Re: Apple ProDOS CP/M disk & file utility

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <3af3f307@news.iprimus.com.au>,
Mark Cummings <NOTfigjams@primus.com.au> wrote:
 
> Universal File Converter (UFC) can do the 1st and part of the 2nd
> requirement. UFC can transfer between 3.3, CP/M, ProDOS and Pascal. It's
> a Pascal based program.
 
Does UFC compile under Turbo Pascal on Apple CP/M ?
 
> I don't think you can make a bootable CP/M disk on any CP/M system for the
> Apple unless you have the utility disk that came with each particular Z80
> card.
> For example a bootable Microsoft CP/M disk made for the Microsoft Z80 card
> won't work on the PCPI card and visa versa. Although you can read the files
> off the disk after it is booted.
> BTW: I have a PCPI card and a MS compat. Z80 card and UFC.
 
It's fairly simple to create bootable CP/M disks: just copy the
system tracks (the first 3 tracks) from an already bootable diskette
to your diskette.  It would be quite feasible to read the system
tracks off bootable CP/M disks for Softcard CP/M, Appli-Card (PCPI)
CP/M and CP/M Card CP/M, and then store them as separate files.  When
making a CP/M disk bootable that utility could then ask the user
which Apple CP/M he wished it bootable on, and then choose the
corresponding system track image and write it to the disk.
 
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