Re: CPM and SSC

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Alex Freed wrote:
> I have a z80 CPM card and a Super Serial Card. If CPM is started with 
> the SSC in slot 3, there is no output to the normal video screen, so it 
> looks like the output is redirected to the serial port, except the 
> terminal connected to it doesn't show anything. Doesn't look like a 
> wrong baud rate either.
>
> The SoftCard manual doesn't show SSC among supported hardware. So the 
> questions are:
>
> 1. Is there a patch to CPM to support SSC?
> 2. Am I just missing some switch setting?

You don't mention which model of Apple II you are using.  In anything
later than a ][+, slot 3 is "reserved" for onboard video, and ROM on
a card in slot 3 cannot be used.

Does CP/M boot correctly and show up on the screen when the SSC is
removed from the machine?

-michael

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