Inaccessible CP/M programs in Altair32

From: Jim Battle <frustum_at_pacbell.net>
Date: Sun Nov 25 23:29:30 2001

At 10:06 PM 11/25/01 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi:
>
> I'm making progress with using CP/M under Altair32, but I have
> one newbie
>question since I don't have much experience with CP/M.
>
> The disk image I have shows one program in the directory,
> STAT.COM. Running
>STAT tells me that there is about 167k free (on a 330k disk). Looking at the
>disk image file with a hex file editor reveals that there's more programs on
>the disk.
>
> I seem to remember something about password protection on a CP/M
> disk. How
>do I get around this so that I can see what else is on this image?

It isn't password protection. Files can be marked as "system" files, so
that they don't show up when you do a "DIR". I think "STAT *.* $DIR" will
revert all hidden files back to normal.

-----
Jim Battle == frustum_at_pacbell.net
Received on Sun Nov 25 2001 - 23:29:30 GMT