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From: cts3000 on 15 Nov 2009 12:00
On Nov 11, 1:28 am, Jim Brain <br...(a)jbrain.com> wrote:
> As many of you are probably aware, I acquired a license to sell JiffyDOS
> earlier this year and am now ramping up sales.
>
> To that end, I am trying to reconstruct the exact product offerings that
> CMD offered. This means verifying images, and determining what original
> ROM images CMD supplied with each overlay.
>


I'm looking forward to it.

Chris

From: ramswell on 16 Nov 2009 21:23
On Nov 10, 10:28 pm, Jim Brain <br...(a)jbrain.com> wrote:
> As many of you are probably aware, I acquired a license to sell JiffyDOS
> earlier this year and am now ramping up sales.
>
> To that end, I am trying to reconstruct the exact product offerings that
> CMD offered. This means verifying images, and determining what original
> ROM images CMD supplied with each overlay.
>
> Thus, if anyone can use a DOS ROM reading utility (or EPROM reader) and
> can send me a copy of the both halves of the JDOS ROM, I'm still
> struggling with the following systems.
>
> 1571: I have three versions here, but cannot determine which is correct.
>    The MD5s are: 41c6cc528e9515ffd0ed9b180f8467c0,
> 6b4d46b28b7414d5a82cea4972894600, and d649fa6b0108c20ce213f5496d5980a5.
> Also, what did CMD supply as the original 1571 ROM image in the low
> bank?  Finally, what is the version number on the ROM sticker?)
>
> MSD SD1/SD2:  I am trying to determine the version of MSD code in the
> lower half of the U5 JiffyDOS for SD2.  The MD5 is
> 1a2efac3b96decf83fba27bc17c5a8a7.  I checked against my SD2-2.3 version
> here, but they are different.  Also, is the SD1 JiffyDOS the same as SD2
> version?
>
> Indus GT: I do not have an original JDOS for this, so I need a dump to
> compare.
>
> 1541C:  Again, I do not own an original JDOS for this machine.
>
> I understand there is a Swedish version of JiffyDOS for the C128 and
> C128D (and possibly for the C64).
>
> Any help folks can provide would be much appreciated.
>
> To clarify, I know there are bootleg archives available, but I can't
> consider them authoritative.  In addition, the archives would not tell
> me what CMD placed in the non-JD half of the EPROM on units with
> switches.  I would prefer to check against genuine copies of the
> overlays if at all possible.
>
> Jim



Did you acquire the rights to Jiffy Dos ONLY, or did you get the
rest of the CMD line too? If you did get the rights to ALL THE CMD
related hardware please let me know as we will have MUCH to discuss.

Thanks and have a blessed day,

Charles
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