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Re: Installing CP/M on a ProFile drive



Roger Johnstone wrote:
In <DHFFj.105$T24.33@newsfe02.lga> David Schmenk  wrote:

On my Apple III, I was able to make a CP/M partition (just a big continuous file) on the Profile using tools that came with the SoftCard III. Getting something to work with ProDOS shouldn't have been a big leap.

Dave...

ALS's 'The CP/M CARD' supported running from a disk image on a ProDOS disk. It was originally intended for running from the ProFile hard drive, but booted this way it continues to use the ProDOS drivers, so it will work with any ProDOS drive. It even uses the ProDOS real-time clock driver.

Yup. I did the same thing for the short-lived CardZ180. Kept ProDOS resident on the 6502 side and loaded the 6502 BIOS as a SYS application. Gave us built -in file transfer between the two O/S along with, as you mention, the clock and pretty much anything else recognized by ProDOS.

Steve