Re: Which Z-80 Card Should I Keep?

["Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@attglobal.net>]

I had a DR card that ran CP/M 3.0 called "The CPU Plus Card" or something
like that. I sorely regretted buying it instead of a less expensive card, as
it was not entirely compatible with mainstream CP/M applications such as
Turbo Pascal.

Tom Zuchowski


"Linards Ticmanis" <ticmanis@coli.uni-sb.de> wrote in message
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> Bryan Villados wrote:
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> > The versions of CP/M I have are 2.x for both Microsoft and AE, both
> > originals. Would it be legal for someone to give me a more recent
version?
> > Or do you think the license is "per version"?
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> Well, first of all you'd neet to get the more recent version - the only
> one there is is 3.0 - running. CP/M 3.0 needs a different BIOS (the
> platform , e.g. Apple, dependent component) from the one that works with
> CP/M 2.2. Also 3.0 doesn't make much sense unless you have 128K. At 64K
> 2.2 runs better.
>
> No idea if anybody ever ported CP/M 3.0 e.g. to a IIe with Softcard and
> Extended 80 col. I don't know if the Apple supports "Common RAM" in the
> way CP/M 3.0 needs it.
>
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> Linards Ticmanis
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