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Subject: Montezuma Micro CP/M obscure disk formats
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 by: Nathanael Culver - Fri, 4 Jun 2021 01:47 UTC

Montezuma Micro CP/M for the TRS-80 Model IV featured a nice CONFIG utility that could configure the ModIV drives to read many popular and obscure disks. Over time the number of formats supported grew to 112 in the most recent version I've found.

The formats were stored in a file called DISKS.FDF. I'm posting my copy here on the off-chance anyone might find it useful.

[ A ] Montezuma Micro Standard SYSTEM (40T, SS, DD, 170K)
[ B ] Montezuma Micro Standard DATA (40T, SS, DD, 200K)
[ C ] Montezuma Micro Standard DS SYSTEM (40T, DS, DD, 350K)
[ D ] Montezuma Micro Standard DS DATA (40T, DS, DD, 400K)
[ E ] Montezuma Micro 80T SYSTEM (80T, SS, DD, 350K)
[ F ] Montezuma Micro 80T DATA (80T, SS, DD, 400K)
[ G ] Montezuma Micro 80T DS SYSTEM (80T, DS, DD, 710K)
[ H ] Montezuma Micro 80T DS DATA (80T, DS, DD, 800K)

[ A ] Montezuma Micro Extended SYSTEM (40T, SS, DD, 190K)
[ B ] Montezuma Micro Extended DS SYSTEM (40T, DS, DD, 390K)
[ C ] Montezuma Micro Extended 80T SYSTEM (80T, SS, DD, 390K)
[ D ] Montezuma Micro Extended 80T DS SYSTEM (80T, DS, DD, 790K)
[ E ] Montezuma Micro SUPER DATA (40T, SS, DD, 220K)
[ F ] Montezuma Micro SUPER DS DATA (40T, DS, DD, 440K)
[ G ] Montezuma Micro 80T SUPER DATA (80T, SS, DD, 440K)
[ H ] Montezuma Micro 80T SUPER DS DATA (80T, DS, DD, 880K)

[ A ] Access Matrix (40T, SS, DD, 171K)
[ B ] Access Matrix (40T, DS, DD, 350K)
[ C ] Acorn (80T, SS, SD, 392K)
[ D ] Adler Textriter Series III (40T, SS, DD, 160K)
[ E ] Altertext Diskreader (40T, SS, DD, 144K)
[ F ] Ampro Little Board (40T, SS, DD, 190K)
[ G ] Ampro Little Board (40T, DS, DD, 390K)
[ H ] AOS/VT Basic 4 S-10 (80T, DS, DD, 626K)

[ A ] Archives Model III (80T, DS, DD, 790K)
[ B ] ATR-8000 512 byte sector (40T, SS, DD, 190K)
[ C ] ATR-8000 1024 byte sector (40T, SS, DD, 190K)
[ D ] Aust. Comp. & Telecomm. (40T, SS, DD, 171K)
[ E ] AVATAR TC1 Terminal Converter (40T, SS, DD, 184K)
[ F ] AVATAR TC1 Terminal Converter (40T, DS, DD, 384K)
[ G ] BMC if800/20 (40T, DS, DD, 384K)
[ H ] Bondwell Model 12 (40T, SS, DD, 170K)

[ A ] California Computer Systems (40T, DS, DD, 332K)
[ B ] Cifer 2683 (40T, DS, DD, 384K)
[ C ] Columbia 964 (40T, SS, DD, 190K)
[ D ] Compustar Model 30 (35T, DS, DD, 340K, *)
[ E ] Computer Operation NCHQ (40T, SS, SD, 82K)
[ F ] Cromemco Z-2 (40T, SS, SD, 82K)
[ G ] Cromemco Z-2 (40T, SS, DD, 190K)
[ H ] DEC Rainbow 100+ (80T, SS, DD, 390K)

[ A ] DEC RX50K (80T, SS, DD, 390K)
[ B ] DEC VT-180 (40T, SS, DD, 171K)
[ C ] Dictaphone 6000 CP/M Rev. A (80T, DS, DD, 692K)
[ D ] Dictaphone 6000 CP/M v. 2.26 (80T, DS, DD, 706K)
[ E ] Digital Research 8" CP/M Standard (77T, SS, SD, 243K)
[ F ] Digital Research 8" CP/M Standard (77T, DS, DD, 988K)
[ G ] Eagle (80T, SS, DD, 390K)
[ H ] Eagle (80T, DS, DD, 790K, *)

[ A ] ECB Bus (80T, DS, DD, 760K, *)
[ B ] Epson QX-10 (40T, DS, DD, 380K)
[ C ] Epson QX-10 MF (40T, DS, DD, 280K)
[ D ] Heath H8 with Trionyx H-C8 controller (40T, DS, DD, 390K)
[ E ] Hewlett-Packard HP-125 (40T, DS, DD, 252K)
[ F ] Hewlett-Packard HP-87XM (35T, DS, DD, 244K)
[ G ] Holmes Engineering VID80 (40T, SS, DD, 195K)
[ H ] Hurricane Labs Inc. Compactor I & II (40T, SS, DD, 190K)

[ A ] IBM PC using CP/M 86 (40T, SS, DD, 156K)
[ B ] IBM PC using CP/M 86 (40T, DS, DD, 316K, *)
[ C ] Intertec Superbrain (35T, SS, DD, 164K)
[ D ] Intertec Superbrain (35T, DS, DD, 340K, *)
[ E ] Kaypro 2 (40T, SS, DD, 195K)
[ F ] Kaypro 2X, 4, & 10 (40T, DS, DD, 392K)
[ G ] Lifeboat TRS-80 Mod 1 (40T, SS, SD, 72K)
[ H ] LNW Research LNW80 (40T, SS, DD, 166K)

[ A ] Lobo MAX-80 (40T, SS, DD, 166K)
[ B ] Lobo MAX-80 (40T, DS, DD, 346K)
[ C ] Lobo MAX-80 CP/M 3.0 (40T, SS, DD, 185K)
[ D ] Lobo MAX-80 CP/M 3.0 (40T, DS, DD, 384K)
[ E ] Memory Merchant Shuffle Board (40T, SS, DD, 190K)
[ F ] Micro-Abacus (80T, DS, DD, 624K)
[ G ] Monroe OC 8820 (40T, DS, DD, 308K)
[ H ] Monroe OC 8820 (80T, SS, DD, 308K)

[ A ] Morrow Micro Decision (40T, SS, DD, 190K)
[ B ] Morrow Micro Decision MD3 (40T, DS, DD, 390K)
[ C ] NCR Decision Mate V (40T, DS, DD, 308K, *)
[ D ] NEC PC-8001A (40T, SS, DD, 148K)
[ E ] Octagon 8/16 CP/M-86 (40T, SS, DD, 156K)
[ F ] Octagon 8/16 CP/M-86 (40T, DS, DD, 316K)
[ G ] Omikron Mapper I, Model 1 & 3 (40T, SS, SD, 83K)
[ H ] Omikron Mapper II (40T, SS, DD, 134K)

[ A ] Omikron Mapper III (40T, SS, DD, 190K)
[ B ] Osborne 1 (40T, SS, SD, 90K)
[ C ] Osborne 1 with 2x2 upgrade (40T, DS, DD, 390K)
[ D ] Osborne Executive (40T, SS, DD, 185K)
[ E ] Otrona 816A (40T, DS, DD, 364K, *)
[ F ] Otrona 816A (80T, DS, DD, 774K, *)
[ G ] Pied Piper Executive (80T, DS, DD, 784K)
[ H ] Radio Shack TRS-80 Model 4 CP/M Plus (40T, SS, DD, 156K)

[ A ] Sanyo (40T, DS, DD, 312K)
[ B ] Sanyo MBC-1200/1250 (80T, DS, DD, 624K)
[ C ] Sperry UTS-30 (80T, DS, DD, 710K)
[ D ] Tecron TEF System 10 (80T, DS, DD, 790K)
[ E ] Tektronics 4170 CP/M 86 (40T, DS, DD, 316K, *)
[ F ] Teletek Systemaster (80T, SS, SD, 72K)
[ G ] Teletek Systemaster (40T, SS, DD, 144K)
[ H ] Televideo 802 (40T, DS, DD, 342K)

[ A ] Toshiba T-100 (40T, DS, DD, 256K)
[ B ] Video Genie III (80T, DS, DD, 692K)
[ C ] Visual 1050 (80T, SS, DD, 390K)
[ D ] Xerox 820-1 (40T, SS, SD, 82K)
[ E ] Xerox 820-2 (40T, SS, DD, 157K)
[ F ] XOR S100-4 (40T, SS, DD, 185K)
[ G ] Zenith H89 (40T, SS, SD, 94K)
[ H ] Zenith H89/H90 (40T, SS, DD, 152K)


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