CP/M TRANSDOC
FILE INFORMATION
FILENAME(S): CP/M TRANSDOC
FILE TYPE(S): SEQ
FILE SIZE: 3K
FIRST SEEN: 2025-10-20 14:32:07
APPEARS ON: 3 disk(s)
FILE HASH
aaa8cabc2a78ad8bf4163305c846e989a509382c17d232be3c98ad7ecd092290
FOUND ON DISKS (3 DISKS)
| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | CP/M TRANSDOC | SEQ | Treasure Chest - Klaus Der Suhler | 22 | 17 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| 128ER PD SOFTWAR | CP/M TRANSDOC | SEQ | Treasure Chest - Klaus Der Suhler | 7 | 4 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| 14 | CP/M TRANSDOC | SEQ | Treasure Chest - Plattfuss | 5 | 18 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
FILE CONTENT & ANALYSIS
00000000: 43 31 32 38 20 74 6F 20 43 50 2F 4D 20 4D 65 6D |C128 to CP/M Mem| 00000010: 6F 72 79 20 54 72 61 6E 73 66 65 72 20 54 65 63 |ory Transfer Tec| 00000020: 68 6E 69 71 75 65 0D 0A 0D 0A 54 68 65 20 66 6F |hnique....The fo| 00000030: 6C 6C 6F 77 69 6E 67 20 74 65 63 68 6E 69 71 75 |llowing techniqu| 00000040: 65 20 68 61 73 20 62 65 65 6E 20 6D 65 6E 74 69 |e has been menti| 00000050: 6F 6E 65 64 20 69 6E 20 73 65 76 65 72 61 6C 20 |oned in several | 00000060: 6D 65 73 73 61 67 65 73 20 6F 6E 20 74 68 65 20 |messages on the | 00000070: 54 50 55 47 20 61 6E 64 0D 0A 43 6F 6D 6D 6F 64 |TPUG and..Commod| 00000080: 6F 72 65 20 73 69 67 73 20 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 |ore sigs in the | 00000090: 70 61 73 74 20 6D 6F 6E 74 68 2C 20 62 75 74 20 |past month, but | 000000A0: 49 20 61 6D 20 63 65 72 74 61 69 6E 20 74 68 61 |I am certain tha| 000000B0: 74 20 6D 61 6E 79 20 6D 65 6D 62 65 72 73 20 6D |t many members m| 000000C0: 61 79 20 68 61 76 65 0D 0A 6D 69 73 73 65 64 20 |ay have..missed | 000000D0: 69 74 2E 20 20 54 68 65 72 65 66 6F 72 65 20 49 |it. 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Get| 000005E0: 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 74 77 6F 20 62 | the first two b| 000005F0: 79 74 65 73 20 6F 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6C 65 |ytes of the file| 00000600: 20 62 79 20 72 75 6E 6E 69 6E 67 20 74 68 65 20 | by running the | 00000610: 66 6F 6C 6C 6F 77 69 6E 67 20 73 68 6F 72 74 20 |following short | 00000620: 62 61 73 69 63 0D 0A 20 20 20 20 70 72 6F 67 72 |basic.. progr| 00000630: 61 6D 3A 0D 0A 0D 0A 20 20 20 20 31 30 20 6F 70 |am:.... 10 op| 00000640: 65 6E 32 2C 38 2C 32 2C 22 66 69 6C 65 6E 61 6D |en2,8,2,"filenam| 00000650: 65 2C 70 2C 72 22 0D 0A 20 20 20 20 32 30 20 67 |e,p,r".. 20 g| 00000660: 65 74 23 32 2C 61 24 3A 69 66 61 24 3D 22 22 74 |et#2,a$:ifa$=""t| 00000670: 68 65 6E 61 24 3D 63 68 72 24 28 30 29 0D 0A 20 |hena$=chr$(0).. | 00000680: 20 20 20 33 30 20 62 61 6E 6B 31 3A 70 6F 6B 65 | 30 bank1:poke| 00000690: 20 37 31 36 38 2C 61 73 63 28 61 24 29 0D 0A 20 | 7168,asc(a$).. | 000006A0: 20 20 20 34 30 20 67 65 74 23 32 2C 61 24 3A 69 | 40 get#2,a$:i| 000006B0: 66 61 24 3D 22 22 74 68 65 6E 61 24 3D 63 68 72 |fa$=""thena$=chr| 000006C0: 24 28 30 29 0D 0A 20 20 20 20 35 30 20 62 61 6E |$(0).. 50 ban| 000006D0: 6B 31 3A 70 6F 6B 65 20 37 31 36 39 2C 61 73 63 |k1:poke 7169,asc| 000006E0: 28 61 24 29 0D 0A 20 20 20 20 36 30 20 63 6C 6F |(a$).. 60 clo| 000006F0: 73 65 32 0D 0A 0D 0A 35 2E 20 20 45 6E 74 65 72 |se2....5. Enter| 00000700: 20 74 68 65 20 6D 6F 6E 69 74 6F 72 20 77 69 74 | the monitor wit| 00000710: 68 20 74 68 65 20 27 6D 6F 6E 69 74 6F 72 27 20 |h the 'monitor' | 00000720: 63 6F 6D 6D 61 6E 64 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 36 2E 20 20 |command.....6. | 00000730: 55 73 65 20 6D 20 31 31 63 30 30 20 74 6F 20 62 |Use m 11c00 to b| 00000740: 65 67 69 6E 20 6C 6F 6F 6B 69 6E 67 20 66 6F 72 |egin looking for| 00000750: 20 74 68 65 20 65 6F 66 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 | the eof address| 00000760: 20 66 6F 72 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6C 65 2E 20 20 | for the file. | 00000770: 59 6F 75 20 63 61 6E 0D 0A 20 20 20 20 61 20 6C |You can.. a l| 00000780: 6F 74 20 6F 66 20 74 69 6D 65 20 68 65 72 65 20 |ot of time here | 00000790: 62 79 20 65 73 74 69 6D 61 74 69 6E 67 20 77 68 |by estimating wh| 000007A0: 65 72 65 20 69 74 20 69 73 20 28 6E 75 6D 62 65 |ere it is (numbe| 000007B0: 72 20 6F 66 20 62 6C 6F 63 6B 73 20 6F 6E 20 64 |r of blocks on d| 000007C0: 69 73 6B 0D 0A 20 20 20 20 74 69 6D 65 73 20 32 |isk.. times 2| 000007D0: 35 36 20 62 79 74 65 73 29 2E 20 20 4F 74 68 65 |56 bytes). 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Use BO| 000008B0: 4F 54 20 63 6F 6D 6D 61 6E 64 20 74 6F 20 62 6F |OT command to bo| 000008C0: 6F 74 20 79 6F 75 72 20 43 50 2F 4D 20 73 79 73 |ot your CP/M sys| 000008D0: 74 65 6D 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 31 30 2E 20 50 6C 61 63 |tem.....10. Plac| 000008E0: 65 20 43 50 2F 4D 20 64 69 73 6B 20 77 69 74 68 |e CP/M disk with| 000008F0: 20 74 68 65 20 53 41 56 45 20 63 6F 6D 6D 61 6E | the SAVE comman| 00000900: 64 20 6F 6E 20 69 74 20 28 62 61 63 6B 20 73 69 |d on it (back si| 00000910: 64 65 20 6F 66 20 6F 72 69 67 69 6E 61 6C 20 43 |de of original C| 00000920: 50 2F 4D 0D 0A 20 20 20 20 64 69 73 6B 29 20 69 |P/M.. disk) i| 00000930: 6E 20 74 68 65 20 64 72 69 76 65 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A |n the drive.....| 00000940: 31 31 2E 20 45 6E 74 65 72 20 53 41 56 45 20 63 |11. Enter SAVE c| 00000950: 6F 6D 6D 61 6E 64 20 61 74 20 41 3E 20 70 72 6F |ommand at A> pro| 00000960: 6D 70 74 2E 20 20 4E 6F 74 68 69 6E 67 20 77 69 |mpt. Nothing wi| 00000970: 6C 6C 20 61 70 70 65 61 72 20 74 6F 20 68 61 70 |ll appear to hap| 00000980: 70 65 6E 20 65 78 63 65 70 74 0D 0A 20 20 20 20 |pen except.. | 00000990: 63 6F 6D 6D 61 6E 64 20 69 73 20 6C 6F 61 64 65 |command is loade| 000009A0: 64 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 64 69 73 6B 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A |d from disk.....| 000009B0: 31 32 2E 20 45 6E 74 65 72 20 53 41 56 45 20 63 |12. Enter SAVE c| 000009C0: 6F 6D 6D 61 6E 64 20 61 67 61 69 6E 2E 0D 0A 0D |ommand again....| 000009D0: 0A 31 33 2E 20 41 6E 73 77 65 72 20 70 72 6F 6D |.13. Answer prom| 000009E0: 70 74 20 77 69 74 68 20 45 3A 66 69 6C 65 6E 61 |pt with E:filena| 000009F0: 6D 65 2E 65 78 74 2C 20 31 63 30 30 20 66 6F 72 |me.ext, 1c00 for| 00000A00: 20 73 74 61 72 74 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 2C 20 | start address, | 00000A10: 61 6E 64 20 74 68 65 20 65 6E 64 0D 0A 20 20 20 |and the end.. | 00000A20: 20 61 64 64 72 65 73 73 20 79 6F 75 20 64 65 74 | address you det| 00000A30: 65 72 6D 69 6E 65 64 20 66 72 6F 6D 20 74 68 65 |ermined from the| 00000A40: 20 6D 6F 6E 69 74 6F 72 20 70 72 6F 63 65 64 75 | monitor procedu| 00000A50: 72 65 20 28 69 6E 20 68 65 78 29 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A |re (in hex).....| 00000A60: 31 34 2E 20 49 6E 73 65 72 74 20 74 68 65 20 43 |14. Insert the C| 00000A70: 50 2F 4D 20 66 6F 72 6D 61 74 74 65 64 20 64 69 |P/M formatted di| 00000A80: 73 6B 20 79 6F 75 20 77 69 73 68 20 74 6F 20 73 |sk you wish to s| 00000A90: 61 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6C 65 20 6F 6E 20 |ave the file on | 00000AA0: 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 45 20 64 69 73 6B 0D 0A 20 |at the E disk.. | 00000AB0: 20 20 20 70 72 6F 6D 70 74 20 61 6E 64 20 68 69 | prompt and hi| 00000AC0: 74 20 72 65 74 75 72 6E 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 31 35 2E |t return.....15.| 00000AD0: 20 56 69 6F 6C 61 21 20 20 54 68 65 20 66 69 6C | Viola! The fil| 00000AE0: 65 20 69 73 20 6E 6F 77 20 6F 6E 20 79 6F 75 72 |e is now on your| 00000AF0: 20 43 50 2F 4D 20 64 69 73 6B 2E 0D 0A 0D 0A 0D | CP/M disk......| 00000B00: 0A 49 20 68 6F 70 65 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 69 |.I hope that thi| 00000B10: 73 20 70 72 6F 63 65 64 75 72 65 20 69 73 20 6F |s procedure is o| 00000B20: 66 20 75 73 65 20 74 6F 20 61 6C 6C 20 6F 66 20 |f use to all of | 00000B30: 79 6F 75 20 77 68 6F 20 61 72 65 20 68 75 6E 67 |you who are hung| 00000B40: 72 79 20 66 6F 72 20 43 50 2F 4D 0D 0A 73 6F 66 |ry for CP/M..sof| 00000B50: 74 77 61 72 65 2E 20 20 54 68 65 72 65 20 69 73 |tware. There is| 00000B60: 20 61 20 77 65 61 6C 74 68 20 6F 66 20 65 78 63 | a wealth of exc| 00000B70: 65 6C 6C 65 6E 74 20 70 75 62 6C 69 63 20 64 6F |ellent public do| 00000B80: 6D 61 69 6E 20 43 50 2F 4D 20 73 6F 66 74 77 61 |main CP/M softwa| 00000B90: 72 65 20 6F 6E 6C 69 6E 65 0D 0A 68 65 72 65 20 |re online..here | 00000BA0: 69 6E 20 74 68 65 20 43 50 2F 4D 49 47 20 61 6E |in the CP/MIG an| 00000BB0: 64 20 4B 41 59 50 52 4F 20 53 49 47 53 2E 20 20 |d KAYPRO SIGS. | 00000BC0: 48 61 76 65 20 66 75 6E 21 0D 0A 0D 0A 0D 0A 4D |Have fun!......M| 00000BD0: 69 6B 65 20 4D 63 4C 61 77 68 6F 72 6E 0D 0A 1A |ike McLawhorn...| 00000BE0: 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A |................| 00000BF0: 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A 1A |................|
C128 TO CP/M MEMORY TRANSFER TECHNIQUE.. ..THE FOLLOWING TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN MENTI ONED IN SEVERAL MESSAGES ON THE TPUG AND ..COMMODORE SIGS IN THE PAST MONTH, BUT I AM CERTAIN THAT MANY MEMBERS MAY HAVE. .MISSED IT. THEREFORE I AM UPLOADING TH ESE INSTRUCTIONS SO THAT ALL MAY HAVE..A CCESS TO THIS RELATIVELY SIMPLE AND FAST TECHNIQUE FOR TRANSFERING BINARY CP/M.. FILES TO YOUR CP/M DISKS.....I MUST APPO LOGIZE FOR NOT GIVING PROPER CREDIT TO T HE INDIVIDUAL WHO FIRST..POSTED THIS TEC HNIQUES IN THE SIGS, BUT THE NAME ESCAPE S ME AT THIS TIME.....PLEASE NOTE THAT T HIS TECHNIQUE SHOULD NOT BE USED TO TRAN SFER ASCII TEXT TYPE..FILES FROM C64 OR C128 DOWNLOADS. THE REASON IS THAT THES E TYPES OF FILES HAVE..THE LINEFEEDS STR IPPED OFF WHEN DOWNLOADED IN THIS ENVIRO NMENT. LINEFEEDS ARE..REQUIRED BY CP/M AND THUS ANY FILES TRANSFERRED IN THIS M ANNER WHICH ARE NOT..BINARY TYPE FORMATS WILL NOT BE USABLE WITH THIS METHOD. C PM271.IMG IN THIS..SIG MAY BE USED TO TR ANSFER THIS TYPE OF FILE TO YOUR CP/M DI SKS.......STEPS TO FOLLOW TO TRANSFER BI NARY CP/M FILES TO CP/M DISK:....1. IF THE FILE IS GREATER THAN 50K OR SO, FORG ET IT, YOU DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.. MEMORY FOR THIS TECHNIQUE. USE CPM271.IMG INS TEAD.....2. DOWNLOAD THE FILE TO YOUR C 64/C128 DISK AS A PRG FILE.....3. IN C1 28 MODE, ISSUE THE FOLLOWING COMMAND: . ... BLOAD"FILENAME",B1,P7170.... T HIS LOADS ALL OF THE FILE INTO BANK 1 OF MEMORY EXCEPT THE FIRST TWO BYTES.. SINCE BLOAD TREATS THEM AS A LOAD ADDRES S (PRG FILE).....4. GET THE FIRST TWO B YTES OF THE FILE BY RUNNING THE FOLLOWIN G SHORT BASIC.. PROGRAM:.... 10 OP EN2,8,2,"FILENAME,P,R".. 20 GET#2,A$: IFA$=""THENA$=CHR$(0).. 30 BANK1:POKE 7168,ASC(A$).. 40 GET#2,A$:IFA$=""TH ENA$=CHR$(0).. 50 BANK1:POKE 7169,ASC (A$).. 60 CLOSE2....5. ENTER THE MON ITOR WITH THE 'MONITOR' COMMAND.....6. USE M 11C00 TO BEGIN LOOKING FOR THE EOF ADDRESS FOR THE FILE. YOU CAN.. A L OT OF TIME HERE BY ESTIMATING WHERE IT I S (NUMBER OF BLOCKS ON DISK.. TIMES 2 56 BYTES). OTHERWISE, KEEP USING THE 'M ' COMMAND UNTIL YOU HAVE.. THE EOF AD DRESS (IN HEX). BE SURE TO LOOK AT BANK 1 ONLY!....7. USE X COMMAND TO EXIT TH E MONITOR.....8. PLACE CP/M SYSTEM DISK IN DRIVE.....9. USE BOOT COMMAND TO BO OT YOUR CP/M SYSTEM.....10. PLACE CP/M D ISK WITH THE SAVE COMMAND ON IT (BACK SI DE OF ORIGINAL CP/M.. DISK) IN THE DR IVE.....11. ENTER SAVE COMMAND AT A> PRO MPT. NOTHING WILL APPEAR TO HAPPEN EXCE PT.. COMMAND IS LOADED FROM DISK..... 12. ENTER SAVE COMMAND AGAIN.....13. ANS WER PROMPT WITH E:FILENAME.EXT, 1C00 FOR START ADDRESS, AND THE END.. ADDRESS YOU DETERMINED FROM THE MONITOR PROCEDU RE (IN HEX).....14. INSERT THE CP/M FORM ATTED DISK YOU WISH TO SAVE THE FILE ON AT THE E DISK.. PROMPT AND HIT RETURN .....15. VIOLA! THE FILE IS NOW ON YOUR CP/M DISK.......I HOPE THAT THIS PROCED URE IS OF USE TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE HUNG RY FOR CP/M..SOFTWARE. THERE IS A WEALT H OF EXCELLENT PUBLIC DOMAIN CP/M SOFTWA RE ONLINE..HERE IN THE CP/MIG AND KAYPRO SIGS. HAVE FUN!......MIKE MCLAWHORN... ................................
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