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CPM file access under Windows?
- Thread starter cavelamb
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RickNel
Veteran Member
Not clear exactly what you want to do. What format are the CP/M archives? Are they already on your XP system? How do you intend the Mini-80 to read them? Do you want to connect mini-80 to your XP system drives, or do you want to use the XP system for development of a standalone mini-80 with its own floppy drives? So many ways to skin this cat.
I like the AltairZ80 simulator for working with CP/M on a Windows platform and moving files between DOS and CP/M environments.
I like 22DISK for translating disk formats and r/w between DOS and non-DOS floppy disks.
If your archives are disk images such as IMD, then the disk layout will be preserved in the archive. Then it is a matter of establishing a boot program to configure whatever floppy drive controller you have on your Mini-80 so it can read the disks.
You may need to write a custom BIOS to suit the mini-80, if one has not already been written. BIOS.ASM is available in the archives and CP/M is very friendly to such customisation. Full documentation is available in several archives.
To load CP/M, you need a cold boot device (typically EPROM) that reads a BIOS or a chain-loader from Track 1 of a CP/M boot disk into high RAM, then jumps to RAM to complete CP/M boot.
Read up on CP/M and Z80 virtual environments - they are many and much documented.
Rick
I like the AltairZ80 simulator for working with CP/M on a Windows platform and moving files between DOS and CP/M environments.
I like 22DISK for translating disk formats and r/w between DOS and non-DOS floppy disks.
If your archives are disk images such as IMD, then the disk layout will be preserved in the archive. Then it is a matter of establishing a boot program to configure whatever floppy drive controller you have on your Mini-80 so it can read the disks.
You may need to write a custom BIOS to suit the mini-80, if one has not already been written. BIOS.ASM is available in the archives and CP/M is very friendly to such customisation. Full documentation is available in several archives.
To load CP/M, you need a cold boot device (typically EPROM) that reads a BIOS or a chain-loader from Track 1 of a CP/M boot disk into high RAM, then jumps to RAM to complete CP/M boot.
Read up on CP/M and Z80 virtual environments - they are many and much documented.
Rick
gslick
Veteran Member
Not sure if this might help you with what you might be trying to do, but you should take a look here:
http://www.cpm8680.com/cpmtools/index.htm
Introduction
Cpmtools is a suite of command line utilities which allow access to CP/M file systems. It is available on many platforms. This document is targetted at the use of the cpmtools Win32 executables at the Windows command prompt by Windows users who know how to use command line utilities and disk images and who may not wish to create cpmtools executables from source code... just to use them.
http://www.cpm8680.com/cpmtools/index.htm
Introduction
Cpmtools is a suite of command line utilities which allow access to CP/M file systems. It is available on many platforms. This document is targetted at the use of the cpmtools Win32 executables at the Windows command prompt by Windows users who know how to use command line utilities and disk images and who may not wish to create cpmtools executables from source code... just to use them.
Al Hartman
Veteran Member
I don't see a "Mini-80" on his pages. I do see a 9 Chip CP/M computer...
It DOES have a disk format. But, it doesn't work by sending disk images over. What you do is extract the programs from whatever disk you want to use on his computer, and send the individual programs down through the serial port using his transfer program.
Pretty simple, really.
It DOES have a disk format. But, it doesn't work by sending disk images over. What you do is extract the programs from whatever disk you want to use on his computer, and send the individual programs down through the serial port using his transfer program.
Pretty simple, really.
I think I just need to get the CP/M files so that I can handle them on the XP machine.
The Mini-80 uses an SD care for a disk, and it is formatted FAT 16.
But my files are archived - ARC type.
Just need something that can extract them. I think...
The Mini-80 uses an SD care for a disk, and it is formatted FAT 16.
But my files are archived - ARC type.
Just need something that can extract them. I think...
RickNel
Veteran Member
If the archive was made fairly recently, then http://freearc.org/ should provide a suitable free extraction tool for the Windows environment.
If these are very old archives made in a CP/M environment, then you might need one of the ARC utilities found on the Walnut Creek CDROM archive - compressed images are available in various places by searching.
Rick
If these are very old archives made in a CP/M environment, then you might need one of the ARC utilities found on the Walnut Creek CDROM archive - compressed images are available in various places by searching.
Rick
ldkraemer
Veteran Member
Most CP/M archives are likely .LBR, .ARC, .IMD, .DSK, .DMK, or .ZIP types. You are probably trying to access a .ARC or .LBR file first.
I created a posting years ago on how to do this at:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1801324&highlight=myz80
[HOWTO]: DOSBox
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=61888&p=359786&hilit=DOSBox#p359786
That should get you going.
Larry
I created a posting years ago on how to do this at:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1801324&highlight=myz80
[HOWTO]: DOSBox
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=61888&p=359786&hilit=DOSBox#p359786
That should get you going.
Larry
ldkraemer
Veteran Member
I forgot to include the names of the files needed for .LBR & .ARC files:
nsweep205.zip (newsweep.com)
nulu15.arc (nulu15.com)
Zip files can be handled with the typical Windows/Linux Software.
.IMD, .DSK, and .DMK will require additional software to view the contents.
Post what you need, and I'll look to see if I've already done that sort of thing.
Larry
nsweep205.zip (newsweep.com)
nulu15.arc (nulu15.com)
Zip files can be handled with the typical Windows/Linux Software.
.IMD, .DSK, and .DMK will require additional software to view the contents.
Post what you need, and I'll look to see if I've already done that sort of thing.
Larry
If the archive was made fairly recently, then http://freearc.org/ should provide a suitable free extraction tool for the Windows environment.
If these are very old archives made in a CP/M environment, then you might need one of the ARC utilities found on the Walnut Creek CDROM archive - compressed images are available in various places by searching.
Rick
They are kinda old, made back in the DOS days.
I couldn't remember the program names.
NewSweep and Nulu!
Yea team!
and thanks