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INFO-CPM Digest             Tue,  4 Aug 92       Volume 92 : Issue   79

Today's Topics:
                   HARDWARE help on Osborne needed
                 Re: Basis 108/Apple II CP/M (3 msgs)
 Re: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #78 (Re: CPM boot disk for NEC 8801 wanted)
                          Re: z800? (2 msgs)
                     TRS80 Model 4P Drive Jumpers
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Date: 31 Jul 92 21:46:37 GMT
From: MOZART.AERO.UFL.EDU![e-mail]
Subject: HARDWARE help on Osborne needed
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    I know that this may not be the best place to talk about this,
but is the only one I know, so here it is:  I have an Osborne Executive
which seems to have a problem that does not allow it to read its disks.
 In fact, the drive whirls for some time and it prints an error message
(boot error?).  Any suggestions of what should I do?

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Date: 1 Aug 92 00:35:36 GMT
From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!mips!pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!ijpc![e-mail]  (Ian Justman)
Subject: Re: Basis 108/Apple II CP/M
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (John Sullivan) writes:

> I recently picked up a old system called a Basis 108.  It apparently
> is a West-German manufactured Apple II clone with a built in Z80.
> This system will boot AppleDOS and Microsoft Softcard CP/M (CP/M
> for the Apple II with a Z80 "softcard".)

Yep, that is a nicely-built machine.  Messed with one extensively
one summer 8 years ago.

> The motherboard in this beast has built in serial/parallel connectors.
> However, booting under Microsoft Softcard CP/M does not recognize the
> existence of these ports.

The serial port is nothing more than a 6551 addressed at Slot 1's
addresses.  I'd have to consult the docs (if the organization who
owned it still has it) for the parallel port.

> I assume that this version of CP/M is looking
> for serial/parallel ports in the general Apple card slots (which are empty)
> and not wherever in memory the built-in ports are located.  The only
> solution I can come up with is to either A) find a Basis-specific CP/M
> boot disk or B) to come up with some schematics and try and hack the
> Microsoft CP/M that I have.

Like I said, if the organization which owned the Basis 108 I
used still has it, I will see about getting schematics.  No
guarantees, though.

> Also, I have a real Apple II with a Z80 card that I am planning to use
> to run CP/M (this system works fine - serial and parallel ports all
> work.)  Does anyone have any general advice about this type of system?

My biggest piece of advice is make sure that the serial card that
you use has a 6551 ACIA.  The 6850 gave me no end of pain on the
cards I have it on.

> For people who want to get mess around with CP/M hacking, the AppleII/Z80
> combo seems like a very cheap system.  I've seen Apples priced as low
> as $25-$50, and Z80 cards as low as $3-$10.

Good system.  I must agree.  I started messing with computers
with such a system.

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Date: 3 Aug 92 19:40:32 GMT
From: haven.umd.edu!wam.umd.edu![e-mail]  (Alberto Alejandro Perez-Pulido)
Subject: Re: Basis 108/Apple II CP/M
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I want to get into cp/m
does anybody know of a computer that I can get for a reasonable price?
any suggestions?
any body uot there has a nice machine running cp/m that don't need
anymore?
drop me a line!

--
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Alec Perez                     "Why won't you kill me Harlock...?"
[e-mail]                 Queen Laffresia (SP Harlock)
[e-mail]

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Date: 3 Aug 92 16:01:32 GMT
From: cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!mips!darwin.sura.net!Sirius.dfn.de!tubsibr![e-mail]  (Mario Klebsch DG1AM)
Subject: Re: Basis 108/Apple II CP/M
Message-ID: <mkl.712857692@dagobert>

[e-mail] (Ian Justman) writes:

>[e-mail] (John Sullivan) writes:

>> I recently picked up a old system called a Basis 108.  It apparently
>> is a West-German manufactured Apple II clone with a built in Z80.
>> This system will boot AppleDOS and Microsoft Softcard CP/M (CP/M
>> for the Apple II with a Z80 "softcard".)

>Yep, that is a nicely-built machine.  Messed with one extensively
>one summer 8 years ago.

I liked if verry much too.

>> The motherboard in this beast has built in serial/parallel connectors.
>> However, booting under Microsoft Softcard CP/M does not recognize the
>> existence of these ports.
>> I assume that this version of CP/M is looking
>> for serial/parallel ports in the general Apple card slots (which are empty)
>> and not wherever in memory the built-in ports are located.  The only
>> solution I can come up with is to either A) find a Basis-specific CP/M
>> boot disk or B) to come up with some schematics and try and hack the
>> Microsoft CP/M that I have.

There was a Patch Disk which was delivered with the Basis 108. On that disk there
was a program to modify the OS-disks from Apple and the DIFF's as a HEX-dump.
The Patch-program took the HEX-dump and modified the bytes in the System.
The most important Patches had to deal with the 80 Chars display, which was absolute
incompatible to any 80 chars display I saw for the Apple II. As far as I remember
it was quite easy to apply those patches. I hope you can get them somewere, but I
think they are copyrighted.

PS: I think that Patch-disk was readable with DOS 3.3, UCSD-Pascal and CP/M,
    but was not able to boot at all.

Mario                        [e-mail]

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Date: Sat, 1 Aug 92 11:10:51 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Don Maslin)
Subject: Re: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #78 (Re: CPM boot disk for NEC 8801 wanted)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

If Helmut Jungkunz will email me so that I have a valid address, I think that
I can help out.

UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd ucsd nosc}!crash!pnet01!donm
ARPA: crash!pnet01![e-mail]
INET: [e-mail]

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Date: 2 Aug 92 12:21:26 GMT
From: noc.near.net!ds5000![e-mail]  (Barbara Nostrand)
Subject: Re: z800?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have a spec sheet for the z800 somewhere so I suppose a bunch of them
were made, I think that I may even have seen a price for the things but
I never held one.

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Date: 4 Aug 92 05:09:26 GMT
From: panix![e-mail]  (Jeff Jonas)
Subject: Re: z800?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Barbara Nostrand) writes:
>
>I have a spec sheet for the z800 somewhere so I suppose a bunch of them
>were made, I think that I may even have seen a price for the things but
>I never held one.

I too have the "preliminary" spec sheets for the Z800 and Z80,000.
I doubt they went very far.
I recall hearing that the Z800 was done in NMOS and the Z180
replaced it, being CMOS.
I used to chat with Steve Ciarcia and crew at the Trenton Computer shows.
I admitted that I am a Zilog fan and wished that he had used the
Zilog chip instead of the Hitachi.
He too lamented Zilog's lack of availability and higher price,
thus the Hitachi part was more available and attractively priced.

I still have several Z80 systems ready to run.
I'll post about them when I'm ready to rejuvinate those projects.

- Jeffrey Jonas
[e-mail]

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Date: 31 Jul 92 04:47:13 GMT
From: csus.edu!csusac!sactoh0!antares![e-mail]  (Roger Barth)
Subject: TRS80 Model 4P Drive Jumpers
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I was asked to get a TRS80 Model 4P that was a $20 garage sale
special working.  It appears that the owner swapped the drives
and changed the jumper settings in trying to get the system
working.  I diagnosed the problem as a bad switching supply and
now have the supply working.

The problem now is that on power up, one of the drives turns on
for a while and then a

CASS?

is displayed on the screen.  I have not seen any reference to
the CASS? in the manual.  After hitting the return a couple of
times the system goes into BASIC.

The spacebar also does not seem to work on the keyboard.  Can
anyone out there please tell me the proper disk drive jumper settings
and which is drive 0 and drive 1 (upper and lower)?  I seem to
have the CPM disks for the system also, but I can't get any disk
to boot.

Thanks,

Roger
--
Roger Barth - Cameron Park, California USA              Coherent 3.2
neptons![e-mail]                 916-677-9771 (voice)
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INFO-CPM Digest             Wed,  5 Aug 92       Volume 92 : Issue   80

Today's Topics:
                               address
             For sale: 15mb HD, 8" floppy, SSDD floppies
             Re: HARDWARE help on Osborne needed (2 msgs)
                          Re: z800? (3 msgs)
                         TRS-80 Model 4P....
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Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 15:07 EDT
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    I seem to have misplaced the correct address to use for a message
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Date: 5 Aug 92 13:53:01 GMT
From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!kuhub.cc.ukans.edu![e-mail]
Subject: For sale: 15mb HD, 8" floppy, SSDD floppies
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have the following items for sale.  Everything is in working order, except
where specified.  Buyer pays shipping cost.

CMI 5619 15mb full-height hard disk. $45

Two 5 1/4" SSDD floppy drives (180k) $Make offer

8" floppy drive, Tandon 801.  $Make offer

Okidata ML92 printer, works fine, with manual.  $50

I'm willing to consider trades.  Looking for 65mb RLL drive, case for external
5 1/4" half-height drive, 9600 baud modem, or let me know what you have.

Please respond by e-mail.
--
                    --- Richard

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|  Manager, Technical Services     Internet: [e-mail]       |
|  The University of Kansas        Fax:      [phone]              |
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|  Lawrence, Kansas 66045                                                     |
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Date: 4 Aug 92 20:50:37 GMT
From: MOZART.AERO.UFL.EDU![e-mail]
Subject: Re: HARDWARE help on Osborne needed
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

>     If you are lucky, the drives are just dirty.  Try to clean
> them with a disk drive cleaning kit.  If you are unlucky, the disk
> drives are out of alignment.

    What about when they are dirty but after being cleaned they
still not working?

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Date: 5 Aug 92 12:51:26 GMT
From: MOZART.AERO.UFL.EDU![e-mail]
Subject: Re: HARDWARE help on Osborne needed
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

> |    I know that this may not be the best place to talk about this,
> |but is the only one I know, so here it is:  I have an Osborne Executive
> |which seems to have a problem that does not allow it to read its disks.
> | In fact, the drive whirls for some time and it prints an error message
> |(boot error?).  Any suggestions of what should I do?

> I've got an Exec too but it's not easy to guess what the problem is.
> Maybe the drive is out of alignment. Try swapping the drives and see
> if the other drive is any better.

    I will be trying that probably tomorrow.   BTW, if I have to
how to align those drives?

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Date: 4 Aug 92 16:12:16 GMT
From: zephyr.ens.tek.com!wrgate!amadeus![e-mail]  (Don Kirkpatrick)
Subject: Re: z800?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Jeff Jonas) writes:
>In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Barbara Nostrand) writes:
>>
>>I have a spec sheet for the z800 somewhere so I suppose a bunch of them
>>were made, I think that I may even have seen a price for the things but
>>I never held one.
>
>I too have the "preliminary" spec sheets for the Z800 and Z80,000.
>I doubt they went very far.
>I recall hearing that the Z800 was done in NMOS and the Z180
>replaced it, being CMOS.

The z800 was started in NMOS but changed to a CMOS design when it
became apparent that NMOS was a dead end. Along the way, Hitachi came
out with the z180 and Zilog became a second source for that part. About
this time, Zilog realized the z80,000 (and their z8000) would never be
a hit. They decided to climb on the z180 bandwagon by renaming the
z800 as z280. The z280 has been available since 1989. I know, I
upgraded my CPM system to one over 2 years ago.

--
    -Don Kirkpatrick ([e-mail])
        UUCP:    ...!uunet!tektronix!wrgate.wr.tek.com!donk
        ARPA:    <[e-mail]>

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Date: 4 Aug 92 16:45:31 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!sdd.hp.com!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!daffodil!wyvern![e-mail]  (Joe Wright)
Subject: Re: z800?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Jeff Jonas) writes:
: In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Barbara Nostrand) writes:
: >
: >I have a spec sheet for the z800 somewhere so I suppose a bunch of them
: >were made, I think that I may even have seen a price for the things but
: >I never held one.
:
: I too have the "preliminary" spec sheets for the Z800 and Z80,000.
: I doubt they went very far.
: I recall hearing that the Z800 was done in NMOS and the Z180
: replaced it, being CMOS.
: I used to chat with Steve Ciarcia and crew at the Trenton Computer shows.
: I admitted that I am a Zilog fan and wished that he had used the
: Zilog chip instead of the Hitachi.
: He too lamented Zilog's lack of availability and higher price,
: thus the Hitachi part was more available and attractively priced.
:
: I still have several Z80 systems ready to run.
: I'll post about them when I'm ready to rejuvinate those projects.
:
: - Jeffrey Jonas
: [e-mail]

Not exactly.  Zilog did indeed have a z8000 (not 80,000).  The stillborn
z800 became the z280, not the z180.  The hd64180 was an independent
development by Hitachi.  When Zilog and Hitachi made a deal for
Hitachi to make the z280 (z800) Hitachi agreed to let Zilog make the
64180 and call it a z180.

--
Joe Wright  [e-mail]

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Date: 4 Aug 92 21:57:18 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu![e-mail]  (CP/M lives!)
Subject: Re: z800?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]>, [e-mail] (Joe Wright) writes:
> Not exactly.  Zilog did indeed have a z8000 (not 80,000).

The Z80,000 was Zilog's ill-fated 32-bit processor. The last I heard about
it (many years ago) was that Zilog was going to change its target market
to the military. Presumably it never got done.

Roger Ivie
[e-mail]

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Date: Tue, 4 Aug 92 22:03:36 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Etop Udoh)
Subject: TRS-80 Model 4P....
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

hi,


    I also have a model 4P and the service manual for it, not to mention
quite a few hacks for it....
    also have contacts with clubs that still sell software and hardware
for this series of tandy computers....
 your problem sounds like maybe the drives are hooked up wrong, or bad
keyboard with the break key jammed forcing it into basic mode as opposed
to system mode....
  email me directly for more info...
--
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:    1112 Hudson Rd.               Southern College of Technology   :
:    Marietta, Ga 30060                   Marietta, Georgia         :
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:      Abandon all hope ye who have entered  " CYBERSPACE "         :
:...................................................................:

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INFO-CPM Digest             Sat,  8 Aug 92       Volume 92 : Issue   81

Today's Topics:
           '180 programmers'/tech reference manuals wanted
                      Large Hard Drives for sale
                 Looking for CP/M PLUS (3.0) Manuals
     Re: '180 programmers'/tech reference manuals wanted (2 msgs)
                         Re: converting files
                              trs-80 4P
                          VECTOR 3 for sale
                          video adapter....
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Date: 6 Aug 92 04:56:59 GMT
From: psinntp!blkbox![e-mail]  (John D. Baker)
Subject: '180 programmers'/tech reference manuals wanted
Message-ID: <1992Aug06.045659.17702@blkbox>

Where may I write to obtain programmers' reference materials for
either the Hitachi HD64180 or the Zilog Z80180?

I'd like a U.S. address for Hitachi if possible as I have an HD64180-
based system.
Also, what is Zilog's address.  Failing Hitachi, I'll ask Zilog for the Z80180
reference manuals/data sheet.

Better yet, If anyone out there has an extra or knows who else I might
contact to get ahold of this information, please send me email, or
post if anyone else might be interested in this kind of thing.

Of course ordinary programming is similar to the Z80 except that instruction
timing is different, but I'm also interested in using the internal '180 devices
so I need info on those.

Thanks.

John D. Baker  ->An Apple 3.5", 5.25", 8", HD5.25" CardZ180 Z-System nut//
Internet:  [e-mail]            [e-mail]
UUCP:      nuchat!blkbox!jdb8042         ...!taronga!jdbaker
BBSs:  JOHN BAKER on Z-Node #45 [[phone]],
The Vector Board [[phone]], PIC of the Mid-Town [[phone]]
Karnage: "I am certainly very happy for you, but--WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"

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Date: 6 Aug 92 18:58:26 GMT
From: cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!network.ucsd.edu!cogsci!crl![e-mail]  (Jeff Chamberlain)
Subject: Large Hard Drives for sale
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have 2 large hard drives for sale:

Fujitsu 680MB, brand new, 16ms access, SCSI, 4.5 year warranty,
    available as a bare drive or in a new desktop
    enclosure with power supply, fan, and all cables.
    Price: $1179 bare drive, $1299 desktop.

Seagate 613MB wren-5, brand new, 15.5 access, SCSI, 1 year warranty,
    available as a bare drive or in a new desktop
    enclosure with power supply, fan, and all cables.
    Price: $1349 bare drive, $1489 desktop.


If any questions, I'd be happy to talk to you. E-mail to [e-mail]
or call [phone] between 9am-6pm PST. Thanks!

                    -Jeff

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Date: 7 Aug 92 05:42:16 GMT
From: pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!antares![e-mail]  (Roger Barth)
Subject: Looking for CP/M PLUS (3.0) Manuals
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hi,

I was given a TRS80 Model 4 that was found at a Garage sale with
all disks for both the TRSDOS and CP/M 3.0, but only the manuals
for the TRSDOS.  Does anyone out there have a CP/M PLUS manual
they are willing to part with?  I will pay postage+.  Please give
send me mail if interested.

I am quite familiar with CP/M 2.2, but the 3.0 is new.

Roger
--
Roger Barth - Cameron Park, California USA              Coherent 3.2
neptons![e-mail]                 916-677-9771 (voice)
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Date: 7 Aug 92 15:48:40 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu![e-mail]  (CP/M lives!)
Subject: Re: '180 programmers'/tech reference manuals wanted
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <1992Aug06.045659.17702@blkbox>, jdb8042@blkbox (John D. Baker) writes:
> Where may I write to obtain programmers' reference materials for
> either the Hitachi HD64180 or the Zilog Z80180?

My HD64180 book says:

    Hitachi America, Ltd.
    Semiconductor & IC Division
    2210 O'Toole Ave.
    San Joes, CA  95131
    [phone]

Roger Ivie
[e-mail]

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Date: 7 Aug 92 21:55:32 GMT
From: van-bc!rsoft!agate!dog.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Re: '180 programmers'/tech reference manuals wanted
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <1992Aug06.045659.17702@blkbox>, jdb8042@blkbox (John D. Baker) writes:
> Where may I write to obtain programmers' reference materials for
> either the Hitachi HD64180 or the Zilog Z80180?
>
> I'd like a U.S. address for Hitachi if possible as I have an HD64180-
> based system.
> Also, what is Zilog's address.  Failing Hitachi, I'll ask Zilog for the Z80180
> reference manuals/data sheet.
>
> Better yet, If anyone out there has an extra or knows who else I might
> contact to get ahold of this information, please send me email, or
> post if anyone else might be interested in this kind of thing.
>
> Of course ordinary programming is similar to the Z80 except that instruction
> timing is different, but I'm also interested in using the internal '180 devices
> so I need info on those.
>
> Thanks.
>
> John D. Baker  ->An Apple 3.5", 5.25", 8", HD5.25" CardZ180 Z-System nut//


Try checking your phone book under Electronic Equipment & Supplies.
The ones in this area are Hall-Mark Electronic Corp, Kimball Electronics inc,
Marshall Electronics, Milgray Electronics, etc...
Find the rep for Hitachi and they should have or be able to get these books:

    HD64180 8-bit High Integration CMOS Microprocessor User's Manual
    #U77
    October, 1985 (Couldn't find an 88 version)

    HD64180 8-bit Microprocessor Hardware Manual
    #U77
    January, 1988

    HD64180 Series 8-bit Microprocessor Programming Manual
    #U92
    January, 1988

The Programming Manual and Users Manual were most usefull to me.

James Diffendaffer

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Date: 7 Aug 92 05:50:46 GMT
From: pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!antares![e-mail]  (Roger Barth)
Subject: Re: converting files
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Otto Tennant) writes:
>
> You want the shareware program 22DISK, which can be found at SIMTEL
> mirrors as "msdos/dskutl/22dsk138.zip".  PC hardware cannot read old
> single-density Osborne disks, but it can read double densities.
> 22DISK knows about an enormous number of diskette formats.
>
> There are also several emulators, if you need to temporarily execute
> Z80 programs on your PC.

22DISK for reading various disk formats and 22NICE, an emulator were
written by a company called SYDEX in Sunnyvale, California, USA.  The
company seems to be out of business since the phones are no longer
connected.  Can anyone tell me if SYDEX or the 22DISK author is still
in business?

Thanks....
--
Roger Barth - Cameron Park, California USA              Coherent 3.2
neptons![e-mail]                 916-677-9771 (voice)
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Date: 7 Aug 92 02:05:00 GMT
From: sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!venus.tamu.edu![e-mail]  (ECKHARDT, JASON LEE)
Subject: trs-80 4P
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

  I'm in need of a vt-100 emulator or ansi emulator for a trs-80
model 4p running cp/m +.
  Also where can I find other 4p software?

Thanks, jason.
[e-mail]

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Date: 6 Aug 92 16:25:36 GMT
From: att!news.cs.indiana.edu!bsu-cs![e-mail]  (Chris Ellington)
Subject: VECTOR 3 for sale
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have an old VECTOR-3 S-100 CP/M system for sale.  Make an offer.

Hardware included is a monitor, keyboard, CPU, 600k hard-sectored floppy,
10M hard disk.  I have CP/M 2.22, BASIC, Memorite III, Execu Plan II,
conect, Dbase 2.3, plus about 40 floppies with various software.  I bought
the system for my fiancee to word process with, and she has graduated so I
really don't need this anymore.  The system has 1 ser/1 parallel port &
I think I've got cables for them.  Everything works well.  Once again,
make an offer.  I'd like to see something in the $100 range, but
make an offer anyway.

--
Chris Ellington
Ball State University
[e-mail]

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Date: Thu, 6 Aug 92 23:39:05 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Etop Udoh)
Subject: video adapter....
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

sorry to barge in....
   desperately in need of tech help....

  trying to convert a composite video connector (RCA) to an IBM 9 pin...
does anyone know the schematics required for the conversion ????
--
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:    Etop Udoh                             [e-mail]            :
:    1112 Hudson Rd.               Southern College of Technology   :
:    Marietta, Ga 30060                   Marietta, Georgia         :
:                                                                   :
:      Abandon all hope ye who have entered  " CYBERSPACE "         :
:...................................................................:

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INFO-CPM Digest             Thu, 13 Aug 92       Volume 92 : Issue   82

Today's Topics:
                      ARK V1.1 Problem - Help ?
                     question for kaypro experts
                         Re: converting files
                   Re: question for kaypro experts
                           Re: z800/z80000
                                Sydex
                   TRS-80 Model III CP/M?  TRSDOS?
                   WANTED: tool for Epson   P X - 8
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Date: 11 Aug 92 10:33:44 GMT
From: mcsun!uknet!mucs!nessie![e-mail]  (Pete Green)
Subject: ARK V1.1 Problem - Help ?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I recently downloaded ARK V1.1 from a mirror archive of Simtel-20 and have
been using the program to compress WordStar document files and save myself
some disk space.

I hit a problem when I tried to archive a disk containing 128 files (the
maximum number of entries for the CP/M format I am using - Gemini QDDS). All
went well for the first 64 files. Instead of 'Adding' the next file to the
archive ARK started 'Updating' an earlier file in the directory !  There
followed a long list of 'Updating' files.

Is there a fix for this problem ?


Many thanks,

Peter Green.



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Date: 11 Aug 92 15:07:59 GMT
From: snorkelwacker.mit.edu!paperboy.osf.org!hsdndev!cfa203!cfaitamp2.harvard.edu![e-mail]  (James Babb)
Subject: question for kaypro experts
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Here is a question for Kaypro experts.


I have a Kaypro 2, ROM 81-292. It has 2 drives and 2 serial ports.
The only software I have is a "wordstar and mailmerge" disk,
which works fine in the machine, and I can use "dir", but do
not have "format" or "copy". So, I figured I need a system disk of some sort.

So, I ordered a system disk from Don Maslin, who keeps the CPM archives.
Don sent me two disks DSDD, the system (cpm 2.2g) and a comm program disk, MEX.

There is a problem.  The machine can not boot off of the system disk.
Also my machine does not show anything on the disks!

If I load the mailmerge disk, I can use the dir commmand.  It
shows for the cpm disk something like....

A0>dir a:
A:  :   :   :
A:  :   :   :
A:  :   :   :
A:  :   :   :
A:  :   :   :
A:  :   :   :
A:  :   :   :
A:  :   :   :

and for the MEX disk
A0>dir a:
A:

The machine cannot use the system disk.
It hangs and all I get on the screen is
                 *Kaypro*
A

Any experts recognize this?  Is it a disk format problem?
It looks like dir sees something on the disk, but can't give
the directory.

Thanks for any help in advance.
Jim Babb
[e-mail]

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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 1992 06:42:57 PDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: converting files
Message-ID: <"10-Aug-92  9:42:57 EDT".*[e-mail]>

> The company seems to be out of business since the phones are no
> longer connected.  Can anyone tell me if SYDEX or the 22DISK
> author is still in business?

Nope, they just moved.  If I remember, I'll bring in their address tomorrow.
Just a short while ago, I sent out a note on 22DISK, 22NICE, and ANADISK ...
Shareware from SYDEX which is of interest to CP/M'ers.

I don't have a copy of that note anymore, but it included their new address and
telephone number, a short description of the programs (from SYDEX's README
file) and the new cost for the programs (they went up $5 to $15).

                ~ Mike  ([e-mail])

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Date: 11 Aug 92 22:17:45 GMT
From: yuma!lamar![e-mail]  (Mike Richichi)
Subject: Re: question for kaypro experts
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (James  Babb) writes:
>Here is a question for Kaypro experts.
>
>
>I have a Kaypro 2, ROM 81-292. It has 2 drives and 2 serial ports.
>The only software I have is a "wordstar and mailmerge" disk,
>which works fine in the machine, and I can use "dir", but do
>not have "format" or "copy". So, I figured I need a system disk of some sort.
>
>So, I ordered a system disk from Don Maslin, who keeps the CPM archives.
>Don sent me two disks DSDD, the system (cpm 2.2g) and a comm program disk, MEX.
>
>There is a problem.  The machine can not boot off of the system disk.
>Also my machine does not show anything on the disks!

I think the problem is the system disks you have.  A Kaypro 2 of that
vintage (I think that rom is probably one of the first, what's the
serial # on your machine?) is definitely SSDD disks.
>
>If I load the mailmerge disk, I can use the dir commmand.  It
>shows for the cpm disk something like....
>
>A0>dir a:
>A:  :   :   :
>A:  :   :   :
>A:  :   :   :
>A:  :   :   :
>A:  :   :   :
>A:  :   :   :
>A:  :   :   :
>A:  :   :   :
>
>and for the MEX disk
>A0>dir a:
>A:
>

Yeah, I seem to remember something like that being the sign of trying to
use double-sided disks in the machine.

Go back to Don and tell him you need single sided disks.  CP/M 3.3 fits
just fine on 2 191 K disks (but you really only need one to boot, the
other is just additional utilities.)  It's an honest mistake--later
models called Kaypro 2 have double-sided drives, however the Kaypro II
(which is most likely what you have) does not.

I might be able to help you out, but I haven't booted my Kaypro in
months and am not sure it's still working.  Changes are Don's a better
shot anyway.  Good luck.


------------
Mike Richichi, Dept. of Physics, Colorado State Univ.
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Date: 9 Aug 92 08:22:03 GMT
From: math.fu-berlin.de!zrz.tu-berlin.de!cs.tu-berlin.de!fauern!LRZnews!regent![e-mail]  (Michael Hermann)
Subject: Re: z800/z80000
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Joe Wright) writes:

>[e-mail] (Jeff Jonas) writes:
>:
>: I too have the "preliminary" spec sheets for the Z800 and Z80,000.
>: I doubt they went very far.
>: I recall hearing that the Z800 was done in NMOS and the Z180
>: replaced it, being CMOS.
>: ....

>Not exactly.  Zilog did indeed have a z8000 (not 80,000).  The stillborn
>z800 became the z280, not the z180.  The hd64180 was an independent
>development by Hitachi.  When Zilog and Hitachi made a deal for
>Hitachi to make the z280 (z800) Hitachi agreed to let Zilog make the
>64180 and call it a z180.

>--
>Joe Wright  [e-mail]

I didn't know that Hitachi actually makes Z280's. Z180 is based
on HD64180, but has some minor changes to make it more compatible
to the Z80-interrupt scheme (easy connection to Z80 peripherals).

Z80,000 was the processor I wanted to go with after my Z8001. But
as the years went by nothing showed up until at a local university
booth a Zilog-speaker said, that they had actually done some chips.
But they consumed too much power (NMOS, then) and they didn't know
if the NMOS-parts would ever get ready for the masses.

A while ago I read about two new developements, th Z16C00 and the
Z320. When I asked Zilog, they told me that Z16C00 is compatible
to Z8000 but CMOS. I don't have any data on it, maybe it uses
fewer clocks for some instructions.
Z320 was claimed to be their Z80,000 in CMOS, but I have no data
either. If it is Z80,000 as the 1984 tech. man. defines it, it
would be too slow to be useful.

Michael

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Date: Mon, 10 Aug 92 09:58:33 -0400
From: Jay Sage <[e-mail]>
Subject: Sydex
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Roger Barth wrote:

>> 22DISK for reading various disk formats and 22NICE, an emulator were
>> written by a company called SYDEX in Sunnyvale, California, USA.  The
>> company seems to be out of business since the phones are no longer
>> connected.  Can anyone tell me if SYDEX or the 22DISK author is still
>> in business?

They absolutely are still in business and still producing excellent software

(22DISK and 22NICE are just two products among many).  It's just that they

have moved to Oregon, and there are still lots of old copies of the

shareware around with the old address and phone number.  Here is the new

information:

        Sydex
        P.O. Box 5700
        Eugene, OR  97405
        Voice:  503-683-6033
        FAX:    [phone]
        Data:   503-683-1385

I'm sending them $25 today for their AnaDisk program.  Stick a CP/M disk in

your machine and get a complete report on how it is set up: sides, sector

sizes, skew.  Look at any track or sector.  It's like the standard CP/M disk

utility programs except that it works with diskettes in just about any

format.  And it can make a duplicate of just about anything you throw its

way.  Sydex is definitely a company that deserves our support.

-- Jay Sage


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Date: 8 Aug 92 22:15:58 GMT
From: charon.amdahl.com!amdahl!JUTS!cd.amdahl.com![e-mail]  (John Sullivan)
Subject: TRS-80 Model III CP/M?  TRSDOS?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I`m looking for CP/M for the TRS-80 Model III, a Z80 based
machine with 48K and two floppy drives.  Is there anyone out there
who still uses one of these beasts?  Do you have TRSDOS for it
also?

--
John Sullivan, Engineer/Computer Development.   Email: [e-mail].
Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA.               Phone: [phone].

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Date: 9 Aug 92 14:54:36 GMT
From: sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!nigel.msen.com!math.fu-berlin.de!news.netmbx.de!Germany.EU.net!Urmel.Informatik.RWTH-Aachen.DE!tolkien.imsd.rwth-aachen.de![e-mail]  (Joachim Glaubrecht #Alwd#)
Subject: WANTED: tool for Epson   P X - 8
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

hi,

does anyone know, if there is a FTP-site with tools for
Epsons PX-8 CPM-"Laptop" ?

ANY hint is wellcome!


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INFO-CPM Digest             Sun, 16 Aug 92       Volume 92 : Issue   83

Today's Topics:
                             Connectivity
                         network-os_boot_rom
                  public domain C application code?
             Re: TRS-80 Model III CP/M?  TRSDOS? (3 msgs)
                        Re: video adapter....
                            SYDEX address.
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Date: 14 Aug 92 19:21:49 GMT
From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!bu.edu!transfer![e-mail]  (Lonnie Filbrun)
Subject: Connectivity
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello & Greetings!

Well.... I now have my Kaypro II and Osbourne Executive up and running
 (Thanks to Don Maslin!)

But I have a small question.

Is there a program out there which would let me use one (or both) of the
above machines connected to my IBM PC via rs-232c possibly via modem to allow
using the PC's harddrive for storage/retrieval?

----( begin dream here )------
What I wish is a program which would be transparent to the CPM Machine, and
maybe run in the back ground (tsr) on the PC.
I guess I would settle for a good ftp program or something also.
----( end dream here )------

last question:

I've ftp'ed alot of files which I thought were text but when I looked at them
they look like they are compressed. All the files end in .azt for example:
cpm-cc07.azt
Could someone tell me how/what_to_use to extract them?

            Thanks,

                -LonNiX-

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Date: 12 Aug 92 18:20:06 GMT
From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uunet.ca!canrem!dosgate![blair.groves%canrem.com]@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (blair groves)
Subject: network-os_boot_rom
Message-ID: <1992Aug12.1042.2757@dosgate>

I need some assistance from the Net on the following:

  I am looking for E-Mail replies from anyone that has any CBIS
  Network-OS boot ROMS for the TeleVideo RS-422 interface for IBM
  compatible computers.

  Anyone that has spare cards for TeleVideo's Remote Workstation
  Processor (RWP), otherwise known as the TS-800R... I need two cards,
  or as many as anyone can locate.

  Anyone who has worked with Network-OS and has discovered a method of
  connecting two TS-806's or TS-816's to transfer files via RS-422.

  Anyone that has ZMP working on the TeleVideo TS-803 or TS-803H.


Much thanks to all who reply!

Blair.
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Date: Fri, 14 Aug 92 10:14:35 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Curt Schroeder)
Subject: public domain C application code?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

The McDonnell Douglas Recreational Computer Club's CP/M SIG has recently
discovered the possible existance of public domain C application code in the
CPMUG collection.  Is it true that from about Volume 93 on, all the CPMUG
volumes are C application source code?

Any information on where these volumes can be located (either by mail from a
public domain software company or by FTP from a CP/M archive site) would be
most appreciated.

Just when we thought we had a complete archive library...

Thanks in advance for your help!

Curt

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Date: 11 Aug 92 05:41:11 GMT
From: coyote![e-mail]  (harry kight)
Subject: Re: TRS-80 Model III CP/M?  TRSDOS?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (John Sullivan) writes:

> I`m looking for CP/M for the TRS-80 Model III, a Z80 based
> machine with 48K and two floppy drives.  Is there anyone out there
> who still uses one of these beasts?  Do you have TRSDOS for it
> also?
>
> --
> John Sullivan, Engineer/Computer Development.   Email: [e-mail].
> Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA.               Phone: [phone].


To use CP/M 2.2 on a Model III, you'll need a "Holmes Vid-80" board or its
equivalent. "Holmes" has been out of business for a number of years, but
someone may be willing to sell you the necessary hardware. If I remember
correctly, "Holmes" also sold a version of CP/M 2.2 that worked with its
hardware...  :)  Good Luck!

---Gramps
[e-mail]

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Date: 14 Aug 92 17:09:00 GMT
From: agate!spool.mu.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!umn.edu!epx.cis.umn.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Re: TRS-80 Model III CP/M?  TRSDOS?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Roger Barth) writes:
>[e-mail] (John Sullivan) writes:
>> I`m looking for CP/M for the TRS-80 Model III, a Z80 based
>> machine with 48K and two floppy drives.  Is there anyone out there
>> who still uses one of these beasts?  Do you have TRSDOS for it
>> also?
>>
>> --
>> John Sullivan, Engineer/Computer Development.   Email: [e-mail].
>> Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA.               Phone: [phone].
>
>I also need the CP/M 2.2 for both a model 4 and a model III.  Does
>anyone have the address of FOG in Davis?  I lost the last mailer,
>but they used to stock various disks.
>
>--
>Roger Barth - Cameron Park, California USA              Coherent 3.2
>neptons![e-mail]                 916-677-9771 (voice)
>--------------------------------------------------------------------

I need CP/M for TRS80 Model 4, and for a Cromemco Z-2 i think. I have a
8" DS/DD floppy that claims to be CP/M 2.2 for Cromemco, but there
doesnt seem to be much on the disk. Its the 64K version. At the very
least i need some way to download some of the CP/M software from
wsmr-simtel20.army.mil into the Cromemco (i just repaired its power supply
last night, and amazingly enough it works!). A little noisy, but it works...

-Lawrence (I was wounded by a PDP8 last month!) LeMay
 [e-mail]

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Date: 13 Aug 92 06:44:09 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!network.ucsd.edu!pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!antares![e-mail]  (Roger Barth)
Subject: Re: TRS-80 Model III CP/M?  TRSDOS?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (John Sullivan) writes:
> I`m looking for CP/M for the TRS-80 Model III, a Z80 based
> machine with 48K and two floppy drives.  Is there anyone out there
> who still uses one of these beasts?  Do you have TRSDOS for it
> also?
>
> --
> John Sullivan, Engineer/Computer Development.   Email: [e-mail].
> Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA.               Phone: [phone].

I also need the CP/M 2.2 for both a model 4 and a model III.  Does
anyone have the address of FOG in Davis?  I lost the last mailer,
but they used to stock various disks.

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neptons![e-mail]                 916-677-9771 (voice)
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Date: 9 Aug 92 19:22:00 GMT
From: csus.edu!csusac!sactoh0!ijpc![e-mail]  (Ian Justman)
Subject: Re: video adapter....
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Etop Udoh) writes:

> sorry to barge in....
>    desperately in need of tech help....
>
>   trying to convert a composite video connector (RCA) to an IBM 9 pin...
> does anyone know the schematics required for the conversion ????


If you are trying to do it at the RCA jack level, you can't.  (As
far as I know)  You have to actually tear the equipment apart,
and you will probably have to use a CGA monitor because it's
designed to be operated at NTSC scan rates.

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Date: 13 Aug 92 04:39:05 GMT
From: blkbox.com![e-mail]  ("John D. Baker")
Subject: SYDEX address.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Sydex moved to Eugene, Oregon a while ago.  I tracked them down when I wanted
to register the latest version of 22NICE (incl. 2DISK).

The new Address/Ph. # is:

     SYDEX
     P.O. Box 5700
     Eugene, OR 97405
     [phone]  (Voice)
     [phone]  (FAX)
     [phone]  (BBS)

I use 22DISK regularly and 22NICE every so often and I really
like them.

Enjoy!

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INFO-CPM Digest             Tue, 18 Aug 92       Volume 92 : Issue   84

Today's Topics:
                   Amstrad word processor -- groan.
            C128/CPM FILES ON GCR FORMAT TO CPM MFM FORMAT
                            cpm_3_manuals
                Looking for Hard Drive for Epson QX-10
          Re: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #81 (Re: converting files)
                        Re: Z-System (2 msgs)
                               Z-System
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Date: 17 Aug 92 14:29:20 GMT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Amstrad word processor -- groan.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    I had hoped that this message would be a final one of thanks,
to all the people who had given me various advice about my old Amstrad
word processor; the delay was due to the long time it took to obtain
the proper 3.5 disk drive.
    I hooked things up as instructed, and turned on the switch, only
to get absolutely nothing.  I have taken the beast even further apart than
it was before I tried adding the 2nd drive; still -- nothing.
    The trouble seems to be that the 5 volt output is about 3 volts,
and the 12 volt output is about 5; the 24 volts is ok.  There is no raster;
I suspect there is no high voltage on the CRT (I can't hear it); and the
voltages there are something I do not like to even get near.
    So, on an outside chance, if anyone has access to the schematic
of the power supply-video board of an Amstrad, I will pay you to make
a copy.  I suspect that the diagram is basically the same for all models;
mine was a PCW8256 (or was it? I took all the stuff home from work).
    Also, maybe someone can answer this question.  In normal operation,
does the CRT require a signal coming back from the computer board before
it starts operating?  If so, can I trick it into operation?  (I am trying
to find out if the high voltage supply of the CRT is what is loading
down the power supply.)
--
Brendan Welch, UMass/Lowell, W1LPG,  [e-mail]

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Date: 17 Aug 92 04:30:38 GMT
From: cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu![e-mail]  (William P. Maloney)
Subject: C128/CPM FILES ON GCR FORMAT TO CPM MFM FORMAT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

    I received some CPM files from [e-mail].  They are
binary-uuencoded files.  I uudecoded them to ????????.LIB files, and
????????.ark files.  I didn't have any trouble de-arcing the 'ark' files,
but can't find any program for the 'lib' files.  Can someone help me out
on this?

    In fact the index of the CPM/C128 archived files have a number of
tails that are unfamiliar to me e.g., .dzc,.aqm,.rsx,.irv,.rsp, etc....
Also, since I downloaded these files into a GCR CBM formatted disk what do
I have to do to get these on my MFM CPM disk?

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Date: 15 Aug 92 03:43:04 GMT
From: uunet.ca!canrem!dosgate![blair.groves%canrem.com]@uunet.uu.net  (blair groves)
Subject: cpm_3_manuals
Message-ID: <1992Aug14.1042.2770@dosgate>

to: [e-mail]

Hi Roger, the Net got confused with my first message to you about the
CP/M 3.0 Manuals, so here goes again.... I have a set in the origional
Digital Research binders, that I can part with... they are worth $25 to
me. Please E-mail me to let me know if this is OK or not. Thanks!

Blair
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Date: 14 Aug 92 20:59:17 GMT
From: stanford.edu!rock!concert!glv![e-mail]  (Chris Carpenter)
Subject: Looking for Hard Drive for Epson QX-10
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I'm looking for a hard-drive (+ controller card) that will work with my Epson
QX-10 (circa 1983).  I'm running Valdocs III (uses TPM-III) and would need a
card that works with those drivers.

Does anyone have any clues?

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Date: Sun, 16 Aug 92 16:24:07 PDT
From: [e-mail] (Don Maslin)
Subject: Re: INFO-CPM Digest V92 #81 (Re: converting files)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Sydex, the author of 22DISK and other very useful utilities is still very much
much in business.  However, they have relocated to Oregon.  They can be
reached at:

              Sydex
              P.O. Box 5700
              Eugene, OR  97405
              Voice:  (503)  683-6033
              FAX:    (503)  683-1622
              Data:   (503)  683-1385


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INET: [e-mail]

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Date: 17 Aug 92 19:08:11 GMT
From: [e-mail] (Bill Opalka)
Subject: Re: Z-System
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

>>Are there any of you CP/M types out there that still don't know
>>or use the Z-System?  Since 1988, NZCOM and Z3PLUS have left
>>old 2.2 and 3.0 systems for dead!  And you can still get them!

Yes, I for one don't use Z-System for a couple of reasons.  First,
it takes away memory from an already memory starved system.  Second,
when it comes to my CPM based systems I'm cheap and I don't want to
spend any more money on them. Finally,  I have Z3Plus but my
CPM+ board on my Heath system went south so I'm back to using plain vanilla
CPM V2.2.  Maybe when I get the CPM+ board back in operation, I'll run
Z3Plus but until then I can't see investing in any more Z-System stuff.
Now don't get me wrong, when I used Z3Plus, I was very please with it.
It had some nice functions that I didn't find in any other operation system,
and the memory requirement on a Z3Plus system weren't outrageous.

Unfortunately, I'm being dragged into the PC world.  I've bought some neat
pieces of software and I think knowing the PC world is not a bad idea.
Like it or not, we may all have some sort of PC system sitting in our
houses. I still use my Z80 systems from time to time.  My son
enjoys banging on the keyboard and I still write some programs using
MODULA-2 but as far as spending any more money on my old system, I'm
pretty hard pressed to do so.

Regards,


/Bill

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Date: 17 Aug 92 18:22:31 GMT
From: pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!antares![e-mail]  (Roger Barth)
Subject: Re: Z-System
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Joe Wright) writes:
> Are there any of you CP/M types out there that still don't know
> or use the Z-System?  Since 1988, NZCOM and Z3PLUS have left
> old 2.2 and 3.0 systems for dead!  And you can still get them!
>
>
> --
> Joe Wright  [e-mail]

Yes, many of us know about the Z-system, but when you have converted
mostly to DOS and the CP/M systems exist only for solving problems
others are having or for bringing up non-working systems, there is
little to upgrade for.  I really do not want to learn a new interface
this late in the game.

--
Roger Barth - Cameron Park, California USA              Coherent 3.2
neptons![e-mail]                 916-677-9771 (voice)
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Date: 15 Aug 92 04:10:19 GMT
From: daffodil!wyvern![e-mail]  (Joe Wright)
Subject: Z-System
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Are there any of you CP/M types out there that still don't know
or use the Z-System?  Since 1988, NZCOM and Z3PLUS have left
old 2.2 and 3.0 systems for dead!  And you can still get them!


--
Joe Wright  [e-mail]

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INFO-CPM Digest             Wed, 19 Aug 92       Volume 92 : Issue   85

Today's Topics:
                        c128/cpm files on gcr
                   H89 emulation software for MSDOS
     Re: C128/CPM FILES ON GCR FORMAT TO CPM MFM FORMAT (3 msgs)
                 Re: H89 emulation software for MSDOS
                        vt52 or 100 emulation
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 18 Aug 92 18:37:19 GMT
From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uunet.ca!canrem!dosgate![ray.whidden%canrem.com]@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU  (ray whidden)
Subject: c128/cpm files on gcr
Message-ID: <1992Aug18.1042.2784@dosgate>

In an article from William P. Maloney:

WP> I received some CPM files from [e-mail].  They are
WP>binary-uuencoded files.  I uudecoded them to ????????.LIB files, and
WP>????????.ark files.  I didn't have any trouble de-arcing the 'ark' files,
WP>but can't find any program for the 'lib' files.  Can someone help me out
WP>on this?

I believe .LIB files were use with the ASseMbler/LINK editor.

WP> In fact the index of the CPM/C128 archived files have a number of
WP>tails that are unfamiliar to me e.g., .dzc,.aqm,.rsx,.irv,.rsp, etc....
WP>Also, since I downloaded these files into a GCR CBM formatted disk what do
WP>I have to do to get these on my MFM CPM disk?

dzc is a compressed DOC file (look for UNCR24 or later; handles xqx, xzx, etc),
aqm is compressed ASM file, rsx is CP/M 3.0 Resident EXtension file like DOS
TSR (I think), but I haven't previously seen irv and rsp files.

To move files from GCR to MFM disk, you can use the built in MFM formats for
IBM, Osborne, Kaypro and others or use M.Garamzhegy's J'ggler128 which
allowed you to format/read/write many other CP/M MFM formats.  Or if you want
MS-DOS MFM, use DOSDISK.  Format the MFM disk first then COPY/PIP the file from
GCR to MFM.

Regards, Ray

Internet: [e-mail] : RIME    : ->CRS : 46 Campania Crescent,
UUCP: canrem!ray.whidden FidoNet: 1:250/632 : Scarborough, Ontario M1V 2E9

 * DeLuxe2 1.21 #4419 * If it ain't broke yet, let me have a crack at it!
--
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Date: 18 Aug 92 14:51:12 GMT
From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!news.Vanderbilt.Edu!sdvsun1.cc.vanderbilt.edu![e-mail]  (Wally Siddiqui)
Subject: H89 emulation software for MSDOS
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hello,

    I was wondering if anyone out there knows of a software
package that would allow a MSDOS (or even Unix) based box
emulate a H89A well enough where CP/M would run on it.  (don't
laugh).

                    Thanks!

                        Wally Siddiqui

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Date: 17 Aug 92 17:35:42 GMT
From: cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!daffodil!wyvern![e-mail]  (Joe Wright)
Subject: Re: C128/CPM FILES ON GCR FORMAT TO CPM MFM FORMAT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (William P. Maloney) writes:
:
:     I received some CPM files from [e-mail].  They are
: binary-uuencoded files.  I uudecoded them to ????????.LIB files, and
: ????????.ark files.  I didn't have any trouble de-arcing the 'ark' files,
: but can't find any program for the 'lib' files.  Can someone help me out
: on this?
:
:     In fact the index of the CPM/C128 archived files have a number of
: tails that are unfamiliar to me e.g., .dzc,.aqm,.rsx,.irv,.rsp, etc....
: Also, since I downloaded these files into a GCR CBM formatted disk what do
: I have to do to get these on my MFM CPM disk?

I suggest the LIB files are probably LBR files.  You will need something
like LU or NULU to extract their members.  .?z? files are crunched.  Use
UNCRUNCH on them.  ?q? files are squeezed.  Use USQ on them.  Dunno about
the others.

I don't know about the C128 GCR -> MFM conversion but stay tuned.
Somebody here will tell you.  There is more than one C128 out there.

--
Joe Wright  [e-mail]

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Date: 18 Aug 92 22:32:46 GMT
From: europa.asd.contel.com!emory!athena.cs.uga.edu![e-mail]  (Robb Holmes)
Subject: Re: C128/CPM FILES ON GCR FORMAT TO CPM MFM FORMAT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (William P. Maloney) writes:
>Also, since I downloaded these files into a GCR CBM formatted disk what do
>I have to do to get these on my MFM CPM disk?

Before you can do anything else, you need a program that will run in C128
native mode, and will copy your CP/M files over to a CP/M disk.  There's
a program callled Crosslink (or Xlink) that will do this, although its
capabilities are limited.

Once you have Xlink, you should also get a program called RDCBM and transfer
it to a CP/M disk, along with the necessary utility to extract the files.
(You'll probably find it in the form of RDCBM21.LBR, which requires a
de-library utility, as well as an unsqueezer.)

RRDCBM will allow you to read those Commodore native GCR disks while you're
running CP/M, but it only works with a 1541 or 1571 drive.  If you have a
1581, you're out of luck.  Unless....!

Unless you have a 1750 or compatible (512K or larger) REU.  I have a program
called xfer2reu, which runs in 128 native mode, and will transfer files
from a Commodore disk to the CP/M ramdisk, formatting the ramdisk if
necessary.  So far as I know, it works with any CBM drive.  However, it
only works with a 1750 or clone, not with 1700 (unless it's been upgraded
to 512K), and certainly not with QBB, RamLink, RamDrive, GeoRam, or any
other type of ram expansion.

XFER2REU is not entirely bug-free, so it's properly still in the beta-testing
stage.  However, it does work quite well most of the time for me.  I've
had some difficulties making it work properly for someone who has a very
early 128, so I can't guarantee it would work for you.

However, I'll be happy to email a uu-encoded copy of it to anyone who's
interested.  Please reply, if possible, to this address:

[e-mail]

I'll also respond to requests emailed to my bitnet addres, rholmes@uga,
but it may take longer.
-------
Robb Holmes  WUGA-FM  Ga. Center for Continuing Ed.  Univ. of Georgia
[e-mail]  [e-mail]  bitnet:rholmes@uga
Signaturally challenged.

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Date: 19 Aug 92 01:21:37 GMT
From: zephyr.ens.tek.com!shaman!pogo![e-mail]  (Rick Clements)
Subject: Re: C128/CPM FILES ON GCR FORMAT TO CPM MFM FORMAT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Joe Wright) writes:
>I don't know about the C128 GCR -> MFM conversion but stay tuned.
>Somebody here will tell you.  There is more than one C128 out there.

There are programs for formating disks in MFM formats.  I haven't used them.

First, you need a 1571 for 5.25" disks.  Or, a 1581 for 3.5" disks.  The 1541
drive WON'T handle MFM disks.

There are serveral MFM formats built into CP/M on the C128.  There are also
programs for extending the list.  (I've never used them either.)  But once
you get or make an MFM disk, you can use PIP to transfer the files.
--
Rick Clements ([e-mail])

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Date: 18 Aug 92 19:30:20 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!network.ucsd.edu!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!destroyer!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!ersys![e-mail]  (Dave McCrady)
Subject: Re: H89 emulation software for MSDOS
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Wally Siddiqui) writes:

-
- Hello,
-
-     I was wondering if anyone out there knows of a software
- package that would allow a MSDOS (or even Unix) based box
- emulate a H89A well enough where CP/M would run on it.  (don't
- laugh).
-                         Wally Siddiqui


  Yup. Z80MU is a Z80-CP/M 2.2 emulator that seems to work quite well.
Shareware, but the registration fee is kind of steep .. $150.

  Listed on SIMTEL as:

          PD1:<MSDOS.EMULATORS>Z80MU52B.ARC

  It should also be available from a BBS near you ...

Dave McCrady              [e-mail]

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Date: 19 Aug 92 06:46:00 GMT
From: tamsun.tamu.edu!zeus.tamu.edu![e-mail]  (ECKHARDT, JASON LEE)
Subject: vt52 or 100 emulation
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

  Looking for a VT52 or VT100 emulation program for a TRS-80 Mod. 4p .
CPM + or TRS-DOS.

  Jason.... [e-mail]

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INFO-CPM Digest             Fri, 21 Aug 92       Volume 92 : Issue   86

Today's Topics:
               Disk Drive alignment disk & software....
               Old CP/M Computer (Zorba) parts for sale
          Re: C128/CPM FILES ON GCR FORMAT TO CPM MFM FORMAT
                      Re: vt52 or 100 emulation
                        Re: Z-System (2 msgs)
Reading MFM disks in 1541 (was Re: C128/CPM FILES ON GCR FORMAT TO CPM MFM FORMAT)
                               simtel?
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 21:17:17 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Etop Udoh)
Subject: Disk Drive alignment disk & software....
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

 hi,


    I'm looking for disk alignment software and also the alignment
diskette, specifically for a 5'1/4" quad-density 80 track 96 tpi drive...
 The software can be under either CP/M, MSDOS, or a Radio Shack TRSDOS
compatible operating system....

--
.....................................................................
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:    1112 Hudson Rd.               Southern College of Technology   :
:    Marietta, Ga 30060                   Marietta, Georgia         :
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Date: 20 Aug 92 15:40:25 GMT
From: interlan.InterLan.COM!rd1!rm1.interlan.com![e-mail]  (Michael Browner)
Subject: Old CP/M Computer (Zorba) parts for sale
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I am trying this one more time, I hate to throw this stuff out or stick it
into parts bin in the garage.

I know there are still some Zorba (old CP/M) machine owners out there.
I have some spare parts for a Zorba, sold mine a few years ago, anyway I
would like to clean out the closet and get rid of some of this stuff, so
no reasonable offer will be refused.  Just please make some type of offer.

Zorba mother board.  Partially populated, fully socketed.
With schematics and documentation (whatever I had when I got my machine).

Canon 2/3 height drive for a Zorba.  Can be used in a P.C., works fine.

Power supply for the Zorba.

For those of you attached to your machines here are those spare parts to keep
them running for a few more years.  For hobbyists here are some parts to
mess around with.

--
Michael Browner             [e-mail] or
[phone]                  [e-mail]
Racal-Milgo, MS E-112,
P.O.Box 407044, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33340

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Date: 19 Aug 92 06:32:19 GMT
From: access.usask.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca![e-mail]  (Dan Fandrich)
Subject: Re: C128/CPM FILES ON GCR FORMAT TO CPM MFM FORMAT
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Rick Clements) writes:
>First, you need a 1571 for 5.25" disks.  Or, a 1581 for 3.5" disks.  The 1541
>drive WON'T handle MFM disks.

...in the general case.  By adding a jumper on the 1541 circuit board to
selectively double the data clock rate, it's possible to read MFM disks.
The jumper doesn't affect normal 1541 operation in the slightest.  I did this
to prove it could be done, then went on to other things.  If someone is
interested in pursuing this further, I could put a package together of
relevant information.  Of course, I expect a hefty royalty when the Big Bucks
start coming in :-)

>>> Dan
--
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Date: 20 Aug 92 06:58:20 GMT
From: coyote![e-mail]  (harry kight)
Subject: Re: vt52 or 100 emulation
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (ECKHARDT, JASON LEE) writes:

>
>   Looking for a VT52 or VT100 emulation program for a TRS-80 Mod. 4p .
> CPM + or TRS-DOS.
>
>   Jason.... [e-mail]


Your VT-100 emulation problem will be solved by FTII458/LZH (TRSDOS 6.x)
communications software--- available from The DeadZone BBS (602-884-4314),
8N1, 2400/1200/300 "Baud," 24 Hours. (If you can't find it locally...)

---Gramps
[e-mail]

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Date: 18 Aug 92 02:32:42 GMT
From: infopiz!lupine!motcsd!udc!mcdphx!ennews!anasaz!qip![e-mail]  (Chad R. Larson)
Subject: Re: Z-System
Message-ID: <1992Aug18.023242.10534@anasaz>

In article <[e-mail]>
[e-mail] (Joe Wright) asks:
+---------------
| Are there any of you CP/M types out there that still don't know
| or use the Z-System?
+---------------
Well, I know about it, but I don't use it.

I have over a dozen CP/M systems, two of which get regular use (like,
daily).  Those systems run CP/M 3.1, right from Digital Research.

The rest run 2.2, whenever they get booted...

Why do you ask?

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

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Date: Thu, 20 Aug 92 09:22:12 -0500
From: [e-mail] (Curt Schroeder)
Subject: Re: Z-System
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

> Are there any of you CP/M types out there that still don't know
> or use the Z-System?  Since 1988, NZCOM and Z3PLUS have left
> old 2.2 and 3.0 systems for dead!  And you can still get them!

I once tried to install ZCPR3 on my Apple CP/M system, but it clobbered the
patch(es) that allow me to make full use of my Rana Elite II drive (360K vs
140K on a normal Apple 5.25" drive).  The disk space is more important.  I do
know that NZCOM is supposed to install on the Apple, but would it support my
Rana drive?  If you can prove to me that it can utilize my drive, I would be
motivated to try it.

Shade and sweet water,

Curt

Curt Schroeder | McDonnell Douglas Missile Systems Company      |
----------------------------------------------------------------|
These opinions are mine, mine, mine!  I  | [e-mail]  |
am not an instantiation of Std_Employee! | - Apple II Forever - |


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Date: 19 Aug 92 07:04:23 GMT
From: van-bc!ubc-cs!unixg.ubc.ca!kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca!access.usask.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca![e-mail]  (Dan Fandrich)
Subject: Reading MFM disks in 1541 (was Re: C128/CPM FILES ON GCR FORMAT TO CPM MFM FORMAT)
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Rick Clements) writes:
>First, you need a 1571 for 5.25" disks.  Or, a 1581 for 3.5" disks.  The 1541
>drive WON'T handle MFM disks.

...in the general case.  By adding a jumper on the 1541 circuit board to
selectively double the data clock rate, it's possible to read MFM disks,
including most CP/M formats as well as ISA machines.  The jumper doesn't
affect normal 1541 operation in the slightest.  I did this to prove it could
be done, then went on to other things.

If someone is interested in pursuing this further, I could put a package
together of relevant information and software (which consists of a routine
to read in a single MFM sector).  You'll have a blast if you like sparsely
commented machine code.  Of course, I expect a hefty royalty when the Big
Bucks start rolling in from your `Super Duper Dandy 1541 MFM Reader -- only
$39.95' program :-)

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

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Date: 19 Aug 92 17:47:00 GMT
From: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!zeus.tamu.edu![e-mail]  (ECKHARDT, JASON LEE)
Subject: simtel?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

  Can someone tell me what simtel is and howto access it?

thanks, jason. (reply email please.... [e-mail])

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INFO-CPM Digest             Mon, 24 Aug 92       Volume 92 : Issue   87

Today's Topics:
                        C compiler for trs-80
                         Epson PX-8 batteries
                   free 720k 5.25" Teac disk drive
               HELP - need to convert 3" Amstrad disks
                            Otrona Attache
                 Re: Amstrad word processor -- groan.
                             Re: Z-System
----------------------------------------------------------------------

Date: 24 Aug 92 03:56:00 GMT
From: tulane!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!tamsun.tamu.edu!venus.tamu.edu![e-mail]  (ECKHARDT, JASON LEE)
Subject: C compiler for trs-80
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

 Anyone know of a public domain 'C' compiler for TRS-80 model 4p with
CPM or TRSDOS?

Thanks jason....  [e-mail]

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Date: 24 Aug 92 01:42:52 GMT
From: olivea!mintaka.lcs.mit.edu!hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu![e-mail]  (Paul Prescott)
Subject: Epson PX-8 batteries
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I just replaced the original 1100 mAH battery pack in my PX-8 with one rated
1600 mAH.  I figured the increased capacity would be quite useful.
Unfortunately, the new pack fails to fully charge, even when left charging
for up to 18 hours.  Have any other PX-8 owners experienced anything similar?
Also, does anyone know if the PX-8 needs to be modified to charge the batteries
at a higher rate?  I know that charge rate is related to capacity.

Paul Prescott
[e-mail]

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Date: 23 Aug 92 19:29:41 GMT
From: catnip![e-mail]  (Andrew Scott Beals -- KC6SSS)
Subject: free 720k 5.25" Teac disk drive
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Free 720k 5.25" Teac disk drive - you pick up in San Jose.

No, it won't work with a PC, but it probably will work with
the appropriate CP/M machine.

Respond to this account, please.
--
Andrew Scott Beals [phone] any time                             KC6SSS
[e-mail]           ...!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."

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Date: 24 Aug 92 06:29:35 GMT
From: elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!grian![e-mail]  (Mike Morris)
Subject: HELP - need to convert 3" Amstrad disks
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

've got a friend who needs to convert about a dozen Amstrad PCW-series
disks with word processing files to Mac format.  Preferrably the word
processing info could be maintained to a common mac program - like
underlining, etc.  If that isn't possible, he's willing to have to do
some hand reformatting.

If anybody has the ability to do this please reply.  There is the
possibility of a few $ ...

--
Mike Morris   WA6ILQ   | This space intentionally left blank.
PO Box 1130            |
Arcadia, CA. 91077     | All opinions must be my own since nobody pays
818-447-7052 evenings  | me enough to be their mouthpiece...

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Date: 23 Aug 92 05:56:38 GMT
From: network.ucsd.edu!sdcc12![e-mail]  (Dave Mackie)
Subject: Otrona Attache
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I am looking for the video controller chip (CRT-5027) for the
Otrona Attache.  Either chips from personal stock or pointers to
sources for new (ha!) chips.
Data sheets on this chip would also be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

-dave
 [e-mail]           Internet
 70641.3141                 Compu$erve

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Date: 19 Aug 92 17:41:45 GMT
From: csus.edu!csusac!sactoh0!antares![e-mail]  (Roger Barth)
Subject: Re: Amstrad word processor -- groan.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] writes:
>     The trouble seems to be that the 5 volt output is about 3 volts,
> and the 12 volt output is about 5; the 24 volts is ok.  There is no raster;
> I suspect there is no high voltage on the CRT (I can't hear it); and the
> voltages there are something I do not like to even get near.

Try and unplugging the second drive and see if the supplies go back
to the proper values.  I suspect you are loading the supply.
Otherwise, look at the supply (I do not have one of these systems)
and see if there is a limiting resistor on the front end of the
swicher (close to the AC supply input) and look at its value.  You
can probably chop 20% off of the resistor value without hurting the
supply.  Any more and you  could be in trouble.

Good Luck...
--
Roger Barth - Cameron Park, California USA              Coherent 3.2
neptons![e-mail]                 916-677-9771 (voice)
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Date: 22 Aug 92 23:15:09 GMT
From: att!pacbell.com!pacbell!sactoh0!ijpc![e-mail]  (Ian Justman)
Subject: Re: Z-System
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

[e-mail] (Curt Schroeder) writes:

> I once tried to install ZCPR3 on my Apple CP/M system, but it clobbered the
> patch(es) that allow me to make full use of my Rana Elite II drive (360K vs
> 140K on a normal Apple 5.25" drive).  The disk space is more important.  I do
> know that NZCOM is supposed to install on the Apple, but would it support my
> Rana drive?  If you can prove to me that it can utilize my drive, I would be
> motivated to try it.

If those modifications are callable by the BIOS with regular BIOS
calls, or if you can make use of them through the BDOS, I don't
think you should have any problems.  Believe me; I know from
whence I speak.  I started on an Apple, and I had to hack CP/M in
order to make it work properly with our full ASCII keyboard (I
have an Apple II Plus with a MicroSwitch keyboard which, unlike
the Rev 4-equipped keyboards, can do all 128 characters, but the
lower- and uppercase characters were reversed, i.e. I had to hit
shift to get lowercase and vice-versa.  The routine was called by
the BIOS and it works just beautifully with anything.).  It
worked in Microsoft's CP/M and it worked just as well in Applied
Engineering's CP/AM (which, incidentally, boots just fine on a
non-Applied Engineering Z80 card, SO LONG AS IT IS MICROSOFT
SOFTCARD (---NOT--- SOFTCARD //E) COMPATIBLE.  And if you can
find a copy of AE's CP/AM, USE IT!!!!  IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM!!!

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INFO-CPM Digest             Fri, 28 Aug 92       Volume 92 : Issue   88

Today's Topics:
                   Access to Internet through CP/M
               Anyone ever heard of a tandem computer?
                   Can Softcard access Unidisk 3.5?
                     Compupro System 10 Software
                           my xerox crashed
                      Need Kaypro CPM Boot Disk.
                      Re: C compiler for trs-80
                       Re: Epson PX-8 batteries
                        Z80 language compilers
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Date: 25 Aug 92 15:38:41 GMT
From: dtix!darwin.sura.net!newshost.latech.edu!VM.CC.LATECH.EDU![e-mail]  (Eddie Blick)
Subject: Access to Internet through CP/M
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

     I've just begun using the Internet from my DOS machine linked to my univer
sity's mainframe at work. I would like to also be able to use it from home.
My problem is that my home machine is a Kaypro IV CP/M. I'm sure that I co
uld dial up and connect through the built-in modem.However, once I connected,
 I would not have the opportunity to use the function-key operations, since the
 Kaypro does not have function keys.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I might do?

Eddie Blick
Louisiana Tech University


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Date: 25 Aug 92 17:58:04 GMT
From: amethyst!organpipe.uug.arizona.edu!afthree.as.arizona.edu![e-mail]  (Thomas J. Trebisky)
Subject: Anyone ever heard of a tandem computer?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have bought several of these things at an auction.  They are Z80 based
with 32K of ram and 32K of rom (with who knows what in ROM).  Memory
mapped video, external cable to box with floppies. Keyboard direct to
motherboard.

Anyone ever used one of these or know anything about it?
--
    Tom Trebisky    [e-mail]
...."There's no sense in being precise when you don't even
.... know what you're talking about."
                       - John von Neumann

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Date: 27 Aug 92 20:20:42 GMT
From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!cs.ucf.edu!tarpit!bilver!jwt![e-mail]  (Austin Phelps)
Subject: Can Softcard access Unidisk 3.5?
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Has anyone tried to write a driver that will allow Apple CP/M v2.2 access
the Unidisk 3.5 disk drive?

Any info (obtaining, or hints of writing one) would be appriciated.

Austin C. Phelps                [e-mail]

"Let History Never Forget the Name Enterprise" Yesterday Enterprise

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Date: 25 Aug 92 15:44:14 GMT
From: agate!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!sample.eng.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!news.acns.nwu.edu!uicvm.uic.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Compupro System 10 Software
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I have a Compupro System 10 that I am looking for software for (Namely a
communications package and some sort of compiler (basic, C, anything)
-
Also, I have a few questions regarding the machine--
-
If anyone can assist me in any way, please reply...
-
Internet:  [e-mail]
Kenneth Ameika

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Date: 24 Aug 92 21:35:50 GMT
From: dog.ee.lbl.gov!hellgate.utah.edu!caen!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu![e-mail]  (Earl W Phillips)
Subject: my xerox crashed
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Ok, CP/M & Xerox 820IIg# gurus..{.{... help! I shipped my
xerox to a f{riend, he set it up AFTER unlocking the harddrive,
and it no longer boots or acces the hd. Upon {trying to boot{ from
it, it says "Table{s load error". Booting~r up from the
floppies works fine, but {does not access thehd from there.
What happened? Did UPS, in their usual carelessness, trash
my harddrive, even tho' I locked it down, and pac{ked
the box really well?

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Date: 25 Aug 92 20:32:09 GMT
From: csus.edu!netcom.com![e-mail]  (Steve A. Feinstein)
Subject: Need Kaypro CPM Boot Disk.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

My brother just picked up a Kaypro CPM system without any system
software at all.  Would some kind soul be willing to makes copies of a
bootable system so that he can put that machine to use as a word
processor.  Or if that's not possible, then how about a pointer to
where such a thing could be obtained.

Any such info would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.

--
  Steve A. Feinstein | [e-mail] | Now's your chance. I'm currently
360 Cowper Street #9 | [phone] | available for employment. If your
Palo Alto, CA  94301 |                | company is worthy of me, let me know!

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Date: 25 Aug 92 00:12:13 GMT
From: cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!world![e-mail]  (Bill Marcum)
Subject: Re: C compiler for trs-80
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

For CP/M, there's the Small-C compiler, which should be available from
simtel20.wsmr.army.mil , and I wouldn't be surprised if someone somewhere
has made a TRSDOS version of it.

Bill Marcum  [e-mail]

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Date: 25 Aug 92 03:11:38 GMT
From: usc!rpi!usenet.coe.montana.edu!nntp.uoregon.edu!cie.uoregon.edu![e-mail]  (Dave Cole)
Subject: Re: Epson PX-8 batteries
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

In article <[e-mail]> [e-mail] (Paul Prescott) writes:
>
>I just replaced the original 1100 mAH battery pack in my PX-8 with one rated
>1600 mAH.  I figured the increased capacity would be quite useful.
>Unfortunately, the new pack fails to fully charge, even when left charging
>for up to 18 hours.  Have any other PX-8 owners experienced anything similar?
>Also, does anyone know if the PX-8 needs to be modified to charge the batteries
>at a higher rate?  I know that charge rate is related to capacity.
>
>Paul Prescott
>[e-mail]


Paul,

  Having owned a PX-8, I understand your reasons for replacing the batteries.
I have also replaced them in my machine.  I was able to get them to a full
charge by letting them sit for over 20 hours.  They should charge to full,
just takes longer.  Leave them on charge till they get a bit warm.  Keep
track of how long it took for them to warm up a bit.  That is the time you
DO NOT want to exceed.  If they are still not charged, then the RS-232 port
may be turned on.  It stays on until turned off.  If you run MEX and fail
to kill the 232 port, the Ni-Cads, never reach full charge, because almost
no software turnes off the port.  It's in the book somewhere, but alas,
I have sold mine else I would look it up for you.

Dave

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Date: 28 Aug 92 05:46:30 GMT
From: munnari.oz.au!cs.mu.OZ.AU!mamura![e-mail]  (Marc Alexander)
Subject: Z80 language compilers
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Hi,

I'm looking for a/some high level language compilers for the z80 series
of processors, eg, C, Basic, whatever....

Preferably public domain or shareware, can anyone tell me where these
may be found and if they exist?

thanks in advance!

_Marc Alexander     [e-mail]   ph [phone]  fax [phone]_
_Electrical and Electronic Eng. Dept.     Melbourne University,   Australia_
 Animals can be driven crazy by placing too many in too small a pen.-R.A.H.
  Homo sapiens is the only animal that voluntarily does this to himself.

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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 92 19:15:14 MDT
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INFO-CPM Digest             Mon, 31 Aug 92       Volume 92 : Issue   89

Today's Topics:
                        720K 5-1/4" diskettes
                             CPM For Sale
                        Floppy drive database
                 FREE NS Horizon / Xerox 820 & stuff
                           Re: CPM For Sale
                      Re: Z80 language compilers
    WANTED: Bit shift method for XMODEM packet check sum. (2 msgs)
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 92 23:49:09 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Etop Udoh)
Subject: 720K 5-1/4" diskettes
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

hi,


  Does anyone know where I can buy 720k  5-1/4" DSDD 96tpi diskettes...
????????????????????????
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:    1112 Hudson Rd.               Southern College of Technology   :
:    Marietta, Ga 30060                   Marietta, Georgia         :
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:      Abandon all hope ye who have entered  " CYBERSPACE "         :
:...................................................................:

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Date: 30 Aug 92 16:16:31 GMT
From: infoserv!uonline![e-mail]  (ren_just)
Subject: CPM For Sale
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

The following items are for sale.  Don't flame if you think
the price isn't right.  Just make an offer of what you
think is fair.  Open to trades as well.  In particular
for a computer CD-ROM player, 386SX or better motherboards,
1MB SIPP RAM, hard drives...

MISC

  Cardinal 2400 Baud External Modem                     $   35
    Plain Hayes compatible (No FAX, MNP),  includes
    Procomm and Telix to get you started.  Good solid
    case like external Hayes Smartmodem.

  10 MB Full-Height Hard drive                          $   50
    includes 8 bit MFM controller card

  20 MB ST-225 drive                                    $   45
    A bit noisy, but works well.  Has button on it, so
    it should be RLLable.

  40 MB ST-251 drive                                    $   65
    Suffers from stiction.  Works reliably once going.

  42 MB Drive (Unsure of Mfg)                           $  100
    Runs great!  733 cyl, 7 hds.  Type 14 on most
    systems

  Morrow CP/M computer w/terminal                       $   20
    No floppies.  Worked however when last used.
    Also includes MS-DOS card, software, manuals

  Altos 580 CP/M computer w/terminal                    $   25
    Works.  With hard drive interface, OS, MP/M,
    manuals, etc.

I would like to sell these items to someone in the Bay Area
if possible, in particular for the larger items.  Buyer is
responsible for COD and shipping costs.  If you don't like
the price, *ASK*.  I tried to make them as reasonable as
possible, so don't flame me as I may not know what a fair
price is for some of the items.

Call at 707-664-0820 during the evening (preferable to call)
or email at uonline![e-mail]

Randy Just


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Date: Sun, 30 Aug 92 0:02:19 EDT
From: [e-mail] (Etop Udoh)
Subject: Floppy drive database
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

hi,


   Is there such as thing (like the harddrive database) as a floppy
drive database which list all known types of floppy drives, sizes,
and formatting capacities.....

   By the way, is there a way to get information on the jumper settings
of a shugart-465 80-track 720k/1.2M floppy drive ????

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:    1112 Hudson Rd.               Southern College of Technology   :
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:      Abandon all hope ye who have entered  " CYBERSPACE "         :
:...................................................................:

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Date: 29 Aug 92 13:55:37 GMT
From: haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!paladin.american.edu!auvm![e-mail]  (Jack McCarty)
Subject: FREE NS Horizon / Xerox 820 & stuff
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I am about to trash, and will give to the first to call, North Star Horizon

with 64K, 2 floppies, 4 Vector Graphic 8-port boards, lots of software

with documentation including MDBS (cost $3500).  + Xerox 820-II w/ 2 8"

floppies, no HD, lots of software.

If you are in the DC area come with a truck.  Otherwise I will ship it - you

pay shipping cost.  Otherwise it goes to the dumpster on Sept. 10.
Contact me by E-mail, or call [phone] work, [phone] home.

Jack

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Date: 31 Aug 92 16:09:25 GMT
From: agate!linus!linus.mitre.org!news.mitre.org![e-mail]  (Mason)
Subject: Re: CPM For Sale
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I might be interested in the Morrow, depending on cpu/terminal model.
My email to you bounces.

|Marc A. Mason        | The MITRE Corporation    |
|Technical Assistant    | Burlington Road          |
|UNIX Systems        | Bedford, Massachusetts   |
|(617)-271-7506        | 01730 ([e-mail])|
--
|Marc A. Mason        | The MITRE Corporation    |
|Technical Assistant    | Burlington Road          |
|UNIX Systems        | Bedford, Massachusetts   |
|(617)-271-7506        | 01730 ([e-mail])|

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Date: 28 Aug 92 16:51:54 GMT
From: ulowell!woods.ulowell.edu![e-mail]
Subject: Re: Z80 language compilers
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

> I'm looking for a/some high level language compilers for the z80 series
> of processors, eg, C, Basic, whatever....
I got Nevada Fortran for the DEC VT180 (Robin); it cost $30 US, 10 years ago,
which was (and still would be) a cheap price.
I believe Nevada has other languages, and that they were written for more
popular Z80 computers than the Robin.
--
Brendan Welch, UMass/Lowell, W1LPG,  [e-mail]

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Date: 30 Aug 92 19:57:44 GMT
From: leela!atlantis.CS.ORST.EDU![e-mail]  (Dean Youngquist)
Subject: WANTED: Bit shift method for XMODEM packet check sum.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

I'm looking for the bit shift method of obtaining the checksum used in the
XMODEM file transfer protocol.  I don't need any C or other high level
language code, and I already have the mathematical formula for obtaining
this sum but what I need is the fast way using registers in the 8088 CPU.


The reason I need this is that I'm trying to help out a friend with his BBS
system.  He does his own programming and since he is using an old XT for
a server and it handles multiple calls simultaneously, the poor machine
gets bogged down computing the checksum in a high level language (I don't
recall what language he is using, but it was something really obscure which
had excellent string handling capabilities.  Anyway he says the ting to do
is to put some numbers into the CPU reginsters directly, do some quick
shifting of something, and then out pops the checksum.  This would speed up
the system quite a bit I understand.

So if you have the CPU register method of getting the XMODEM checksum please
email it to me.

Thank you very much,

Dean Youngquist
FAX & Voice [phone]

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Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992  15:42 MDT
From: "Frank J. Wancho" <[e-mail]>
Subject: WANTED: Bit shift method for XMODEM packet check sum.
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>

Dean,

If you *really* meant "checksum," there is no algorithm - you simply
total the bytes of the packet and ignore the overflow, and the result
is the (8-bit) checksum.  But, nobody should be using "xmodem"
transfers with simple checksums; they should be using 16-bit CRCs at a
minimum.  (Idealy, they should be using the zmodem protocol with
32-bit CRCs.)

If you want to see how checksums and both types of CRCs are handled in
C, get a hold of a copy of the sources to RZ/SZ.  We have an anonymous
ftpable set in PD8:<MISC.ZMODEM> here.

--Frank

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