 92 16:39:46 GMT From: psgrain!onion!pail!bucket!samw@uunet.uu.net (Sam Warden) Subject: Re: Kaypro Liquidation Message-ID: Re: interrupt-driven Kaypros. Kermit on my K10 does 19k through the tty port (serial printer port) without any machine-dependent configuration. I had assumed it must be polling. Impossible? Pretty impressive, anyway. -- samw@bucket.rain.com (Sam Warden) -- and not a mere Device. ------------------------------ Date: 14 Jun 92 02:23:23 GMT From: zlraa@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Ross Alford) Subject: Re: Kaypro Liquidation Message-ID: <1992Jun14.022323.8896@marlin.jcu.edu.au> Very sad to hear of this. My Kaypro 4-83 occupies a place of honour under my desk. It has the nicest keyboard I've ever used on a computer (though that is a very personal preference). It was also great fun to use, and while Micro Cornucopia magazine was in its Kaypro phase, was extremely well supported for both hardware and software hacking. In those days (I assume a long white beard) it was still possible to fiddle with the machine at hardware and BIOS level, modify the O/S, etc, without devoting *all* your spare time to computing. Now, I can't even persuade undergraduate students to borrow it to use for word processing. -- Ross A. Alford Department of Zoology Internet: zlraa@marlin.jcu.edu.au James Cook University Phone: +61 77 81 4732 Townsville, Qld 4811 Australia ------------------------------ Date: 5 Jun 92 16:45:46 GMT From: brianm@ecst.csuchico.edu (Brian Meyerpeter) Subject: Wanted: Vector Boot CP/M disk and other software.... Message-ID: <1992Jun05.164546.12675@ecst.csuchico.edu> I am trying to help an older gentleman track down a Vector OS. He volunteers at a used office supply store and has come across the Vector machine. The only problem is that he doesn't have software. Can anyone help in this matter? Thx Brian Meyerpeter (916) 899-2100 ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #49 ************************************ 16-Jun-92 07:49:48-MDT,8292;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 07:45:13 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #50 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920616074515.V92N50@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Tue, 16 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 50 Today's Topics: aaaagh!! my forlib.rel is trashed!!! Archives other than Simtel? Difference between Kaypro II & Kaypro 2 h89 help Problems with vde266.lbr on simtel20 Re: bds-c Re: help needed reading EXXON system disks Re: Kaypro Liquidation WANTED: info on Cromemco TU-ART S-100 serial/parallel board ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 8 Jun 92 06:18:44 GMT From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!galway!dwatola@lll-winken.llnl.gov (David A. Watola) Subject: aaaagh!! my forlib.rel is trashed!!! Message-ID: <1992Jun8.061844.15324@elroy.jpl.nasa.gov> somehow, my forlib.rel (microsoft f80) has been trashed and i cannot link to it any longer. my originals are 1000 miles away at the bottom of an ammo box... could some kind soul email a uuencoded forlib.rel to me? i'd really really appreciate it. thanks, dave watola dwatola@bvd.jpl.nasa.gov dwatola@nextasy2.eecs.wsu.edu ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jun 92 07:29:41 GMT From: ralphey@lionet.Wesley.OZ.AU (Russell Alphey) Subject: Archives other than Simtel? Keywords: cpm archives Message-ID: <354@lionet.Wesley.OZ.AU> I was wondering if any CP/M archives existed other than Simtel. I've never seen mention of any. ------------------------------ Date: 15 Jun 92 23:47:34 GMT From: wupost!cs.utexas.edu!csc.ti.com!tilde.csc.ti.com!skitzo.dseg.ti.com!dittman@gumby.wisc.edu (Eric Dittman) Subject: Difference between Kaypro II & Kaypro 2 Message-ID: <1992Jun15.184735.538@skitzo.dseg.ti.com> What's the difference between a Kaypro II and a Kaypro 2? The two I've seen recently look the same except for the "II" vs. the "2". -- Eric Dittman Texas Instruments - Component Test Facility dittman@skitzo.dseg.ti.com (214) 578-3575 Disclaimer: Not even my opinions. I found them by the side of the road. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 16 Jun 1992 09:03:44 -0400 (EDT) From: Aaron Wohl Subject: h89 help Message-ID: I recently got a h89 for my 10 year old nephew. Can anyone supply: hdos manual h89 schematics/manual floppies with software Source for the hard sectored floppies I used to a lot of cp/m assembly and c programming on an altair 8800 we are ok the cpm manual/help. Any info would be really appricated, I will pay postage and xeroxing etc. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 15 Jun 92 15:27:08 BST From: jj@scs.leeds.ac.uk Subject: Problems with vde266.lbr on simtel20 Message-ID: <14983.9206151427@csunb6.scs.leeds.ac.uk> I fetched the program vde266.lbr from simtel20 recently and find that nulu complains about a library crc error. I fetched it again to make sure I got in binary mode etc, and I got the copy from wuarchive.wustl.edu - all gave the same error. Does anybody know if it is corrupt and if so where I can get a good copy? cheers Jim Jackson ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jun 92 14:35:46 GMT From: ijpc!ianj@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Ian Justman) Subject: Re: bds-c Message-ID: <06Jun92124050wlm200@ijpc.UUCP> KA>hi, KA> i found bds-c for a z80 at simtel. it is in PD2: KA>through PD2: But you only give subdirectories off PD2:. How about some filenames?!!??! --- * SLMR 2.1a * Ian Justman (ianj@ijpc.UUCP) ------------------------------ Date: 7 Jun 92 01:18:40 GMT From: ewen@naos.actrix.gen.nz (Ewen McNeill) Subject: Re: help needed reading EXXON system disks Keywords: exxon, disks Message-ID: rh@rtgx.hanse.de (Ruediger Hoppe) writes: > suspected some CP/M format. So I organized an CP/M reading software from > SYDEX, but no luck with all the 190+ different formats. > Speaking of disk reading software from Sydex (ie, 22DISK), does anyone know the latest registration cost? The shareware version I have here is dated in 1988, and lists US$15 as the registration cost. Any other details about Sydex (ie, address/phone if changed, etc) would be appreciated too. Email replies please - I'll provide a summary in two weeks time. Thanks in advance. > Ruediger Hoppe | Putting fear beside him, he trusts in beauty blind -- Ewen McNeill, ewen@naos.actrix.gen.nz (or ewen@actrix.gen.nz) ------------------------------ Date: 15 Jun 92 17:01:46 GMT From: wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu (Jeffrey J Wieland) Subject: Re: Kaypro Liquidation Message-ID: <1992Jun15.170146.2985@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> In article samw@bucket.rain.com (Sam Warden) writes: >Re: interrupt-driven Kaypros. > >Kermit on my K10 does 19k through the tty port (serial printer port) >without any machine-dependent configuration. I had assumed it must >be polling. Impossible? Pretty impressive, anyway. >-- > >samw@bucket.rain.com (Sam Warden) -- and not a mere Device. This is true -- CP/M Kaypros have no difficulty performing file transfers at high baud rates by merely polling the serial port. The problem comes with terminal emulation. The '84 series Kaypros are notoriously slow for things like clearing the screen, scrolling, etc. At 2400 bps, they will drop something like 30 or 40 characters after a clear screen command is issued! The '83 series machines are much faster at this stuff. They use memory-mapped video -- the video RAM is bank switched in whenever the ROM is switched in. I believe that the VRAM is located at 0x2000 when it is switched in. The '84 series (and all of the Kaypro 10s, I believe) use a 6845 or 6545 video controller chip, and the video RAM is only accessable through that chip. Its a lot slower, but you get all of those nice video attributes, plus the 160 X 100 block graphics. The only way I know of for a '84 series machine to be a usable terminal is with interrupts. Heck, with Kermit-80 they'll drop 1 or 2 characters after a screen clear at only 300 baud (using polled IO, of course)! File transfers are just fine, though. -- Jeffrey J. Wieland Communication Systems Programmer Agricultural Computer Network INTERNET: wieland@acn.purdue.edu ENTM 216 BITNET: WIELAND@PURCCVM Purdue University UUCP: ...!ecn-ee!wieland West Lafayette, IN 47907 FAX: (317)494-8342 (317)494-8333 ------------------------------ Date: 6 Jun 92 19:59:13 GMT From: steve@Aardvark.Rain.COM (Steve Willoughby) Subject: WANTED: info on Cromemco TU-ART S-100 serial/parallel board Summary: Need switch settings, pinouts, other docs Message-ID: <642@aardvark.Rain.COM> I recently acquired a Cromemco TU-ART (TM) dual serial/dual parallel S-100 board, without any documentation whatsoever. I'd like to use it in the Altair system I'm trying to resurrect, but need some more information from anyone who might have or know about one of these. It's got 2 parallel and 2 serial ports, controlled by a pair of TI TMS 5501 chips, and there's a block of DIP switches labelled: 0R45674567 |||||||||| 2N<--><--> A B So, any info on how to program the 5501's, which I/O port numbers the board uses, etc., would be very helpful. Thanks, -- Steve Willoughby N7PFJ | "Bart, don't use the Touch of Death on your sister!" steve@Aardvark.Rain.Com | --Marge Simpson |--------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #50 ************************************ 17-Jun-92 03:19:48-MDT,10135;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Wed, 17 Jun 92 03:15:11 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #51 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920617031512.V92N51@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Wed, 17 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 51 Today's Topics: re. vde266.lbr Re: bds-c Televideo 816/RWP for sale Virus on CP/M (does it exist?) Where's tetris for CP/M ? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 16 Jun 92 16:48:18 BST From: jj@scs.leeds.ac.uk Subject: re. vde266.lbr Message-ID: <21182.9206161548@csunb6.scs.leeds.ac.uk> Ooooooops - Mea culpa I screwed up. Sorry for wasting peoples time and net bandwidth. Jim Jackson ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jun 92 17:05:07 GMT From: baron!baron!pnet07!donm@nosc.mil (Don Maslin) Subject: Re: bds-c Message-ID: <1992Jun8.170507.2472@baron.uucp> Here they are: Directory PD2: Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== BDS-C.POLICY A 459 831103 Update policy for BDS-C BDS46.LQB B 3840 850209 No description available BDSCIO.H A 5235 830909 No description available BDSCIO50.H A 3206 830909 No description available BDSNEW.CQM B 9472 850209 No description available BDSNEW.MSG A 1109 831128 No description available C.CCC B 1152 850209 No description available CASM.CQ B 13568 850209 No description available CASM.DQC B 4864 850209 No description available CASM.SUB A 193 830909 No description available CCC.AQM B 15872 850209 No description available DEFF.CRL B 8704 850209 No description available DEFF2.CQM B 14080 850209 No description available DEFF2.CRL B 5888 850209 No description available DEFF2A.CQM B 7296 850209 No description available DIO.CQ B 5888 850209 No description available DIO.H A 791 830909 No description available FLOAT.CQ B 4864 850209 No description available FLOAT.DQC B 4224 850209 No description available FLTSUM.CQ B 896 850209 No description available FP.CQM B 7168 850209 No description available HWARE50.H A 2110 830909 No description available NOBOOT.CQ B 1920 850209 No description available NOCLR.CQ B 1792 850209 No description available SIEVE.CQ B 1024 850209 No description available STDLIB1.CQ B 6272 850209 No description available STDLIB2.CQ B 11392 850209 No description available WILDEX16.CQ B 4096 850209 No description available WILDEX20.CQ B 5248 850214 No description available WILDEXP.CQ B 3584 850209 No description available Directory PD2: Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== CHARIO.CQ B 2816 850209 No description available CRYPT.COM B 7424 850209 No description available CRYPT.CQ B 1664 850209 No description available L2.CQ B 14080 850209 No description available L2.DQC B 8832 850209 No description available L2-225.ARK B 66141 880618 Improved L2 linker for BDS-C compile L2LINK.FIX A 1385 830909 No description available LOAD.CQ B 1536 850209 No description available LPR.CQ B 2048 850209 No description available LPRINT.CQ B 896 850209 No description available MAKOVL.CQ B 12928 850209 No description available NL2.CQ B 16256 850209 No description available PH.CQ B 4224 850209 No description available PORTIO.CQ B 2432 850209 No description available PORTIO.H A 378 830909 No description available SCOTT.CQ B 2688 850209 No description available TELED12.CQ B 12928 850209 No description available TELED12.DQC B 4224 850209 No description available UNIQ.CQ B 3200 850209 No description available UNTIP.CQ B 1664 850209 No description available WAVY.CQ B 1792 850209 No description available XC.CQ B 13696 850209 No description available Directory PD2: Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== ALPH.CQ B 1536 850209 No description available APPEND1.CQ B 1536 850209 No description available CAT.CQ B 896 850209 No description available CDIR.CQ B 5248 850209 No description available CIO.CQ B 2432 850209 No description available CP.CQ B 2816 850209 No description available ECHO.CQ B 1280 850209 No description available FP.CQ B 3840 850209 No description available FS.CQ B 1408 850209 No description available LCHECK.CQ B 2688 850209 No description available LONG1.CQ B 2048 850209 No description available LONG1.CQM B 5504 850209 No description available LONG1.CRL B 2560 850209 No description available LONG1.DQC B 3200 850209 No description available PAT.CQ B 7424 850209 No description available PAT.H A 1629 830909 No description available QSORT.TIP A 1279 830909 No description available RM.CQ B 640 850209 No description available RMF.CQ B 1024 850209 No description available RMX.CQ B 896 850209 No description available SAMPLE.CQM B 768 850209 No description available SD.CQ B 640 850209 No description available SORT3.CQ B 7040 850209 No description available STDLIB.DQC B 10752 850209 No description available STRIPC.CQ B 1536 850209 No description available SYMP.CQ B 2432 850209 No description available USERCODE.CQ B 2176 850209 No description available V143.DQC B 5888 850209 No description available V144.DQC B 4096 850209 No description available V145.DQC B 13568 850209 No description available V146.DQC B 7552 850209 No description available V150-2.DQC B 8576 850209 No description available WC.CQ B 1664 850209 No description available Directory PD2: Filename Type Length Date Description ============================================== ACRL.LBR B 36992 880107 Assembler for use with BDS-C APPEND.CQ B 1536 850209 No description available BDSLIB.ARK B 16989 880103 Standard C Library for BDS-C 1.5 CONFIG12.COM B 18816 850209 No description available CONFIG12.CQ B 16128 850209 No description available CURLY.ARK B 4552 870818 Check for unmatched curly braces DEVICE.CQ B 6272 850209 No description available DI.CQ B 2176 850209 No description available NRO.CQ B 32256 850209 No description available TAIL.CQ B 1792 850209 No description available TINIT.CQ B 5504 850209 No description available UCSDTRAN.CQ B 9856 850209 No description available ------------------------------ Date: 13 Jun 92 18:45:44 GMT From: psinntp!blkbox!mknewman@uunet.uu.net (Marc Kraker Newman) Subject: Televideo 816/RWP for sale Message-ID: <1992Jun13.184544.6373@blkbox> True multiuser NZCOM system for sale: Televideo 816 host, 32 megs disk (FULL OF GOODIES), tape, 16 RS422/3 RS232/1 LP 128 k memory, Network OS (including full source), lots of CPM software including Infocom games, Turbo Modula-2, NZCOM (modified to be full multi-user) and many languages, assemblers, MEX+, etc, etc. Televideo 802, 2 5 1/4" floppies, RS422 and RS232, perfect workstation for the 816. Televideo RWP, *4* Z80s, 128k each, each with 2 RS232's, expandable to 3, and a RS422 port for the 816. GREAT FOR A BBS! (PICS uses it!) Tons of DOCs, including full Network OS manuals, maintenance manuals, extra tapes, and even an extra 32 meg hard drive. THE WD1002 ON THIS SYSTEM HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO HANDLE UP TO 4 DRIVES! Tons of goodies go with this package! First $500 gets it all. Shipping in the 48 contiguous US states is included! Marc 713-480-2684 -- Marc K. Newman (N5SLG) Is UNIX pronounced mknewman@blkbox.com or "UNIQUES" or blkbox!mknewman "EUNICHS"? ------------------------------ Date: 16 Jun 92 23:58:54 GMT From: henryb@aix00.csd.unsw.OZ.AU (Dr Henry Brancik) Subject: Virus on CP/M (does it exist?) Keywords: computer virus, CP/M Message-ID: <1992Jun16.235854.6312@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> Does somebody know (or did anybody come across) a computer virus on CP/M machines (I mean CP/M-2.* and CP/M-3.*)? I do not think that it is possible to have such a "program" that will go into the system and not being noticed during the transfer of files and then run on its own (without the user actually typing the program name or including it in the .SUB files). My claim is that such a program never existed on those machines. Can anyone support me on that? - Henry Brancik, E-mail: henryb@aix00.csd.unsw.oz.au ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jun 92 13:13:48 GMT From: mcsun!news.funet.fi!cc.tut.fi!kent@uunet.uu.net (Kentt{l{ Marko) Subject: Where's tetris for CP/M ? Message-ID: <1992Jun8.131348.28644@cc.tut.fi> I know there's PD tetris for CP/M but where to look for it ??? Thanks guys, Make -- ....................................................... : MAKE MY DAY : Marko Kentt{l{ : Paununkatu 5 : Love : : or : kent@cc.tut.fi : 33700 Tampere : it : : 180 ov. : kent@ee.tut.fi : Finland : LOUD : ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #51 ************************************ 18-Jun-92 10:49:05-MDT,8969;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 10:45:10 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #52 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920618104512.V92N52@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Thu, 18 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 52 Today's Topics: Apple II CP/M (Microsoft Softcard) Files needed for BIOS assembly New CP/M 2.2 $15 available Re: Apple II CP/M (Microsoft Softcard) Re: Archives other than Simtel? Re: bds-c Re: Virus on CP/M (does it exist?) Wanted: Clock card for N* Advantage What is the current version of XBIOS? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 8 Jun 92 16:58:22 GMT From: jwt!bbs-aphelps@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU Subject: Apple II CP/M (Microsoft Softcard) Message-ID: I got bought the card above. Works fine except the 16 sector disk has 4 bad tracks (render most of the utilities nonfunctional). Does anyone has this software to A) possible copy B) Or buy. thanks. Austin C. Phelps bbs-aphelps@jwt.UUCP "Let History Never Forget the Name Enterprise" Yesterday Enterprise ------------------------------ Date: 8 Jun 92 23:16:28 GMT From: bwildasi@tope.cs.indiana.edu (Ben Wildasin) Subject: Files needed for BIOS assembly Message-ID: <1992Jun8.231644.4552@news.cs.indiana.edu> I am in the process of building BIOS 4 from the package on SIMTEL. All of the required files except "addbios.com" and "gencpm.com" are on my Additional Utilties disk. After several rounds of returning faulty disks to CBM, I managed to get a working Additional Utilities disk, but the source disk was hosed. So, if these two files are to be found on the source disk, I ask any charitable soul who believes that I paid my $19.95 and am not trying to bring CBM to bankruptcy by selling bootleg copies of "addbios.com" and "gencpm.com" and who had better luck with their Additional Utilties package to pass these files on to me, preferably uuencoded. If these files are somewhere other than on the BIOS source disk, does anyone know where? Also, I have heard about BIOS 5 but it doens't appear on any FTP sites. Where can it be found? Thanks for any help. Ben Wildasin ------------------------------ Date: 17 Jun 92 12:19:11 GMT From: linkr@vtpcn.phys.vt.edu (Roger A. Link) Subject: New CP/M 2.2 $15 available Message-ID: I just got my Summer 1992 California Digital Inc catalog. They have new copies of Digital Research CP/M 2.2 for $15. Claims to have complete manuals, and copies are licensed. They have 3000 of these. "Make offer on quantities of 100 plus". No mention of disk size or format. California Digital 800-421-5041 +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Roger Link | | Physics Electronics shop Internet : LINKR@VTPCN.PHYS.VT.EDU | | Blacksburg, VA Bitnet : LINKR@VTVM1 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | Roger Link Phone : (703)231-5768 | | Physics Electronics shop Internet : LINKR@VTPCN.PHYS.VT.EDU | | Blacksburg, VA Bitnet : LINKR@VTVM1 | +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 92 15:36:20 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu!fuller@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (James P. H. Fuller) Subject: Re: Apple II CP/M (Microsoft Softcard) Message-ID: <1992Jun10.153620.29525@athena.cs.uga.edu> > I got bought the card above. Works fine except the 16 sector disk > has 4 bad tracks (render most of the utilities nonfunctional). > > Does anyone has this software to > > A) possible copy > B) Or buy. I have the 16-sector Microsoft disk but it won't boot on my present Z80 card, which is for CP/M 3.0. However, all this stuff is on disks that are physically Apple-format so very probably the CP/M 3.0 diskcopy program would work to clone a CP/M 2.2 disk (it clones Apple ProDos disks just fine, doesn't seem to care what the bits *do* as long as they're in the right place....) Send me mail if you want to pursue this. I'll happily run you off a copy for free but would like to be reimbursed for the cost of disk, mailer and postage. -- jf |James P. H. Fuller, research coordinator Soil/Water Biology Lab | | Institute of Ecology | |work: fuller@athena.cs.uga.edu University of Georgia | |home: (crom2 rejoins the bitstream one day) Athens, GA 30606 | ------------------------------ Date: 9 Jun 92 06:57:03 GMT From: loesch@bl.physik.tu-muenchen.de (Andreas Loesch) Subject: Re: Archives other than Simtel? Keywords: cpm archives Message-ID: ralphey@lionet.Wesley.OZ.AU (Russell Alphey) writes: >I was wondering if any CP/M archives existed other than Simtel. I've never >seen mention of any. Since I am new in this group I have even never heard of Simtel. What's the complete address? Thanx, Andi -- Andreas Loesch Phone : (+49 89)3209 4086 Univ. Muenchen FAX : (+49 89)3209 4059 Am Coulombwall 1 E-mail : loesch@hera.deb.physik.uni-muenchen.de W-8046 Garching ------------------------------ Date: 9 Jun 92 19:17:21 GMT From: mcsun!sun4nl!gufalet.let.rug.nl!rug4!laverman@uunet.uu.net (Bert Laverman) Subject: Re: bds-c Message-ID: <1992Jun9.191721.13864@cs.rug.nl> That was a nice listing, but as the file names suggest, it is NOT BDS-C. Rather, it is a collection of useful programs and routines for use with BDS-C. BDS-C itself is NOT PD. Greetings, Bert -- #include Bert Laverman, Dept. of Computing Science, Groningen University Friendly mail to: laverman@cs.rug.nl The rest to: /dev/null ------------------------------ Date: 18 Jun 92 09:34:09 GMT From: comp.vuw.ac.nz!actrix!naos!ewen@uunet.uu.net (Ewen McNeill) Subject: Re: Virus on CP/M (does it exist?) Message-ID: henryb@aix00.csd.unsw.OZ.AU (Dr Henry Brancik) writes: > Does somebody know (or did anybody come across) a computer virus on > CP/M machines (I mean CP/M-2.* and CP/M-3.*)? I do not think that > it is possible [...] It's definitely possible - the fact that most CP/M machines boot from disk makes it possible. However, it is unlikely to be able to do much/survive across many machines simply because of the inherient differences between the various machines that ran CP/M. > in the .SUB files). My claim is that such a program never existed > on those machines. Can anyone support me on that? > I've heard rumours that there was a CP/M virus, down to some details of what it was supposed to do. I'm sceptical because when I heard it was really too late for anyone to bother with CP/M for writing a virus because it wasn't mainstream any longer. > - Henry Brancik, -- Ewen McNeill, ewen@naos.actrix.gen.nz (or ewen@actrix.gen.nz) ------------------------------ Date: 10 Jun 92 03:55:12 GMT From: munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!yarra!cm@uunet.uu.net (Charles Meo) Subject: Wanted: Clock card for N* Advantage Message-ID: <79089@yarra.pyramid.com.au> Does anyone know where I might pick up such a beastie--or if they even exist? Chuck -- email: cm@yarra.pyramid.com.au 'The Dark Light is inherently neither good nor evil' ------------------------------ Date: 17 Jun 92 16:23:31 GMT From: scott@solids.phy.bnl.gov (david scott coburn) Subject: What is the current version of XBIOS? Message-ID: <1992Jun17.162331.27602@bnlux1.bnl.gov> Can someone tell me what the current revision of XBIOS is? When my SB180 boots, it says my version is 1.01 [2]1.21B. Have there been any improvements to XBIOS in the last few years? Thanks, Scott scott coburn brookhaven national laboratory scott@solids.phy.bnl.gov [130.199.128.73] upton, ny, usa Two men say they're Jesus. One of them must be wrong. - Dire Straights ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #52 ************************************ 19-Jun-92 15:51:44-MDT,9924;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 15:45:11 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #53 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920619154512.V92N53@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Fri, 19 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 53 Today's Topics: Apple II 16 sector CP/M Master Calling All Apple CP/Mers (and test message) Re: New CP/M 2.2 $15 available Re: WANTED: info on Cromemco TU-ART S-100 serial/parallel board Registration coast of 22DISK (and address change) Tetris for CP/M WANTED: low-level hard disk format program ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 92 10:00:21 -0500 From: curts@tmpcu.mdc.com (Curt Schroeder) Subject: Apple II 16 sector CP/M Master Message-ID: <9206191500.AA04923@tmpcu.mdc.com> Glad to see other Apple CP/M enthusiasts! I would be willing to Shrinkit and Binscii the CP/M Master disk and upload it for mailing. I would also include a neat shareware program that can move text and binary files between DOS 3.3, Apple Pascal, CP/M, and Prodos 8, inclusive! If you dont't have Shrinkit and Binscii, shame on you! But if not, let me know and I will include them as well, as they are Freeware. Shade and sweet water, Curt Curt Schroeder | McDonnell Douglas Missile Systems Company | ----------------------------------------------------------------| These opinions are mine, mine, mine! I | curts@tmpcu.mdc.com | am not an instantiation of Std_Employee! | - Apple II Forever - | ------------------------------ Date: 19 Jun 92 21:05:22 GMT From: taronga.com!jdbaker@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (John Donald Baker) Subject: Calling All Apple CP/Mers (and test message) Message-ID: <9206191605.AA26603@taronga.taronga.com> I'd like to hear from all people who get their CP/M thrills via an Apple ][ (or ///) series computer. I'm interested in establishing a dialogue with any such people so that I can share information about tricks, tips, techniques, etc. I've been using CP/M via the Apple ][-series for a number of years. First with a Franklin ACE 1000 with PCPI Applicard. Then moved over to a //e, taking the AppliCard with me. I currently run a full-blown Z-System via the Seven League Systems' CardZ180. I experimented with a MS-Softcard clone for the purpose of software development (overlays for QTERM v4.3e and ZMP v1.5) Thanks for listening (reading) and I hope to hear from all you Apple CP/Mers! John D. Baker ->An Apple 5.25", 3.5", 8", HD5.25" CardZ180 Z-System nut // Internet: jdb8042@blkbox.com jdbaker@taronga.com Karnage: "I am certainly very happy for you, but--WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" _TaleSpin_: "The Ransom of Red Chimp" ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jun 1992 10:40:35 PDT From: Sprague.Wbst311@xerox.com Subject: Re: New CP/M 2.2 $15 available Message-ID: <"18-Jun-92 13:40:35 EDT".*.Michael_D._Sprague.wbst311@Xerox.com> > I just got my Summer 1992 California Digital Inc catalog. They have new > copies of Digital Research CP/M 2.2 for $15. Claims to have complete > manuals, and copies are licensed. They have 3000 of these. "Make offer on > quantities of 100 plus". No mention of disk size or format. If this is what I think it is (California Digital has offered CP/M in the past), then it is for an old Xerox laptop computer (I don't remember the number, but it had a 3 line LCD display) which used 5.25" disks. The 8.5"x5.5" CP/M manuals were from Digital Research, and came in a nice little binder, which fit in a case (much like IBM's old PC-DOS manuals). A good deal if you needed CP/M documentation. 22DISK and UNIFORM do not have the format for the disks though, and I have no clue as to what the format is. ~ Mike (Sprague.Wbst311@Xerox.Com) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 21:15:57 CDT From: hanscom@eid.anl.gov (roger hanscom) Subject: Re: WANTED: info on Cromemco TU-ART S-100 serial/parallel board Message-ID: <9206190215.AA07581@athens.eid.anl.gov> Steve Willoughby asks about Cromemco TU-ART board. I sent the following reply via e-mail, but perhaps it is of general interest? Steve - I've got lots of TUART's, what do you need to know? The dip switch is (top is your label "2--0", "ON" is to the right) interrupt mode, address reversal, and then the base address for device A (A4 thru A7) and same for device B. On the interrupt mode, 2 is for IM2 type interrupts (Z-80), and 0 is for IM0 type interrupts (8080). The base address, combined with the following table, addresses the TMS 5501 functions/registers. A3-A0 Input Output ====== ======== ======= 0 status register baud rate register 1 rcv data register tr data register 2 ---- command register 3 interrupt addr reg intr. mask register 4 dev. parallel port dev. parallel port 5 ----- timer 1 6 ------ timer 2 7 ------ timer 3 8 ------ timer 4 9 -------- timer 5 The address reversal bit (one can switch device addresses on the fly) puts device addresses under software control when it's on, and under hardware control when it's off via pin 1 of J2 and J3. Then grounding this pin will reverse addresses. Don't ground pin 1 of J2 or J3 when the TUART is in software mode (dip sw. #2 ON). The TMS 5501's ought to act like vanilla devices, if you can find the specs. on them. A word of warning: initialize both 5501's even if you use only one. A half-arsed 5501 can generate bogus interrupts that may/will drive you crazy. I've got some TUART initialization code around here somewhere that I might be able to send you --- I had it at my fingertips not 10 years ago!! @:^) (just a little joke there!) Good luck. roger hanscom@astoria.eid.anl.gov ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1992 06:38:57 PDT From: Sprague.Wbst311@xerox.com Subject: Registration coast of 22DISK (and address change) Message-ID: <"19-Jun-92 9:38:57 EDT".*.Michael_D._Sprague.wbst311@Xerox.com> The other day, someone asked what the current price of 22DISK was. As I registered a version a month ago, I went through all this. Sydex has a different address than that listed in the old shareware ... and the prices have gone up somewhat. Here is the scoop of interest from their current list (in their words, not mine): AnaDisk -- The complete diskette utility. Nothing like it anywhere else; scan edit; repair and copy just about any kind of diskette. $25.00 registration fee. 22DISK -- Transfer files, format, examine and erase files on "foreign" CP/M diskettes on your PC. Includes tips on supporting 8" and 5.25" single density disks. Contains definitions for over 270 different formats. $25.00 registration fee. 22NICE -- A CP/M 2.2 emulation package. Supports the NEX V-series chips or performs emulation by software for both 8080 and Z80 processors. Includes terminal emulation and diskette handling for common CP/M systems. Includes 22DISK. $40.00 registration fee. Sydex P.O. Box 5700 Eugene, OR 97405 (503) 683-6033 I personally have used 22DISK and 22NICE. I have had some trouble with 22DISK, as I have reported before. 22NICE seemed to work pretty good for me, though I had trouble with programs written for the Z80 (for example, the version of UNCRUNCH that came with NC-COM would not work). It ran M80 on my old 8MHz 286 much faster than my Xerox 820-II did ... but then, the 286 had a hard drive, while the 820-II was floppy based. :-) ~ Mike (Sprague.Wbst311@Xerox.Com) ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 18 Jun 92 22:09:24 EDT From: eudoh@st6000.sct.edu (Etop Udoh) Subject: Tetris for CP/M Message-ID: <9206190209.AA11739@st6000.sct.edu> hi, If I remember correctly it should be in the Simtel archives .... ................................................................. : ------------------- SOUTHERN COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY : : | EUDOH@SCT.EDU | MARIETTA, GEORGIA : : ------------------- : : Abandon all hope ye who have entered " CYBERSPACE " : :...............................................................: ------------------------------ Date: 11 Jun 92 21:52:46 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!bronze!newshost.cs.rose-hulman.edu!news@ucbvax.Berkeley. (Douglas C. Pearson) Subject: WANTED: low-level hard disk format program Message-ID: <1992Jun11.215246.25497@cs.rose-hulman.edu> The subject line says it all. I'm trying to get a hard disk formatted for a machine that's closest to a S-100, but isn't really anything but a computer that runs a spectrometer. I'm wondering if there are any low- level hard disk format programs out there in the PD for CP/M, and if so, if anybody can put them on 8" disk... Any help anyone can give me via e-mail (I don't read this group) would be greatly appreciated. clueless chuck PearsoDC@NeXTWork.Rose-Hulman.Edu ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #53 ************************************ 22-Jun-92 08:50:03-MDT,11022;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 08:45:29 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #54 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920622084531.V92N54@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Mon, 22 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 54 Today's Topics: Help with BG ii screen driver (2 msgs) Help with Compupro 816... Re: Calling All Apple CP/Mers (and test message) Re: New CP/M 2.2 $15 available Re: Virus on CP/M (does it exist?) Vector-4 Virus on cp/m, it exists, but no hazard Z-80 emulator... again ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 22 Jun 92 12:13:26 GMT From: agate!spool.mu.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!usc!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!mips!mips!munnari.oz.au!manuel!manson@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Peter Manson) Subject: Help with BG ii screen driver Message-ID: <1992Jun22.121326.9442@newshost.anu.edu.au> I have just started looking at writing a BackGrounder ii screen driver for the Big Board II, but I do not fully understand what I am doing. The release notes that came with the package refer to a file called BGSCREEN.DOC which has some extra info on writing a driver. I didn't get this file. Could someone send me a copy please? I collected some screen drivers from SIMTEL, so I could probably muddle my way to a completed source, although a detailed description of entry points and functions would be nice. But how do I turn it into a .DRV file as BGii requires? Is it just a renamed .REL file, or is there something more? Finally, and maybe I should have asked this first up, does anyone have a Big Board II driver they would be willing to share? Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks, Peter Manson. ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jun 92 12:25:43 GMT From: munnari.oz.au!manuel!manson@uunet.uu.net (Peter Manson) Subject: Help with BG ii screen driver Message-ID: <1992Jun22.122543.9542@newshost.anu.edu.au> Sorry for the repost, return mail address on the first post was wrong! I have just started looking at writing a BackGrounder ii screen driver for the Big Board II, but I do not fully understand what I am doing. The release notes that came with the package refer to a file called BGSCREEN.DOC which has some extra info on writing a driver. I didn't get this file. Could someone send me a copy please? I collected some screen drivers from SIMTEL, so I could probably muddle my way to a completed source, although a detailed description of entry points and functions would be nice. But how do I turn it into a .DRV file as BGii requires? Is it just a renamed .REL file, or is there something more? Finally, and maybe I should have asked this first up, does anyone have a Big Board II driver they would be willing to share? Any help would be most appreciated. Thanks, Peter Manson. ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jun 92 05:07:46 GMT From: think.com!wupost!eclnews!jezebel!c31002tl@uunet.uu.net (Tony Leong) Subject: Help with Compupro 816... Message-ID: <1992Jun21.050746.29457@wuecl.wustl.edu> I just recently picked up an old Compupro 816 system. It's a great looking machine. The only problem is that it didn't come with any documentation. Popping the case revealed the following cards: 3 RAM22 cards 4 SP186 cards 1 SPIO card 1 Compupro 286 card 1 System Support card 1 Disk 1a card 1 Disk 3 card The computer came with a 5 1/4 and 8 inch drive. The harddrive is a full height 72 mb Control Data disk. Upon powerup the hd light comes on and never goes off. It doesn't even try to access the floppies. The other problem I have is that I can't figure out which port on the back is for the console and at what speed. I've been assuming the rs-232 from the system support card was the console. With all the Intel cpus inside I guess it ran a kind of multiuser msdos. If anyone has manuals or documentation I'd gladly pay for a copy and shipping. I'd probably need a copy of the boot disks too. I looking forward to getting this beastie running and any help would be appreciated. tony! ___________________________________________________ Tony Leong | | tony@mcf.wustl.edu | "Save the whales, the manatee and the S-100 bus!" | c31002tl@jezebel.wustl.edu|___________________________________________________| ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jun 92 22:42:53 GMT From: agate!spool.mu.edu!tulane!darwin.sura.net!mips!pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!ijpc!ianj@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Ian Justman) Subject: Re: Calling All Apple CP/Mers (and test message) Message-ID: <70PqmB3w165w@ijpc.UUCP> jdbaker@taronga.com (John Donald Baker) writes: > I'd like to hear from all people who get their CP/M thrills via an Apple > ][ (or ///) series computer. Started CP/Ming with an Apple ][ Plus with a SoftCard Z80 card. > I'm interested in establishing a dialogue with any such people so that I can > share information about tricks, tips, techniques, etc. Sure, why not? I wrote a ZMP driver a long time ago for the SoftCard (and any compatibles which map $C0xx (6502 addressing syntax) to 0E000h (Z80 syntax) and do direct memory-mapped I/O. > Thanks for listening (reading) and I hope to hear from all you Apple CP/Mers! ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jun 92 22:41:09 GMT From: att!pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!ijpc!ianj@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Ian Justman) Subject: Re: New CP/M 2.2 $15 available Message-ID: Sprague.Wbst311@XEROX.COM writes: > 22DISK and UNIFORM do not have the format for the disks though, and I have no > clue as to what the format is. Get ANADISK and do a little poking around and you might have a better idea as to what's going on. ------------------------------ Date: 18 Jun 92 20:08:05 GMT From: catnip!abeals@lll-winken.llnl.gov (Andrew Scott Beals) Subject: Re: Virus on CP/M (does it exist?) Message-ID: <5556@catnip.berkeley.ca.us> ewen@naos.actrix.gen.nz (Ewen McNeill) writes: >I've heard rumours that there was a CP/M virus, down to some details of >what it was supposed to do. Yeah, it's called the "BD Software C Compiler". There are many versions of it. Somehow it ends up on everyone's diskettes even though they don't know where it came from. -- Andrew Scott Beals (415) 905-6590 any time KC6SSS abeals@catnip.berkeley.ca.us ...!apple!catnip.berkeley.ca.us!abeals Albert Einstein, when asked to describe radio, replied: "You see, wire telegraph is a kind of a very, very long cat. You pull his tail in New York and his head is meowing in Los Angeles. Do you understand this? And radio operates exactly the same way: you send signals here, they receive them there. The only difference is that there is no cat." ------------------------------ Date: 21 Jun 92 19:41:42 GMT From: csus.edu!netcomsv!mork!sspatter@decwrl.dec.com (Samuel Scott Patterson) Subject: Vector-4 Message-ID: Hi! Anyone out there know what a Vector-4 is? There is one in a thrift store near my house really cheap. It's a cute little thing with monitor and disk drives in one thing with a keyboard cabled to it. I suspect it is some sort of CP/M machine but I thought I knew all of them and I've never heard of a Vector-4 before. Anyways, this one is like in mint condition and I was wondering if it would be worth the time to pick up and mess with. :) I wuv my Osborne and KayPro and PDP! :) Heh. I was a bit worried about it though because it's sitting right next to a Apple-3. };) -Scott --------------------------------------------------------------------- sspatter@netcom.netcom.com Samuel Scott Patterson 365-J Western Drive, Santa Cruz CA 95060 (408)457-0521 --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 19 Jun 92 12:18:15 GMT From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!mips!darwin.sura.net!uvaarpa!gems.vcu.edu!agnew@ames.arc.nasa.gov Subject: Virus on cp/m, it exists, but no hazard Message-ID: <1992Jun19.081815.19@gems.vcu.edu> I've heard of that cp/m virus too. Even to reading the Email from the person who did it, just to see if it was possible. Unlike others, this fellow was ethical enough to keep his virus in a "test tube", and not release it. Many Thanks, whoever you are!!!! His rationale for writing the virus was to gain experience with programming, not to blow others out of the water... Jim. My Dec VT180 "Robin" is alive and well doing word processing for poor college students.. Heard they were standing in line to use it.. -- /^^^\ \ / Jim Agnew AGNEW@RUBY.VCU.EDU (Internet) / > || Neurosurgery, AGNEW@VCUVAX (Bitnet) /\_/ ' \ / MCV-VCU This tape will self destruct in /________________> Richmond, Va five seconds. Good luck, Jim..." ------------------------------ Date: 20 Jun 92 22:48:24 GMT From: agate!spool.mu.edu!mips!mips!quack!mrapple@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Nick Sayer) Subject: Z-80 emulator... again Message-ID: Chasened by my recent experience writing a Z-80 interpreter in C (for those who don't remember, a simple DIR under CP/M took 5 minutes on a Sun 3), I have decided to give it another whack, but this time the main functionality will be done by an array of pointers to functions instead of a big case statement. That ought to make the thing a bit more efficient. I'm just starting work on it, but thought that now's the time to line up alpha testers willing to run the thing through its paces, offer suggestions, code the infamous "DAA" instruction, etc. -- Nick Sayer | "Actors don't like to play comas. N6QQQ @ N0ARY.#NOCAL.CA.USA.NA | They feel it limits their range." 37 19 49 N / 121 57 36 W | +1 408 249 9630, log in as 'guest' | -- Soapdish ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 21 Jun 92 17:13:42 PDT From: lou@netlink.cts.com (Louis Puccio) Message-ID: HI! what is your listserv internet email address? thanks.... louis -- INTERNET: lou@netlink.cts.com (Louis) UUCP: ...!nosc!ryptyde!netlink!lou NetLink Online Communications * Public Access in San Diego, CA (619) 453-1115 ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #54 ************************************ 23-Jun-92 19:18:57-MDT,10949;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Tue, 23 Jun 92 19:15:12 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #55 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920623191513.V92N55@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Tue, 23 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 55 Today's Topics: CodeWorks' Q/C CP/M on Apple//c... a bit painful! + a request for software/info... New CP/M 2.2 $15 available AND Apple II CP/M stuff. Re: Apple II 16 sector CP/M Master Re: Help with Compupro 816... Re: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #54 VT100 Emulation for H89?? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 22 Jun 92 20:39:32 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!ijpc!ianj@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Ian Justman) Subject: CodeWorks' Q/C Message-ID: How does one obtain CodeWorks' Q/C? It's the compiler of choice for the person who wrote UZI, but I would very much like to know how I could obtain a copy, provided CodeWorks is still in business and if they still support CP/M. Author of UZI (sorry, but I've forgotten your name), could you please tell me how to get a copy of Q/C? Many thanks in advance. ------------------------------ Date: 23 Jun 92 15:18:42 GMT From: iggy.GW.Vitalink.COM!widener!eff!news.byu.edu!news@lll-winken.llnl.gov (Sean Eckton) Subject: CP/M on Apple//c... a bit painful! + a request for software/info... Message-ID: I have an Apple//c with a Z80 installed and running that system in CP/M is a bit painful. I remember using TERM programs with a 1200 baud modem and I found that I had to either change it to 300 baud or have the BBS send one or two nulls at the beginning of each line so my display could catch up. I thought that the old IBM was slow, but that screen display on my //c in CP/M is EXTREMELY slow! It sure is alot slower than it is in DOS 3.3 or ProDOS. Does anyone else have that problem? Another thing that I am looking for is a version of KA9Q that was originally written for a Xerox 820 (I think that is the model). Does anyone have it? I could really use a copy. Some people have it, but it is on 8" disks and they don't have any way to get it on 5.25 or do anything with it. Can anyone help me. -- Sean Eckton -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Internet: ecktons@sirius.byu.edu Brigham Young University, Provo, UT. Packet Radio: kd6bik @ wb7esh.#orem.ut.usa.na -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 14:21:07 -0500 From: curts@tmpcu.mdc.com (Curt Schroeder) Subject: New CP/M 2.2 $15 available AND Apple II CP/M stuff. Message-ID: <9206221921.AA08054@tmpcu.mdc.com> I just called California Digital this afternoon. They are willing to sell individual copies of CP/M 2.2 for $15 + $6 shipping. You get a disk (XEROX format), a serail #, and the manuals. They Rep said if you already have CP/M and are ordering this just to get the serial # and manuals to just copy your own working system disk onto the one you receive. There number is 800-421-5041. They want to unload these! He made a comment about a price break if you bought a lot of 1000 copies! ;-) --- I tried to mail a response to John Donald Baker with no success (mail gateway problems). I have been using CP/M on an Apple II+ since 1985. I have a set of include files for Turbo Pascal 3.0 that provide access to the II's Hi-res graphics (and paddle controls). I have a 3D graphics lib too, but it is still under developement (unfortunately that project has been on hold for a while). Curt Curt Schroeder | McDonnell Douglas Missile Systems Company | ----------------------------------------------------------------| These opinions are mine, mine, mine! I | curts@tmpcu.mdc.com | am not an instantiation of Std_Employee! | - Apple II Forever - | ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 09:58:02 -0500 From: curts@tmpcu.mdc.com (Curt Schroeder) Subject: Re: Apple II 16 sector CP/M Master Message-ID: <9206221458.AA07656@tmpcu.mdc.com> I tried to mail this, but it bounced. I hope it is of enough general interest that it is not a waste of bandwidth to post it here. ---- > Which version of the master? - I've got several of them, but none of them seem I know the Master I have is 2.2, but off hand I could not tell you if there is further version info (I think it may be 2.2B, though). > to be able to recognise much of my RAM... apparently newer versions should. OK, my understanding is that CP/M 2.2 gives you 56K of usable space. If there is an Apple version of CP/M 3.0, that should give 60K of work space (out of 64Kof memory). To access more requires a different BIOS, I believe. I know that some of the Z280 systems have 512K system memory, but I don't know of anything for the Apple (I still use a II+). I thought about getting an AE Ramfactor board several years ago, until I found out that to use it under CP/M, I would have to purchase their Z80 board as well (which came with CP/M 4.0 or 5.0, or some such animal). I don't know if Z-System would be able to take advantage of additional memory or not. I just recently started looking into the product. Curt Curt Schroeder | McDonnell Douglas Missile Systems Company | ----------------------------------------------------------------| These opinions are mine, mine, mine! I | curts@tmpcu.mdc.com | am not an instantiation of Std_Employee! | - Apple II Forever - | ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jun 92 20:09:21 GMT From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!overload.lbl.gov!agate!spool.mu.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!ijpc!ianj@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Ian Justman) Subject: Re: Help with Compupro 816... Message-ID: c31002tl@jezebel.wustl.edu (Tony Leong) writes: > > I just recently picked up an old Compupro 816 system. It's a great > looking machine. The only problem is that it didn't come with > any documentation. Popping the case revealed the following cards: > > 3 RAM22 cards > 4 SP186 cards > 1 SPIO card > 1 Compupro 286 card > 1 System Support card > 1 Disk 1a card > 1 Disk 3 card Sounds like my system, only minus 3 SP186 cards and a SPUZ thrown in for good measure, plus 3 M-DRIVE/Hes with 512K apiece, an Interfacer 3, and an Interfacer 4. > The computer came with a 5 1/4 and 8 inch drive. The harddrive > is a full height 72 mb Control Data disk. Upon powerup the > hd light comes on and never goes off. Don't worry about that. It ALWAYS does that. > It doesn't even try to > access the floppies. Try putting something in either drive and punching the Reset button. If there's nothing in the boot drive, whatever it may be, it goes IMMEDIATELY into the hard disk bootstrap mode. > The other problem I have is that I can't > figure out which port on the back is for the console and at > what speed. I've been assuming the rs-232 from the system support > card was the console. Your assumption is quite correct. You do need DTR for the system to boot. > With all the Intel cpus inside I guess > it ran a kind of multiuser msdos. The operating system is called Concurrent DOS. I have two different versions here at home. > If anyone has manuals > or documentation I'd gladly pay for a copy and > shipping. I wouldn't mind having docs myself... :-) > I'd probably need a copy of the boot disks too. I can help in this department. > I looking forward to getting this beastie running and any > help would be appreciated. I'll certainly try my best, though my unit is in storage, and the 72megger is on my DOS machine because the one I had been using on it died. But if you want to shoot the breeze about it, gimme a call at (916) 344-5360. Just for good measure, mwilson@crash.cts.com, are you there? ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 22:51:35 PDT From: donm@pnet01.cts.com (Don Maslin) Subject: Re: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #54 Message-ID: >sspatter@netcom.com writes: > Anyone out there know what a Vector-4 is? There is one in a thrift >store near my house really cheap. It's a cute little thing with monitor >and disk drives in one thing with a keyboard cabled to it. I suspect it >is some sort of CP/M machine but I thought I knew all of them and I've >never heard of a Vector-4 before. Anyways, this one is like in mint >condition and I was wondering if it would be worth the time to pick up >and mess with. :) I wuv my Osborne and KayPro and PDP! :) Well, it is probably a product of the long defunct Vector Graphics of Westlake Village CA. They built some interesting machinery, although some was handicapped with hard sector diskettes. If you don't think that too much of the Apple rubbed off on it and the price is right, go for it! - don > Heh. I was a bit worried about it though because it's sitting >right next to a Apple-3. };) > UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd ucsd nosc}!crash!pnet01!donm ARPA: crash!pnet01!donm@nosc.mil INET: donm@pnet01.cts.com ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 22 Jun 92 23:51 CDT From: Subject: VT100 Emulation for H89?? Help, I am the proud owner of 2 H-89s. I bought my first one in 1980 and it has been running fine since with only 1 minor problem. I have found myself back in school working on my BS in Computer Science. It is a real stretch financially but, I WILL MAKE IT! I use my old baby as a terminal to communicate with the VAX at school. Here is the poblem at hand. The vax supports Kermit protocol so i downloaded a copy of the kermit communications package from Columbia University but it does not support VT100 mode it has the capability to emulate vt52 but that is all. Is there a comm. package that supports vt100 emulation for my terminal? If so where can I get a copy of it. I hope that it is in a form that I can load thru bitnet as I use the old 5-1/5" 10 sector Hard disk format and the media is all but impossible to find anymore. Thanks for any help that anyone can provide. l8r, Ed Bixby (512) 754-8795 EB09187@SWTTEGAN.BITNET ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #55 ************************************ 25-Jun-92 22:48:44-MDT,9960;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Thu, 25 Jun 92 22:45:37 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #56 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920625224538.V92N56@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Thu, 25 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 56 Today's Topics: Re: Apple II 16 sector CP/M Master Re: Turbo Pascal for CP/M Re: Virus on CP/M (does it exist?) Source of new/used PCPI Applicards ? Televideo TPC II CP/M Portable PC for sale Turbo Pascal for CP/M TV 803H disk and docs needed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 24 Jun 92 11:06:16 GMT From: mcsun!uknet!icdoc!sot-ecs!nwp90@uunet.uu.net (Nick Phillips) Subject: Re: Apple II 16 sector CP/M Master Message-ID: <12090@ecs.soton.ac.uk> In <9206221458.AA07656@tmpcu.mdc.com> curts@TMPCU.MDC.COM (Curt Schroeder) writes: >OK, my understanding is that CP/M 2.2 gives you 56K of usable space. If there >is an Apple version of CP/M 3.0, that should give 60K of work space (out of 64Kof memory). To access more requires a different BIOS, I believe. I know that >some of the Z280 systems have 512K system memory, but I don't know of anything >for the Apple (I still use a II+). I thought about getting an AE Ramfactor >board several years ago, until I found out that to use it under CP/M, I would >have to purchase their Z80 board as well (which came with CP/M 4.0 or 5.0, or >some such animal). The only extra memory I can use is a Cirtech PlusRAM board which I can use as a ramdisk (drive F:). Cirtech supply a program to set it up, but it only works under 2.23 and above, so far as I can remember. I also now have (possibly temporarily) the use of an AST SprintDisk - I'll see what I can do with that, if anything. Nick -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Nick Phillips 17,Tennyson Avenue, Hitchin, Herts. SG4 0PX - UK nwp90@ecs.soton.ac.uk --------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jun 92 02:44:04 GMT From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!mips!sdd.hp.com!hpscdc!hplextra!hpcc05!hpyhde4!hpycla!hpergfg2!hprdash!hprnd!gregh@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Greg Holdren) Subject: Re: Turbo Pascal for CP/M Message-ID: <450002@hprnd.rose.hp.com> In comp.os.cpm, krish@vuse.vanderbilt.edu (P Krishnan) writes: Hi, Does anyone know if Borland still sells Turbo Pascal (ver 3 at least) for CP/M? If they don't, is anybody willing to sell it to me, provided it is legal? Please reply by e-mail. Thanks -- --Krish Sage Microsystems East still sells the CP/M version for $60. I don't know the address and tele off hand but can look it up. Greg Holdren gregh@hprnd.rose.hp.com ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jun 92 07:02:40 GMT From: mcsun!Germany.EU.net!nixpbe!uranium!josef@uunet.uu.net (Josef Moellers) Subject: Re: Virus on CP/M (does it exist?) Message-ID: In <1992Jun16.235854.6312@usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU> henryb@aix00.csd.unsw.OZ.AU (Dr Henry Brancik) writes: >Does somebody know (or did anybody come across) a computer virus on >CP/M machines (I mean CP/M-2.* and CP/M-3.*)? I do not think that >it is possible to have such a "program" that will go into the system >and not being noticed during the transfer of files and then run on its >own (without the user actually typing the program name or including it >in the .SUB files). My claim is that such a program never existed >on those machines. Can anyone support me on that? Well, I've never seen a virus on my CP/M machine (actually it's an SB180FX running ZSYSTEM, but that's compatible to CP/M) but I assume that one could get a virus into such a system. A virus does not necessarily have to be a complete "program", virusses (viri/vira?) can also be attached to existing programs. I have the impression that this is actually the usual way to have a virus. There is one big difference between MS/DOS and CP/M that make having a "free" virus in CP/M a little more difficult: the management of free disk blocks. CP/M rebuilds (part of) it's free block list every time the current list drains (call this "garbage collection"). That means that a virus occupying a disk block that does not belong to a file, will sooner or later be allocated to a growing file. MS/DOS on the other hand, has it's FAT, which describes ON THE DISK which blocks are free and which are in use. Therefore a virus can hide in a "non free" but also "non allocated" block, pretty much like a "bad block". Under CP/M You would have to group bad blocks into a file. Of course, You can always attach a virus to an existing file. All CP/M executables are "COM"-files, i.e. the entire contents of the file are placed into memory and then execution commences at address 100h (0x100). You could place a "JMP virus" there which jumps to the added code and the added code then returns to e.g. 103h. However, think about what You can (or cannot) do with a mere 56k of free memory (some CP/M systems have even less). As I said, I've never tried to write a virus myself, I've never seen one on CP/M, and thanks to the widespread (commercial) use of MS/DOS, I am glad no-one actually cares enough about CP/M to actually launch a viral attack b-{) > - Henry Brancik, >E-mail: henryb@aix00.csd.unsw.oz.au -- | Josef Moellers | c/o Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme AG | | USA: mollers.pad@sni-usa.com | Abt. STO-XS 113 | Riemekestrasse | | !USA: mollers.pad@sni.de | Phone: (+49) 5251 835124 | D-4790 Paderborn | ------------------------------ Date: 25 Jun 92 03:21:31 GMT From: pa.dec.com!nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!sousa.ltn.dec.com!kxovax.enet.dec.com!secrist@decwrl.dec.com (Strong datatypes for weak minds.) Subject: Source of new/used PCPI Applicards ? Message-ID: <1226@sousa.ltn.dec.com> Anybody know where you can purchase new or used PCPI Applicards for the Apple // ? They're nice, and I would like to get a spare since my Xeroxes have found a new home. Regards, rcs ------------------------------ Date: 22 Jun 92 12:21:47 GMT From: psinntp!arrl.org@uunet.uu.net (Bart Jahnke) Subject: Televideo TPC II CP/M Portable PC for sale Message-ID: <193@arrl.org> Televideo TPC II Portable PC For Sale. It operates under CP/M. It is self contained with built-in 9" amber monitor, 2 - 342 kb 5-1/4" floppies and a keyboard (which attaches to cover the monitor and floppies during transport. I have some software including Wordstar and Uniform (muti-format disk read/write utility) with the package. First $195 takes it -- I'll pay shipping. please respond to "bjahnke@arrl.org" N 73, Bart KB9NM +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Bart J. Jahnke, KB9NM | USENET: bjahnke@arrlhq.org Manager, ARRL Volunteer | GEnie: ARRL.HQ Examiner Program | BIX: ARRL ARRL VEC Dept. | PRODIGY: MGTS39A (c/o Luck Hurder) 225 Main St | MCI ID: 215-5052 Newington, CT 06111 | CompuServe: 70007,3373 Voice (203) 666-1541 | America On-Line: ARRL HQ FAX (203) 665-7531 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- * Listings of Examination Opportunities -- bi-weekly postings * Volunteer Examining procedures - ARRL VE Manual * Support and Instruction for Volunteer Examiners - Coordinating Exams * Member, National Conference of VECs Question Pool Committee * Information on what's required to become an Amateur Radio licensee * Contributing Editor - QST Magazine - Exam Info column * On-the-air interests: VHF/UHF/SHF SSB/CW Weak Signal Operating and Contests *eof ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jun 92 02:02:33 GMT From: vuse.vanderbilt.edu!krish@uunet.uu.net (P Krishnan) Subject: Turbo Pascal for CP/M Message-ID: <1992Jun24.020233.24854@vuse.vanderbilt.edu> Hi, Does anyone know if Borland still sells Turbo Pascal (ver 3 at least) for CP/M? If they don't, is anybody willing to sell it to me, provided it is legal? Please reply by e-mail. Thanks -- --Krish ------------------------------ Date: 26 Jun 92 01:05:46 GMT From: agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!uwm.edu!ogicse!news.u.washington.edu!milton.u.washington.edu!bperigo@ucbvax. (Bob Perigo) Subject: TV 803H disk and docs needed. Message-ID: <1992Jun26.010546.12962@u.washington.edu> I just got this TeleVideo 803H without boot floppies or literature. I run a bbs on a trs16 that I'd like to move to this better looking machine. Can you provide cpm 2.2 boot disks with drive tables that will handle the Quantum 2080 now setup as 8 8MB drives? I'd also need the pinouts of that SASI like db15 connector on back by the serial, printer and mouse ports. Will it also need a Dallas clock chip or does it already have a clock and is that Mostec uart more trouble than my 16's z80sio? It would be great to see some C source for dealing with that interupt handling IO. Please reply or log to my Babel. -- I'm bperigo@u.washington.edu and you're welcome to / _ babble on BABEL my BBS @ 206-363-8969 or call me @ /_)/_) 206-367-4433 between 8am-8pm Seattle time or write / Bob Perigo, Mail Stop SM-28, UW, Seattle, WA 98155 ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #56 ************************************ 27-Jun-92 23:20:20-MDT,9245;000000000000 Return-Path: Date: Sat, 27 Jun 92 23:15:15 MDT From: INFO-CPM-REQUEST@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Reply-To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Subject: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #57 To: INFO-CPM@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL Message-ID: <920627231516.V92N57@WSMR-SIMTEL20.ARMY.MIL> INFO-CPM Digest Sat, 27 Jun 92 Volume 92 : Issue 57 Today's Topics: Extremely basic newbie questions help with compupro (3 msgs) Is there a good archiving tool ? Re: help with compupro Televideo TPC II CP/M Portable PC For Sale ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: 27 Jun 92 04:06:17 GMT From: portal!cup.portal.com!Chris_F_Chiesa@uunet.uu.net Subject: Extremely basic newbie questions Message-ID: <61164@cup.portal.com> Hi. I've been programming and using a variety of computers for at least the last twelve years, but have never had occasion to become involved with CP/M, until very recently the stars and planets aligned and, well, here I am. To wit, a friend's Commodore 128 has a "Z-80 side" that can run CP/M. I have a CP/M emulator for my Amiga. We share a Z80 Microprocessor Reference Manual that I've had since 1982 and have used exactly once. So we've both got CP/M and a rudiment of Z80 programming reference, and we're curious what can be done with CP/M and how we might write programs for it. Neither of us currently know ANYTHING WHATSOEVER about CP/M except for its name and that "it's an operating system." My questions, then, are these: 1) How does a person typically develop programs for CP/M? What languages, makes/versions of text editors, compilers, and assemblers are there, and is there any that's considered a "standard?" Anything PD? 2) How would I go about placing any of these tools onto my Amiga CP/M emu- lator or my friend's C=128 "Z80 side"? Again, are there any "standards?" Is everyone still using XMODEM, which I understand was developed under CP/M as a "standard" file transfer protocol, way back when. 3) What does the CP/M programming interface consist of? I presume since "CP/M is an operating system," one makes calls to standard routines to perform I/O, set/get system/device/etc. information, and so on. What operations, and what kinds of operations, exist, and how does one access them? I don't really know enough to ask any more questions than these, but this is obviously just the tip of an iceberg. I've already subscribed to comp.os.cpm here, but Portal imposes a delay of a day or so before I can actually use the newsreader on a new newsgroup, so if you reply to this be- fore about June 28 I might not see it; please e-mail even if you also post. Thanks in advance, Chris Chiesa Chris_F_Chiesa@cup.portal.com ------------------------------ Date: 27 Jun 92 05:56:45 GMT From: uunet.ca!canrem!dosgate![paul.tucker%canrem.com]@uunet.uu.net (paul tucker) Subject: help with compupro Message-ID: <1992Jun27.1042.2578@dosgate> -> in <1992Jun21.050746.29457@wuecl.wustl.edu> Tony Leong sez about the -> Compupro 816: -> If anyone has manuals or documentation I'd gladly pay for a copy and -> shipping. I'd probably need a copy of the boot disks too. I worked on this type of system for a client for some time, and it was still in operating condition when he shut it down. I believe he has an 80 meg drive installed along with tape backup. There are also 5 Televideo 925 terminals (if my memory is still intact) Send me your phone number and one of us will get Back to you with the complete system specs, and availability of manuals, etc. Cheers Paul.Tucker@canrem.com or CIS 71520,571 --- Space.... for rent -- Canada Remote Systems - Toronto, Ontario/Detroit, MI World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044 ------------------------------ Date: 27 Jun 92 05:56:45 GMT From: uunet.ca!canrem!dosgate![blair.groves%canrem.com]@uunet.uu.net (blair groves) Subject: help with compupro Message-ID: <1992Jun27.1042.2579@dosgate> Hi Paul, your message has to be pre-formatted to be read by the Usenet Gateway, then it will make it onto The Internet. Like this: the first line has the "to: user@host.site.organisation", then a blank line after that, and then you can type your message. Pretend the next line is really line #1. to: paul.tucker@canrem.com Beginning of your message text.... I wasn't too sure of it for a while, but after being reminded by other users in the Usenet conferences, and getting reply mail back, it's really useful. Oh yeah, you have to check conference 104 (usenet replies), for messages that are sent to you directly as E-Mail, rather than the others that you see here, that are News messages. /B/ .........TTYS!! -- Canada Remote Systems - Toronto, Ontario/Detroit, MI World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044 ------------------------------ Date: 27 Jun 92 19:25:01 GMT From: uunet.ca!canrem!dosgate![paul.tucker%canrem.com]@uunet.uu.net (paul tucker) Subject: help with compupro Message-ID: <1992Jun27.1042.2583@dosgate> Quite true for private mail, but I posted it as a public message. That's the way it works for Usenet, but if this is Internet and the rules are different, then that's something else altogether. I'll ask the powers, and see. Paul -- Canada Remote Systems - Toronto, Ontario/Detroit, MI World's Largest PCBOARD System - 416-629-7000/629-7044 ------------------------------ Date: 26 Jun 92 19:11:34 GMT From: mcsun!uknet!mucs!cns!prg@uunet.uu.net (Peter Green) Subject: Is there a good archiving tool ? Message-ID: <1992Jun26.191134.4687@cns.umist.ac.uk> Is there a public domain archiving tool for CP/M that compresses files as they are inserted in the archive ? I am helping out a friend who is starting out with a CP/M system but myself come from a DOS background. He is working on a system with a allocation blocksize of 4K and many of his files are typically 3K of WordStar text and so he reaches the directory entries limit of 128 files with only 30% of the disk used. Thanks in advance. Peter Green. -- Peter R. Green ------- Tel:+44 61 200 4738 ---- Fax:+44 61 200 4019 ----------- JANET: prg@uk.ac.umist.cns INTERNET: prg%cns.umist.ac.uk@nsf-relay.ac.uk POST: Lab A16, Main Bldg., UMIST University, PO Box 88, Manchester, UK ----------------------- #include ---------------------------- ------------------------------ Date: 28 Jun 92 04:37:11 GMT From: world!bmarcum@decwrl.dec.com (Bill Marcum) Subject: Re: help with compupro Message-ID: In article <1992Jun27.1042.2583@dosgate> "paul tucker" writes: >Quite true for private mail, but I posted it as a public message. >That's the way it works for Usenet, but if this is Internet and the >rules are different, then that's something else altogether. > Both of your messages made it onto the net, so you were right. The "To:" line is not needed. Bill Marcum bmarcum@world.std.com ------------------------------ Date: 24 Jun 92 12:11:35 GMT From: psinntp!arrl.org@uunet.uu.net (Bart Jahnke) Subject: Televideo TPC II CP/M Portable PC For Sale Message-ID: <199@arrl.org> I have a Televideo TPC II portable PC for sale. It operates under CP/M. Has built-in amber monitor and two 342 kb 5.25" floppy drives, all in a portable package (the keyboard attaches as a cover to close the unit for transport). Comes with WORDSTAR, UNIFORM (disk read/write utility that permits reading and writing to IBM formatted diskettes) and other assorted software. ********* $195 or best offer (shipping negotiable) *********** --Call me days at (203) 666-1541 x251 ask for Bart or Email to "bjahnke@arrl.org" 73, Bart KB9NM +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Bart J. Jahnke, KB9NM | USENET: bjahnke@arrlhq.org Manager, ARRL Volunteer | GEnie: ARRL.HQ Examiner Program | BIX: ARRL ARRL VEC Dept. | PRODIGY: MGTS39A (c/o Luck Hurder) 225 Main St | MCI ID: 215-5052 Newington, CT 06111 | CompuServe: 70007,3373 Voice (203) 666-1541 | America On-Line: ARRL HQ FAX (203) 665-7531 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- * Listings of Examination Opportunities -- bi-weekly postings * Volunteer Examining procedures - ARRL VE Manual * Support and Instruction for Volunteer Examiners - Coordinating Exams * Member, National Conference of VECs Question Pool Committee * Information on what's required to become an Amateur Radio licensee * Contributing Editor - QST Magazine - Exam Info column * On-the-air interests: VHF/UHF/SHF SSB/CW Weak Signal Operating and Contests *eof ------------------------------ End of INFO-CPM Digest V92 Issue #57 ************************************