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- From: ianj@ijpc.UUCP (Ian Justman)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
- Subject: Re: Z-System
- Message-ID: <y4kXPB1w165w@ijpc.UUCP>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 92 16:15:09 PDT
- References: <9208201422.AA00466@tmpcu.mdc.com>
- Organization: Ian Justman's pitiful excuse for an AT clone
- Lines: 24
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- curts@TMPCU.MDC.COM (Curt Schroeder) writes:
-
- > I once tried to install ZCPR3 on my Apple CP/M system, but it clobbered the
- > patch(es) that allow me to make full use of my Rana Elite II drive (360K vs
- > 140K on a normal Apple 5.25" drive). The disk space is more important. I do
- > know that NZCOM is supposed to install on the Apple, but would it support my
- > Rana drive? If you can prove to me that it can utilize my drive, I would be
- > motivated to try it.
-
- If those modifications are callable by the BIOS with regular BIOS
- calls, or if you can make use of them through the BDOS, I don't
- think you should have any problems. Believe me; I know from
- whence I speak. I started on an Apple, and I had to hack CP/M in
- order to make it work properly with our full ASCII keyboard (I
- have an Apple II Plus with a MicroSwitch keyboard which, unlike
- the Rev 4-equipped keyboards, can do all 128 characters, but the
- lower- and uppercase characters were reversed, i.e. I had to hit
- shift to get lowercase and vice-versa. The routine was called by
- the BIOS and it works just beautifully with anything.). It
- worked in Microsoft's CP/M and it worked just as well in Applied
- Engineering's CP/AM (which, incidentally, boots just fine on a
- non-Applied Engineering Z80 card, SO LONG AS IT IS MICROSOFT
- SOFTCARD (---NOT--- SOFTCARD //E) COMPATIBLE. And if you can
- find a copy of AE's CP/AM, USE IT!!!! IT'S A GREAT SYSTEM!!!
-