Thanks John & Willard. My aim is for M100 CP/M to import/export using
common TPDD emulators of today, namely NADSBox, Laddiecon, mComm.
Perhaps if CP/M finds traction in the M100 community, Laddiecon & mComm
could be changed to handle 8.3 format as well. Probably a bit late to
change the NADSBoxes out there.
Philip
On 29/10/2017 6:17 PM, Willard Goosey wrote:
On Sun, 29 Oct 2017 16:53:12 +1300
Philip Avery <pav...@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
My question: Is the TPDD protocol absolutely fixed for 6.2 filename
structure? It does have 24 spaces for the filename and CP/M uses 8.3
format, however I can't get 8.3 to work through TPDD emulation.
I've done 1 single program that does a little TPDD, so I'm hardly an
authority. For what it's worth, I suspect a real TPDD drive would be
fine with 8.3 filenames. As you said, it gives 24 spaces for the
filename and I don't think it cares much what the filename is.
The emulators, OTOH, have to map the given filenames into whatever the
local OS expects, and are going to be fussier. :-(
Willard
