Re: CP/M help!

[nparker@cie.uoregon.edu (Neil Parker)]

In article <behrenss.746608511@hphalle6> behrenss@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE
(Soenke Behrens) writes:
>2pw1brownt@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
>
>>I just received an old Apple CP/M card without software and docs.  So,
>>my question is this..  What slot does the card go in, and where can I
>>find some CP/M master disks?
>
>It goes in Slot 4. If it's indeed an old card, and you own a GS, you
>have to set Speed to Slow (1Mhz) in order for the card to work.
>Masterdisks ... how about asking around at your local user group?

If your CP/M card is the old Microsoft Softcard (you can tell by looking at
the board--it says "MICROSOFT SOFTCARD" in the upper left corner), then it
should go in either slot 4 or slot 7.  Actually, I believe it can be put in
any of the slots 1-7, but Microsoft CP/M assigns a fixed purpose to each
slot except 4 and 7 (slot 1 is the printer, slot 2 is the modem, slot 3 is
the 80-column card, slots 5 and 6 are disk drives), so that if you plug the
Softcard into (for example) slot 1, you won't be able to use a printer with
CP/M.

The Microsoft manuals recommend slot 4, and that's where I have mine.  I
tried slot 7 briefly, and it works OK there too.


Another place to look for master disks might be comp.sys.apple2.marketplace.
Be sure to mention what brand your card is (there were several different
and mutually incompatible CP/M cards once, and a PCPI boot disk won't boot
on a Microsoft card, or vice versa...).

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