What kind of term/comm program are you including with CP/M? On Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 4:18 PM Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote:
> it is an issue for LaddieAlpha, Nadsbox and other clients to ensure > support for that. Has nothing to do with REXCPM. REXCPM is a piece of > hardware. > > CP/M contains 2 utilities for reading and writing to TPDD. CP/M is 8.3. > The client has to "not choke" on 8.3. > > On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 5:01 PM Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: > >> TPDD protocol supports 8.3. >> There is no reason I see the tpdd code in rexcpm can't do tpdd with full >> native filenames, if full native filenames are only 8.3. >> >> -- >> bkw >> >> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020, 2:48 PM Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> the only caveat is that NADSbox,LaddieAlpha etc are 6.2 format and CPM >>> is 8.3 format. So right now you need to adjust the file names to go >>> through a 6.2 transfer mechanism, and correct it on the other end. >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 2:47 PM Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> TPDD protocol, direct files usable on PC. Same model as M100, >>>> identical. >>>> cheers >>>> Steve >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 2:41 PM Bert Put <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Steve, >>>>> >>>>> Yes, I mean the CP/M RAM disk, for want of a better word :-) >>>>> Does that mean that the files are transferred to SDCard (I have a >>>>> NADSBox) as plain files that I could then read on my PC? >>>>> >>>>> I'm contrasting with the SD card floppy emulation on my Kaypro 2X which >>>>> stores almost proprietary images on the SD card which must then be >>>>> converted to CP/M disk image files on order for me to then get to the >>>>> files on the "disk" image file. I'm just trying to understand how your >>>>> (or Philips) solution works. Thanks :-) >>>>> >>>>> Regards, Bert >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 6/12/20 1:34 PM, Stephen Adolph wrote: >>>>> > Bert, by "the disk" you mean the CP/M storage??? Yes, Philip has >>>>> > utilities for import and export.?? TPDD based >>>>> > ..Steve >>>>> > >>>>> > On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 2:32 PM Bert Put <[email protected] >>>>> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > Hi Steve, >>>>> > >>>>> > Just one last question: Does REXCPM allow you to preserve any >>>>> file on >>>>> > the disk to another physical disk using NADSBox, LaddieAlpha, or >>>>> similar >>>>> > TPDD software??? If not, how would you recommend achieving >>>>> that??? >>>>> > Thank you! >>>>> > >>>>> > Regards,?? ?? Bert >>>>> > >>>>> > On 6/9/20 10:04 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote: >>>>> > > correct sir! >>>>> > > >>>>> > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2020 at 11:02 AM Bert Put <[email protected] >>>>> > <mailto:[email protected]> >>>>> > > <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> > > >>>>> > >?? ?? ??Hi Steve, >>>>> > > >>>>> > >?? ?? ??Ah, I think I see now.?? The REXCPM provides the BIOS, >>>>> BDOS, >>>>> > and the rest >>>>> > >?? ?? ??of the CP/M stuff, and the Z80 upgrade only replaces >>>>> the CPU, >>>>> > and adds a >>>>> > >?? ?? ??Z80 CPU, but no CP/M specific stuff.?? Is that >>>>> correct??? Thanks! >>>>> > > >>>>> > >?? ?? ??Regards,?? ?? Bert >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > >?? ?? ??On 6/9/20 9:55 AM, Stephen Adolph wrote: >>>>> > >?? ?? ??> Hi Bert, >>>>> > >?? ?? ??> in order to run ANY CP/M on M100, you need REXCPM. >>>>> > >?? ?? ??> The Z80 upgrade is "beta" and still being refined.?? >>>>> ??I plan >>>>> > to offer >>>>> > >?? ?? ??> that as a separate device. >>>>> > >?? ?? ??> So you could get started with REXCPM and then augment >>>>> it >>>>> > with??the dual >>>>> > >?? ?? ??> processor card. >>>>> > >?? ?? ??> make sense? >>>>> > >?? ?? ??> Steve >>>>> > >?? ?? ??> >>>>> > >?? ?? ??> >>>>> > > >>>>> > >>>>> >>>>
