Opening ZX-Spectrum CP/M floppy dumps

Mantas

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Apr 22, 2021, 6:15:40 AM4/22/21

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Hi,

I tried making 5,25" floppy disk dumps using DOS Anadisk and Teledisk
software.
When opening with hex editor, I can see some text, so they are not empty. I
know they are from a ZX-Spectrum clone.
How can I open them or be sure the dumps are working?

I think they are CP/M floppies, because of the hand-writing on one of them
and CP/M mention in the code of the dumps.
I have no experience with ZX-Spectrums or CP/M.

Thanks!
Files attached.

John Hall

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Apr 22, 2021, 11:38:31 AM4/22/21

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In message <s5rica$k1g$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, Mantas
<man...@universe-trinti.lt> writes

You can't attach files to a news post, as you've no doubt discovered.
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Charles Lindsey

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Apr 23, 2021, 12:23:15 PM4/23/21

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On 22/04/2021 16:28, John Hall wrote:
> In message <s5rica$k1g$1...@gioia.aioe.org>, Mantas <man...@universe-trinti.lt> writes
>> Hi,
>>
>> I tried making 5,25" floppy disk dumps using DOS Anadisk and Teledisk
>> software.
>> When opening with hex editor, I can see some text, so they are not empty. I
>> know they are from a ZX-Spectrum clone.
>> How can I open them or be sure the dumps are working?
>>
>> I think they are CP/M floppies, because of the hand-writing on one of them
>> and CP/M mention in the code of the dumps.
>> I have no experience with ZX-Spectrums or CP/M.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Files attached.
>>
>
> You can't attach files to a news post, as you've no doubt discovered.

Actually you can, according to the RFC, but generally speaking they are
discouraged (e.g. within uk.* anything remotely like a "binary" is a no-no) so
it is likely that the site you posted it through cut it out.

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Mantas

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Apr 26, 2021, 8:01:30 AM4/26/21

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Here are the files, Wetransfer link:
https://we.tl/t-mOfSirQGIl

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Mantas

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Apr 29, 2021, 6:38:21 AM4/29/21

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Can anybody check if the dumps are correct?

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Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

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May 7, 2021, 8:01:06 PM5/7/21

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On Mon, 26 Apr 2021 13:00:46 +0300, Mantas wrote:

> Here are the files, Wetransfer link:
> https://we.tl/t-mOfSirQGIl

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