Re: Can anyone help me with Apple CP/M

[tturner@ecn.ab.ca ()]

Paul Schlyter (pausch@saafNOSPAM.se) wrote:
: In article <394FEF16.E7D0D8E6@pacific.net.au>,
: Matt Jenkins  <mdj@pacific.net.au> wrote:
:  
: > Paul Schlyter wrote:
: > 
: >> You could reuse the nibble and sector buffers of the "CP/M RWTS" for
: >> the standard 5.5" drives though: I'll find out where they reside.
: >> Since CP/M logically uses 128-byte sectors, one had to buffer the
: >> standard Apple II 256-bytes sectors too.
: > 
: > Well, yes, but that's 256 bytes, not 512. I suppose the UniDisk could be
: > hacked to do 256k sectoring, but I'd rather be compatible with the
: > ProDOS system so the disks can be duplicated by standard utilities.
<snip>

--> Though much of this stuff is far deeper than I understand;
    nonetheless, it is interesting.  Perhaps this could be put
    into an Apple II CP/M FAQ, with suitable re-write and the
    authors' permissions, of course.  The more A2 info detailed
    for posterity and `FYI' basis, the better, AFAIC . . .

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