CP/M to DOS conversion programs

From: Mike Davis <mike-cc_at_msdsite.com>
Date: Mon Nov 3 21:05:56 2003

On 3 Nov 2003 at 18:00, Fred Cisin wrote:

> > > Are there any PC (DOS) programs that can
> > > 1) Read a CP/M disk
> > > 2) Save the contents, including the boot tracks to a DOS file (or files)
> > > 3) Format a CP/M disk
> > > 4) Write these files back to the disk, including the boot tracks?
> On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Mike Cukr wrote:
> > Sounds like what you need is teledisk. It reads the disk in a bitwise
> > process an saves the image as a file that can be used to recreate the
> > original disk. You can get it at
> > ftp://ftp.rainingdata.com/freeware/teledisk.zip All you need is a drive
> > that's compatable with the original disk(s).
>
> good suggestion
>
> but you need a DISK CONTROLLER that is compatible, NOT JUST DRIVE. For
> example, Amiga (MFM, but without WD sector headers) and some Commodore 64
> formats (GCR) can use very "ordinary" disk drives, but their disk
> controllers are different enough that Teledisk can't go near 'em.
>

My first need is for an Osborne formatted disc. I know that 22Disk can read
these disks on my PC, so I guess it could read the boot tracks also but that
is not one of the capabilities of 22Disk.

I'll look into TeleDisk and see if that will do the trick.

Thanks
Received on Mon Nov 03 2003 - 21:05:56 GMT

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