Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!LL.LL.MIT.EDU!SAGE From: SAGE@LL.LL.MIT.EDU Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Conversion of CP/M files to MS-DOS Message-ID: <8908120702.AA04368@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: 11 Aug 89 14:52:44 GMT Sender: usenet@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 40 There are a number of such products. My favorite is Uniform from Micro Solutions, Inc. 132 West Lincoln Highway DeKalb, IL 60115 (815) 756-3411 The product comes in versions that run on IBM-PC compatibles (so that they can read, write, and format CP/M-format diskettes) or on various CP/M machines (Televideo, Kaypro, SB180, and others) so that they can handle the formats for other CP/M machines AND so that they can read, write, and format simple MS-DOS 360K format DOS diskettes. Another product is MediaMaster from Intersecting Concepts 4573 Heatherglen Court Moorpark, CA 93021 (805) 529-5073 CIS (72145,1147) They offer versions that run on CP/M and MS-DOS computers. The main difference between Uniform and MediaMaster on the PC is that the latter only allows specific file operations to be carried out inside MediaMaster, while Uniform creates a virtual drive (with the next available disk letter) in the desired format, after which you can use all your favorite programs directly on the foreign-format diskette. Finally, there is also a public-domain or shareware program called 22DISK that is on most DOS BBS systems and is surely available from the archives at SIMETEL20. If you want to work on a CP/M system with MS-DOS diskettes, a unique product is DosDisk from Plu*Perfect Systems. It does what Uniform does on the PC, allowing you to use all your favorite software directly on the files on the DOS diskette. It is the only such utility for a CP/M machine that supports DOS subdirectories and maintains file date stamps (provided the CP/M system is running DateStamper or ZDOS). Bridger Mitchell (the author of DosDisk) reads this newsgroup and can answer any technical questions.