Re: AE Z80 Plus

[Andy <nospamplease@not.com>]

On Sat, 05 Apr 2003 21:33:25 GMT, "Steven N. Hirsch"
<shirsch@adelphia.net> wrote:

>Willi Kusche wrote:
>> Hi!
>> 
>> "Steven N. Hirsch" <shirsch@adelphia.net> wrote in message news:<L2Bia.26332$TW2.4723065@news1.news.adelphia.net>...
>> 
>>>Joel wrote:
>>>
>>>>The AE Z80 Plus does work with the Apple IIgs and even has 3.5 drive and
>>>>RAMdisk support.
>>>
>>>Yes, I know.  I wrote it! <g>.
>> 
>> 
>>     Are you referring to the code in the ROM on the card?  I think I
>> bought one of those cards on eBay.
>
>No, the Z80+ did not have an onboard ROM.  I developed most of the 
>driver software and configuration utilities that were shipped with 
>Applied Engineering's "CP/AM" operating system.  This used a third-party 
>CCP and BDOS which were compatible with DR CP/M and a highly-customized 
>BIOS (both Z80 and 6502 code).
>
>The work was done under contract with AE, circa 1985-86.
>
>Steve
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General question, I have an AE Z80+ card but was never able to find
the customized "CP/AM".  Does anyone know where it can be found on the
net?

Thanks,

Andy