A2Pro wrote:
Hi! On Nov 2, 1:15 am, mojoehand wrote: <--- snip --->As to the CP/M issue, I read about something called ProPartition, but can't seem to find where to download it (I did Google). I am not sure if this software will work with MS Softcard CP/M, so it may not be of use to me anyway. I have an actual MS Softcard, which doesn't work (I haven't troubleshot it yet). I also have an ALS Z-Card, which works just fine with the MS CP/M. One way or another, I really would like to be able to use a hard drive or CF with CP/M.<--- snip ---> I was going to tell you where to find ProPartition but then I finally read the whole paragraph. ProPartition only works with the PCPI Appli-card.
There may be a skunkworks project underway to provide CF card support for SoftCard CP/M (not I - no time here).
Microsoft CP/M was poorly designed in terms of expandibility. The only way to add hardware device drivers without recompiling from source is by throwing away available TPA. The Starcard/Applicard ran a beautifully engineered operating system that supports loadable 6502 device drivers backed by a well-documented public API. You could add support for just about anything with little difficulty and it didn't cost one byte of CP/M program space.
Maybe we can talk Henry Courbis into an Applicard knockoff? They are really dirt simple and could be duplicated today with about 1/4 the parts count by means of a few PLDs.
Steve