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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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