On Saturday 01 October 2005 01:29 am, m ike wrote:
> On 9/30/05, Carl Lowenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I never heard of CPM image format, neither has Google.  But I have
> > learned tonight that the ACARD controller in our CD/DVD duplicator
> > will export files from the duplicator's internal hard drive to a drive
> > on the host computer, using its USB connection.  By actual trial, I
> > have found that this exported file is the same as the original .ISO
> > file but has 2456 bytes prepended to it.  The file name defaults to
> > *.CPM.  The text at the beginning of this is "CPM Image V1."
> >
> > Oh, well, I can strip it off using dd(1) as we all have discussed at
> > great length.
>
> reminds me of my Julie's portable from the mid 80's that ran CP/M

Yeh, my first thought as well, more clues here 
http://www.cadigital.com/kildall.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CP/M_operating_system

Then there is this
 WinBackup File Extension Library
 CPM ( .CPM ) - File Extension Information
Extension: CPM ( . CPM ) 
 Description:
 CPM is the file extension for the Turbo Pascal DOS file. 
 
http://www.liutilities.com/products/winbackup/filextlibrary/files/CPM/

Sounds like what Andrew recalled. 

BobLQ


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