CP/M CARD QUESTION

[norman.dodge@techall.wa.com]

Hello jb! your message on 12-25-96 about RE: CP/M CARD QUESTION


> In <jbcole-ya023580002212961705120001@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
 N> jbcole@ix.netcom.com (JB) writes:
> >In article <59kl86$1gfu$1@news.gate.net>, louiss@gate.net
> >(Louis Schulman) wrote:
> >
> >> In <jbcole-ya023580002212960028260001@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
> >jbcole@ix.netcom.com (JB) writes:
> >> >I would like any info on the CP/M card by Digital Research.
> >> >JB
> >> The reason the card was ordered was so that the Apple // could run
> >> CP/M Plus, also known as CP/M 3.0.
> >> Louis
> >How do I use it?  What slot does it go into?  How do I start the sofware?
> >JB
>
> It doesn't matter what slot you put it in (I think it will even work in slot
> 3(?)).  It runs an operating system.  You put the operating system boot disk
> in Drive 1, and turn on the computer.  Now you are using CP/M 3.0, a system
> similar to MS-DOS (which was a clone of CP/M 2.2).  You run CP/M software,
> use CP/M utilities, etc.  It makes your Apple a Z80 computer.  It can use
> most of the Apple hardware peripherals.  What else do you need to know?
>
> Louis

 N> Oh, OK then.  Mine is definitely broken.  Nothing happens when I
  > start up.

Usually I put my CPM card in slot 4 in my Apple II+ or IIe and the CPM
card is only activated by booting up the Master CPM Disk.  The card does
nothing in the machine if you are not using the CPM operrating system.

norman
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