Re: Apple// CP/M question

["Henry Broekhuyse" <broekh@unixg.ubc.ca>]

Mike Pfaiffer <pfaiffer@mts.net> wrote in message
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> Been at this one a month now.
>
> The problem: My brother had some CP/M disks from his old Apple//e
> clone. He now wants some source code he developed which he has on one of
> the disks. He says he wants hard copy.
>
> Attempts at a solution: Since MSDOS was basically a rip of CP/M I tried
> printing it directly. No go. His text editor is no longer functional. I
> tried moving it to DOS 3.3 or ProDOS where I could write a program in
> BASIC. All his copy programs are no longer functional. The copy programs
> from the local users group copy only disks and not files. He has no
> serial card or modem so transferring files that way is out.
>
> Questions: Is there a way to print the files he wants from DOS or
> ProDOS? Is there a way to transfer the files to ProDOS? Can a PC running
> Linux or Windoze read a CP/M disk (I don't think it can)?

The program "Chameleon" will copy files from a CP/M disk to a ProDOS disk.
Find it at:
http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/systems/apple2/umich.edu/8bit/util/

Presumably, once that is done, you have some way of printing these files
from within ProDOS. Incidentally, what was used to create the original
"source code" you are trying to print out? If it was in Microsoft Basic, the
code may be "tokenized" and might not necessarily be stored as an ASCII text
file.

No, it is not possible to read any format of Apple II 5.25" disks with the
standard PC floppy drive and controller.