H89 CP/M hard-secored boot diskette

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Tue Apr 1 23:24:00 2003

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003 acme_at_ao.net wrote:

> Do you have the means to copy such a diskette? I have a set of the original
> distribution diskettes here, and last time I checked the boot diskette was
> good.

Glen, my fingers got a bit ahead of the facts, I fear. I had
thought that UniForm in conjunction with their MatchPoint card was
capable of reading the H89 hard sector format. That is not correct.
But it may be possible using my N* Horizon to duplicate the H89
disk. Not sure.
                                                - don
>
> > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
> >
> > > On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Jason J. Gullickson wrote:
> > > > On that note, if any of you know where I could find a copy of CPM and a
> > > > compatible C compiler on hard-sectored disks, that would be greeeaaat,
> > > > yeah.
> > >
> > > Don Maslin can probably help you with the CP/M boot disk. But you are
> > > going to have to immediately come up with software for serial port file
> > > transfer, since that is the only PRACTICAL way to transfer files to or
> > > from hard-sectored disks.
> >
> > I wish that I could, Fred. Unfortunately, I do not have a hard
> > sectored boot disk for the H89 to make a copy from so I am
> > stumped.
> > - don

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Received on Tue Apr 01 2003 - 23:24:00 BST