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== Vortex's patch for CP/M 2.2 to use Vortex RAM Expansion == | == Vortex's patch for CP/M 2.2 to use Vortex RAM Expansion == | ||
| − | Vortex provided a disc with a PATCH.COM on it which patched Amstrad's CP/M 2.2, which came with the CPC664 so | + | Vortex provided a disc with a PATCH.COM on it which patched Amstrad's CP/M 2.2, which came with the CPC664, so that CPM could use their RAM expansion to get 63KB TPA. |
== Vortex's implementation of CP/M on Floppy == | == Vortex's implementation of CP/M on Floppy == | ||
| − | To boot | + | To boot CP/M you need: |
* a CPC464 | * a CPC464 | ||
* VDOS 1.0 on ROM and a Vortex disc interface. | * VDOS 1.0 on ROM and a Vortex disc interface. | ||
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* a Vortex 512KB RAM Expansion. | * a Vortex 512KB RAM Expansion. | ||
| − | + | There are other versions of VDOS and other ways to boot their CPM on CPC6128 etc. | |
| + | == Vortex's implementation of CP/M on Vortex's Winchester WD20 hard disk == | ||
| + | Vortex's CP/M for their hard disk is CPM2.2 only. | ||
[[Category:Operating System]][[Category:CP/M]] | [[Category:Operating System]][[Category:CP/M]] | ||
Latest revision as of 05:56, 25 March 2023
Vortex implemented their own version of CP/M for the CPC and also provided patches for Amstrad's CP/M to use their memory expansion.
There were also third party implementations which supported the Vortex RAM Expansion such as RCPM.
Vortex's patch for CP/M 2.2 to use Vortex RAM Expansion
Vortex provided a disc with a PATCH.COM on it which patched Amstrad's CP/M 2.2, which came with the CPC664, so that CPM could use their RAM expansion to get 63KB TPA.
Vortex's implementation of CP/M on Floppy
To boot CP/M you need:
- a CPC464
- VDOS 1.0 on ROM and a Vortex disc interface.
- a 80 track double sided drive A.
- a Vortex 512KB RAM Expansion.
There are other versions of VDOS and other ways to boot their CPM on CPC6128 etc.
Vortex's implementation of CP/M on Vortex's Winchester WD20 hard disk
Vortex's CP/M for their hard disk is CPM2.2 only.
