Re: Dos CP/M on a Z80 card require an 80 column card to work?

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Dave Dragon" <davedragonuk@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Hi,
> I have managed to get a Z80 card (which appears to be a clone of the
> microsoft card) running in my Apple II+. I think its running! I
> downloaded a CPM disk image from http://www.cpm.z80.de/binary.html and
> the disk boots on the Apple and if the Z80 card is out it gives a "no
> Z80 found" error, with the card in it gives no error, but nothing else
> either.
> Does anyone out there know if CP/M expects an 80 column card to work?
> Thanks,
> Dave.

All 4 of my CP/M cards work and every CP/M disk I boot comes
up in 80 column mode. I haven't tried to run it in 40 column, but,
the II+ starts out in 40 and jumps to 80 once CP/M is booted.
Try it in a IIe if you have one.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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Email - willy46pa@comcast.net



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