On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 09:35:18 +0530 Sudev Barar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> We are running a siemens plc system that uses CPM. The Siemens > programer went bust a few years back and we had got a 286 with 1Fdd > and 1 Hdd and loaded CPM o/s on this. Years ago (decades) used CPM on > my first PCjr so remembered a bit of that which came in handy. Thing > is still used for plant programming. > Tell me exactly what you are looking for and may be I can get you a > copy. > > > So far, from information gathered on the net, I have been able to > > create a cp/m partition on my hdd and also make virtual volumes in > > that. Now, unless I have a real cpm-86 disk which can boot the > > computer into cpm, I am unable to proceed further. > > Also, I have been able to copy all the cpm files from the original > > 5.25" dsk and have found a dos memory resident program which can run > > all the cpm files. Unfortunately this does not do communication > > through serial ports, which I absolutely need. > I do not have details on hand but this 286PC is connected to the PLC > through a serial cable to do program loading. The situation is this - We have a Sanyo Chip mounting machine which has a Z80 based computer to control it. This runs on CP/M ver 2.2. There is a second computer, also Z80 based, also running CP/M 2.2, has two FDDs only, and this is used to write, store and load programs into the chip mounter, as and when needed using a program named ET10.COM. The two are connected by a RS232C link. The second computer's FDDs are failing, so I need to replace the second computer with a Pentium PC (don't have 286/386/486). Presently, I have been able to load CPM-86 into the Pentium HDD and all commands are running fine. But ET10.COM refuses to run since it runs only on CPM2.2. So, I need either a translator for the program ET10 or an emulator to run CPM2.2 inside CPM86. Another way I have been trying is talking to the Z80 computer using minicom on a linux box, to upload or download files to the Z80 on the chip mounter. Only partial success so far. Anything you feel you can contribute will be of immense help. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ K. Ghosh, G. K. Power Systems, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hyderabad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BSNL: (040) 2715 4929 RIM: (040) 310 58 749 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: SF.net Giveback Program. Does SourceForge.net help you be more productive? Does it help you create better code? SHARE THE LOVE, and help us help YOU! Click Here: http://sourceforge.net/donate/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
