Re: CP/M + (3.0) disk images posted to the web

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Christian Groessler wrote:

>"Paul R. Santa-Maria" <paulrsm@buckeye-express.com> writes:
>
>> Christian Groessler wrote:
>> > I finally installed my z80 board and tried the boot image.
>> > It works, but being new to cp/m, I have a problem:
>> > 
>> > How do I format a new diskette with Apple CP/M?
>> 
>> If CP/M 3.0 uses the same disk data format and directory
>> structure, you may be able to boot CP/M 2.2 for your card
>> and use that FORMAT program.  What card do you have?
>
>Formatting with 2.2 does work, thanks.
>What card I have? I don't know :-) I got it from ebay and it has 4 dip
>switches and no hint who the manufacturer is.
>But it works so I don't care :-)

The 4-position DIP switch is a giveaway--it's a Microsoft SoftCard
clone.  That's handy, since most Apple CP/M software was intended
to be run with the SoftCard.

-michael

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