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Re: CP/M card question
In article <59n2q1$11lk$1@news.gate.net>, louiss@gate.net
(Louis Schulman) wrote:
> In <jbcole-ya023580002212961705120001@nntp.ix.netcom.com>,
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
Oh, OK then. Mine is definitely broken. Nothing happens when I start up.
Thanks for your help.
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