standard LaddieAlpha works fine for me, just have to in the near term work around the 6.2 and 8.3 file name format. no biggie.
On Fri, Jun 12, 2020 at 5:22 PM Tom Dison <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >>>>>> > >?? ?? ??> >>>>>> > >?? ?? ??> >>>>>> > > >>>>>> > >>>>>> >>>>>
