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Re: Banked CP/M 3.1 on Apple //e?



In <3fe7d6b0_5@corp.newsgroups.com> Exegete  wrote:
> 
> Roger Johnstone wrote:
>> 
>> The ALS CP/M Card has its own 64KB bank on the card, 61KB of which is 
>> available for running CP/M programs. The main bank of the IIe memory 
>> contains ProDOS and various bits, and the auxiliary bank is used for 
>> a  60KB RAM disk. Since ProDOS remains in memory CP/M can use the 
>> ProDOS  drivers for the clock and block devices. Storage on block 
>> devices is via  virtual disks, so the device remains in ProDOS format. 
>> Even the  auxiliary bank ProDOS RAM disk remains intact, and can be 
>> used for  transferring files between CP/M and ProDOS.  More at http://
>> homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws/apple2/cpm.html
> 
> Roger, have you, or anyone you know of, tried using those files with 
> the  PCPI card?
>
> Roy

Not as far as I know. If you have the PCPI card you could always try 
downloading and booting the first disk. If it checks specifically for an 
ALS card it will let you know it can't find one, and if it doesn't check 
it will likely just crash. But you never know until you try!

-- 
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

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