![]() Reading Sharp disks on an IBM-PC
written by John Edwards and Maurice Hawes
/ SUC/UK
Source: SUC-magazine November 1994, Volume 14 Number 3, p. 8 - 9 |
In the process of solving these problems, each of us has gone about things in a different way. John has created a special version of 22NICE, called 22NICEJE, which contains many Sharp disk formats; and Maurice has created a special version of UNIFORM, with a data bank called v113S, which contains a number of Sharp disk formats. Between them, these two programs cover every format except for MZ-5500 CP/M-86; for this, you need ALIENC. The list below covers all known Sharp formats except for the FDOS disks
from the various machines, which are so little used that we have never
bothered to investigate the problems. |
MZ-80K |
We have not found a program which can read individual files of any of these disks into a PC. But, on his 286 IBM-PC ( bought from Reeves in Northampton ), John can use TELEDISK to create one large compressed IBM file of any complete MZ-80K disk, and has written programs in Q-BASIC which can separate, decompress and translate individual files within the TELEDISK file, into ASCII / IBM format. If you find that your IBM-PC, using TELEDISK, can read MZ-80K disks,
John can let you have his special Q-BASIC programs, with instructions,
to complete the job. If you cannot do the first essential TELEDISK step
on your own PC, contact John for help. |
MZ-80A / B / 700 / 800 Basics |
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MZ-80A / B / 700 CP/M 2.2 |
UNIFORM, 22NICE, and ALIENC can all read these disks, but 22NICE in
its original form requires that the IBM disk drive should be fitted
with a head switch to reverse the head order, and ALIENC gives 50K too
much free space because it thinks the disk should have 40 tracks. However,
Johns 22NICEJE contains options for these formats which do not require
a head switch. Therefore our preferred "readers" are UNIFORM
and 22NICEJE. |
PC-3201 CP/M 2.2 |
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MZ-3500 CP/M 2.2 ( all versions ) |
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MZ-800 PCP/M |
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MZ-5500 CP/M-86 |
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MZ-5500 Sharp MS-DOS |
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MZ-5600 CP/M-86 |
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MZ-5600 Sharp MS-DOS |
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SUMMARY |
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