Corvus A2CPM.1 diskette - still looking

[Steven Hirsch]

Time for my yearly post in search of the mythical Corvus Softcard CP/M support
diskette: 'A2CPM.1'.

I know it existed because I have the documentation for it, but have never been
able to locate either the physical diskette nor image.

There is a diskette called CSCPM, but that is not what I'm after.

If anyone comes across this, please let me know? Thanks.

Steve

[Antoine Vignau]

Post by Steven Hirsch
Time for my yearly post in search of the mythical Corvus Softcard CP/M support
diskette: 'A2CPM.1'.
I know it existed because I have the documentation for it, but have never been
able to locate either the physical diskette nor image.
There is a diskette called CSCPM, but that is not what I'm after.
If anyone comes across this, please let me know? Thanks.
Steve

Hi Steve,

Please check the disks at http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/corvus/ and tell me if it is in the lot. If not, I'll go physical and leave digital.

Antoine

[Steven Hirsch]

Post by Antoine Vignau

Post by Steven Hirsch
Time for my yearly post in search of the mythical Corvus Softcard CP/M
support diskette: 'A2CPM.1'.
I know it existed because I have the documentation for it, but have never
been able to locate either the physical diskette nor image.
There is a diskette called CSCPM, but that is not what I'm after.

Please check the disks at http://www.brutaldeluxe.fr/public/corvus/ and
tell me if it is in the lot. If not, I'll go physical and leave digital.

Thanks, Antoine.

The 'pascal11' diskette is volume CSCPM, which is definitely not the correct
one. I have an image of that second diskette here already and haven't been
able to figure out whether it's 'A2CPM.1'. If you have the physical media
would you mind posting the contents of the label?

Much appreciated!

[Antoine Vignau]

It seems the second diskette is not complete but there is CPM data on it.

I'll try to reconstruct it and will dig into my 5.25" cave...

[Steven Hirsch]

Post by Antoine Vignau
It seems the second diskette is not complete but there is CPM data on it.

If by "..not complete" you are referring to the many sectors of nulls at the
start, don't worry about it. That's the area normally used by the operating
system and is quite reasonable to see on a data-only CP/M diskette. Apple
Commander thinks the copy I have here is a valid, readable CP/M disk.

Since CP/M has no notion of a volume id or name, the only way to know if
that's the A2CPM.1 diskette would be to read the original diskette label.

[Antoine Vignau]

Yes, I was referring to the many blank sectors.
OK, I can switch to the cave then...
av

[s***@gmail.com]

Post by Antoine Vignau
Yes, I was referring to the many blank sectors.
OK, I can switch to the cave then...
av

Hi, Antoine. Did you have any luck finding the Corvus 'A2CPM.1' diskette in the cave? Still looking for it.

[Antoine Vignau]

Oops!
Where's my cave? ;-)

[Antoine Vignau]

Post by s***@gmail.com

Post by Antoine Vignau
Yes, I was referring to the many blank sectors.
OK, I can switch to the cave then...
av

Hi, Antoine. Did you have any luck finding the Corvus 'A2CPM.1' diskette in the cave? Still looking for it.

I'm afraid I don't have other disks than those I posted in 2016
av

[6***@gmail.com]

Don't know if that helps, but these are the disks I know about:

CORVUS CPM22 UTILS.DSK

CORVUS CPMUTILS PASCAL11.DSK

omnetcpm.dsk

[Steven Hirsch]

Post by 6***@gmail.com
CORVUS CPM22 UTILS.DSK
CORVUS CPMUTILS PASCAL11.DSK
omnetcpm.dsk

Unfortunately, those are not it. The Constellation II software setup for
Apple CP/M asks for a PASCAL format disk with volume name 'A2CPM.1' when
trying to setup a partition for Microsoft Softcard. I'm starting to suspect
this diskette never actually shipped, since it hasn't turned up in many years
of searching.

The disks above are for generic CP/M (e.g. S-100 machine, etc).

[I am Rob]

Post by Steven Hirsch

Post by 6***@gmail.com
CORVUS CPM22 UTILS.DSK
CORVUS CPMUTILS PASCAL11.DSK
omnetcpm.dsk

Unfortunately, those are not it. The Constellation II software setup for
Apple CP/M asks for a PASCAL format disk with volume name 'A2CPM.1' when
trying to setup a partition for Microsoft Softcard. I'm starting to suspect
this diskette never actually shipped, since it hasn't turned up in many years
of searching.
The disks above are for generic CP/M (e.g. S-100 machine, etc).

Is A2CPM.1 the name of the disk that the FORMAT.COM command for the Corvus comes on, or is it supposed to be the name of the partition that is saved on the corvus HD, or is it the name of the Softcard boot disk that has FORMAT.COM on it that the setup software wants to revise?

[Steven Hirsch]

Post by I am Rob

Post by Steven Hirsch

Post by 6***@gmail.com
CORVUS CPM22 UTILS.DSK
CORVUS CPMUTILS PASCAL11.DSK
omnetcpm.dsk

Unfortunately, those are not it. The Constellation II software setup
for Apple CP/M asks for a PASCAL format disk with volume name 'A2CPM.1'
when trying to setup a partition for Microsoft Softcard. I'm starting to
suspect this diskette never actually shipped, since it hasn't turned up
in many years of searching.
The disks above are for generic CP/M (e.g. S-100 machine, etc).

Is A2CPM.1 the name of the disk that the FORMAT.COM command for the Corvus
comes on, or is it supposed to be the name of the partition that is saved
on the corvus HD, or is it the name of the Softcard boot disk that has
FORMAT.COM on it that the setup software wants to revise?

None of the above. It's the Apple Pascal volume name (and, presumably, the
printed name) of the diskette used to set up a Softcard CP/M partition. It
probably does not have any *.COM programs on it. Most likely a set of data
files and Pascal executables. I'm sure it'a a Pascal volume, because when I
dummy up a copy of an unrelated Corvus Pascal diskette to have that volume
name, it gets one step further before complaining about a missing file. That
file (don't recall the name) does not appear on any Pascal diskette in my
Corvus archive - so, specific to the CP/M support.

When you invoke the Constellation II installation flow and select the option
to setup a CP/M partition (Corvus also calls this 'volume') you're eventually
prompted to insert this diskette. I'd love to find a copy.

[Anthony Adverse]

Post by Steven Hirsch
Time for my yearly post in search of the mythical Corvus Softcard CP/M support
diskette: 'A2CPM.1'.
I know it existed because I have the documentation for it, but have never been
able to locate either the physical diskette nor image.
There is a diskette called CSCPM, but that is not what I'm after.
If anyone comes across this, please let me know? Thanks.
Steve

I didn't have my corvus very long... and for the life of me I can't recall who it went to, but I have a weird feeling there was something about need a disk formatted the way you wanted to format the corvus itself. I recall it wanting the pascal disk for that read. I'm not at all sure if the helps you for cp/m or not though.

[Steven Hirsch]

Post by Anthony Adverse

Post by Steven Hirsch
Time for my yearly post in search of the mythical Corvus Softcard CP/M
support diskette: 'A2CPM.1'.
I know it existed because I have the documentation for it, but have never
been able to locate either the physical diskette nor image.
There is a diskette called CSCPM, but that is not what I'm after.
If anyone comes across this, please let me know? Thanks.
Steve

I didn't have my corvus very long... and for the life of me I can't recall
who it went to, but I have a weird feeling there was something about need a
disk formatted the way you wanted to format the corvus itself. I recall it
wanting the pascal disk for that read. I'm not at all sure if the helps
you for cp/m or not though.

Hi, Anthony. There's an aspect of that to most of the partition types, but
the devil is in the details :-). Somewhere, someone has that A2CPM.1 Pascal
diskette. There were a zillion Softcards sold and many Corvus drives. Hard
to believe I've been looking for this for close to 20 years.

I'm sure Tony Diaz has a copy, but I hold little hope of getting him to image
and upload it.

[Anthony Adverse]

Post by Steven Hirsch

Post by Anthony Adverse

Post by Steven Hirsch
Time for my yearly post in search of the mythical Corvus Softcard CP/M
support diskette: 'A2CPM.1'.
I know it existed because I have the documentation for it, but have never
been able to locate either the physical diskette nor image.
There is a diskette called CSCPM, but that is not what I'm after.
If anyone comes across this, please let me know? Thanks.
Steve

I didn't have my corvus very long... and for the life of me I can't recall
who it went to, but I have a weird feeling there was something about need a
disk formatted the way you wanted to format the corvus itself. I recall it
wanting the pascal disk for that read. I'm not at all sure if the helps
you for cp/m or not though.

Hi, Anthony. There's an aspect of that to most of the partition types, but
the devil is in the details :-). Somewhere, someone has that A2CPM.1 Pascal
diskette. There were a zillion Softcards sold and many Corvus drives. Hard
to believe I've been looking for this for close to 20 years.
I'm sure Tony Diaz has a copy, but I hold little hope of getting him to image
and upload it.

I guess if its doing the floppy to hd partition/format, have you tried feeding it a regular cp/m floppy when it asks for the disk you're looking for? I did have a softcard as well at one point, but I don't think I had them together, I found the corvus hard enough as it was, and could only get 3.3 onto it.

[Steven Hirsch]

Post by Anthony Adverse

Post by Steven Hirsch

Post by Anthony Adverse
I didn't have my corvus very long... and for the life of me I can't
recall who it went to, but I have a weird feeling there was something
about need a disk formatted the way you wanted to format the corvus
itself. I recall it wanting the pascal disk for that read. I'm not at
all sure if the helps you for cp/m or not though.

Hi, Anthony. There's an aspect of that to most of the partition types,
but the devil is in the details :-). Somewhere, someone has that A2CPM.1
Pascal diskette. There were a zillion Softcards sold and many Corvus
drives. Hard to believe I've been looking for this for close to 20
years.
I'm sure Tony Diaz has a copy, but I hold little hope of getting him to
image and upload it.

I guess if its doing the floppy to hd partition/format, have you tried
feeding it a regular cp/m floppy when it asks for the disk you're looking
for? I did have a softcard as well at one point, but I don't think I had
them together, I found the corvus hard enough as it was, and could only get
3.3 onto it.

It is looking for an Apple Pascal volume named A2CPM.1 and is expecting to
execute a program from it. The CP/M floppy would be immediately rejected as
the incorrect disk. As I mentioned earlier in this message thread, I even
tried renaming the 'CSCPM' volume - no dice. It needs a dedicated Corvus
setup diskette.

[Anthony Adverse]

Post by Steven Hirsch

Post by Anthony Adverse

Post by Steven Hirsch

Post by Anthony Adverse
I didn't have my corvus very long... and for the life of me I can't
recall who it went to, but I have a weird feeling there was something
about need a disk formatted the way you wanted to format the corvus
itself. I recall it wanting the pascal disk for that read. I'm not at
all sure if the helps you for cp/m or not though.

Hi, Anthony. There's an aspect of that to most of the partition types,
but the devil is in the details :-). Somewhere, someone has that A2CPM.1
Pascal diskette. There were a zillion Softcards sold and many Corvus
drives. Hard to believe I've been looking for this for close to 20
years.
I'm sure Tony Diaz has a copy, but I hold little hope of getting him to
image and upload it.

I guess if its doing the floppy to hd partition/format, have you tried
feeding it a regular cp/m floppy when it asks for the disk you're looking
for? I did have a softcard as well at one point, but I don't think I had
them together, I found the corvus hard enough as it was, and could only get
3.3 onto it.

It is looking for an Apple Pascal volume named A2CPM.1 and is expecting to
execute a program from it. The CP/M floppy would be immediately rejected as
the incorrect disk. As I mentioned earlier in this message thread, I even
tried renaming the 'CSCPM' volume - no dice. It needs a dedicated Corvus
setup diskette.

Must've missed a bit earlier, I'll keep scratching my brain see if I can remember where mine went... *might* be able to find its disks.

[Steven Hirsch]

Post by Anthony Adverse

Post by Steven Hirsch
It is looking for an Apple Pascal volume named A2CPM.1 and is expecting
to execute a program from it. The CP/M floppy would be immediately
rejected as the incorrect disk. As I mentioned earlier in this message
thread, I even tried renaming the 'CSCPM' volume - no dice. It needs a
dedicated Corvus setup diskette.

Must've missed a bit earlier, I'll keep scratching my brain see if I can
remember where mine went... *might* be able to find its disks.

I you can come up with a readable A2CPM.1 diskette (or copy thereof) I will be
very appreciative.

[Anthony Adverse]

Post by Steven Hirsch

Post by Anthony Adverse

Post by Steven Hirsch
It is looking for an Apple Pascal volume named A2CPM.1 and is expecting
to execute a program from it. The CP/M floppy would be immediately
rejected as the incorrect disk. As I mentioned earlier in this message
thread, I even tried renaming the 'CSCPM' volume - no dice. It needs a
dedicated Corvus setup diskette.

Must've missed a bit earlier, I'll keep scratching my brain see if I can
remember where mine went... *might* be able to find its disks.

I you can come up with a readable A2CPM.1 diskette (or copy thereof) I will be
very appreciative.

I haven't found anything, but have you seen the VCR backup? I never tried it, but the one I had came with one.