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CP/M 56k - vk2ale - 27-01-2023
Hi,
I am looking for a CP/M 56k 2.2 boot disk. The one I have booted once and now gives a disk read error.
A little bit to indroduce myself.
I began my career in It with Applied Technology in West Gosford working on the production line repairing the Microbee mother boards and memory daughter boards as they came of the wave soldering station. From there I began converting Tempest B/W TVs to be composite monitors before the introduction of the Microbee monitor. While working in Gosfor I also worked on the design of the 5 1/4 floppy disk cabinet and the layout of same. I then went down to Pattison Ave Waitara and worked in sales for a while with Sally Murdock and "Mrs Mac" prior to taking on the task of porting the Sybiz Accounting software package to work on the Microbee 56k CP/M computer. I also developed the FASTCOPY program with Matthew Starr ostensibly to make it easier to create the master boot disks for supply with the 56k systems. Another program I worked on was the ScreenPrint program (which was a terminate and stay resident patch to the last 72 bytes of the microbee memory before the rom) developed specifically for the Facit range of Dot Matrix printers.
The Microbee I now have was sold by me to a University Physics lecturer in Canterbury University Christchurch NZ who has recently passed away and I was left his Microbee in his will.
I have repaired the power supply in the Hard Drive box and all the hardware is performing fine with the exception of a couple o keys.
I would dearly love to get the system booting again with CP/M 2.2 as this appears to be the only way of having it operate.
Tony Edward
RE: CP/M 56k - ChickenMan - 27-01-2023
Hi Tony and welcome to the forum
always good to see past Microbee employees here Wow, your been a busy boy over the years with Microbee and good to hear your got a 56k bee, tis one of my favourite models. Does it have 1 or 2 5.25" floppies ? We have the boot images for it in our Repository, just go here https://microbeetechnology.com.au/MTFR_Access/MTFR_Access.htm to apply for access.
Do you have access to an older IBM clone with a 40 track 5.25" floppy drive, as using ubeedisk you can write out the image and any other disks you want. Failing that I can post you one, free of charge, just send me a private message with postal details.
RE: CP/M 56k - vk2ale - 28-01-2023
(27-01-2023, 08:36 PM)ChickenMan Wrote: Hi Tony and welcome to the forum
Wow, your been a busy boy over the years with Microbee and good to hear your got a 56k bee, tis one of my favourite models. Does it have 1 or 2 5.25" floppies ? We have the boot images for it in our Repository, just go here https://microbeetechnology.com.au/MTFR_Access/MTFR_Access.htm to apply for access.
Do you have access to an older IBM clone with a 40 track 5.25" floppy drive, as using ubeedisk you can write out the image and any other disks you want. Failing that I can post you one, free of charge, just send me a private message with postal details.
Hi,
I assume you also sent me a facebook reply as well.
2 drive disk case and the mitsubishi monitor that survived the Christchurch earthquake with just a small crack at the top left of the screen bezel. I do have a some original discs with games, Wordstar, Multiplan etc.
Tony
RE: CP/M 56k - ChickenMan - 28-01-2023
Yes that was me
Arr, so a 2 disks system, great, make sure you make a backup copy of the boot disk or any of the others that you have. A list of the disks you have would be good also incase you have something we dont have in the Repository, thanks. Let me know where to send the disk I assume its a 5.25" floppy your after as the 3.5" CIAB also boots up with 56k CP/M message also. Please confirm.
RE: CP/M 56k - vk2ale - 29-01-2023
(28-01-2023, 12:52 PM)ChickenMan Wrote: Yes that was me
I assume its a 5.25" floppy your after as the 3.5" CIAB also boots up with 56k CP/M message also. Please confirm.
Hi Alan, Who grants repo access?
RE: CP/M 56k - ChickenMan - 30-01-2023
Sorry I cant, its ejwords - Ewan Wordsworth
RE: CP/M 56k - MbeeTech - 30-01-2023
(29-01-2023, 08:32 PM)vk2ale Wrote: Hi Alan, Who grants repo access?
Your access to the repository has now been set up. Sorry for the delay.
You should have an email with your log in instructions.
chickenman Wrote:Sorry I cant, its ejwords - Ewan Wordsworth
CM - I've changed the username from ejwords to MbeeTech