Santa delivered a C128 and an Indus GT. Can I boot CP/M?

[Mazzspeed]

On 12/29/2019 at 10:38 AM, carlsson said:

@towmater Is that an SD2IEC device you are using? That is not how you mount disk images.

 

Using old school C64 syntax, you would use this:

 

OPEN 1,9,15

PRINT#1,"CD:CPM.D71"

CLOSE 1 (optional)

LOAD"*",9,1 (or LOAD"$",9 if you want to get the listing)

 

I think the C128 has commands for DIRECTORY and sending commands directly to the drive, but since I never was a C128 person I don't know exactly which ones are available.

Geezus.

 

Just install a JiffyDOS ROM and enter:

 

@CD:CPM*

 

Then press [SHIFT] & [RUN/STOP].

 

If you want the directory listing after mounting the D71 using @CD, just enter:

 

@$

 

If you want a time stamped directory listing (assuming you have an RTC, otherwise many time stamps are applied when you copy the file onto your FAT32 formatted CF card), use the =T switch. So enter:

 

@$=T

[bluejay]

https://www.cpm8680.com/cpmc64/

This website gives you a good idea on how to make .d** format CP/M floppies. You can then use the image with an SD2IEC or write it to a real Commodore drive to load whatever CP/M program you wish. I used VICE running at max speed to quickly copy a bunch of CP/M software onto a proper CP/M D71 image, and wrote the image to a floppy using Star Commander and a 1571. Everything went excellently.

[Mazzspeed]

DirMaster is perfect for making D64/71/81 images and more on your PC to transfer to your Commodore. Furthermore, it works perfectly under Linux using Wine:

 

https://style64.org/dirmaster