From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!npoiv!npois!ucbvax!C70:info-cpm Newsgroups: fa.info-cpm Title: PREMATURE... Article-I.D.: ucb.1518 Posted: Thu Jul 15 03:17:00 1982 Received: Fri Jul 16 01:18:58 1982 >From POURNE@Mit-Mc Thu Jul 15 03:16:43 1982 Dr. Godbout called today to ask that I tell all who've learned from the net about the new BIOS that it will be available sometime this Fall. They do not release anything without extensive testing and they do not have the final form yet, since my friend Tony keeps adding features. This becomes one of those "it'll be great when you finally get it" stories, and that I can't help; I'm using a version, but they are not ready to release that yet because they keep adding to it. The good news is that it WILL be available, and it does nearly everything you'd like a BIOS to do: able to run Warp drive, does not blow up when there is no disk in the drive, can run both 8" anbd 5 1/4" disks; and Tony now believes he can make the Godbout controller format 5 1/4 to ALMOST ANY format, including CCS, Osborne, Trs-80, and indeed anything except the bit-controlled ones like Apple. This latter is NOT promised, but it does look as if he will have it. More when I know ,ore; and sorry if I got someone's hopes up. Please DO NOT call Dr. Godbout about this; when it's available, we will let ou know. Thanks for the interest, and wish the testing were done already so it could go out. To forestall inquiries: I do NOT know how one becomes a test site; and I am told they have plenty already. JEP