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 -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-list
