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== 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. RAM Expansion ==
There were also third party implementations which supported the Vortex provided a system disc with a file called PATCH.COM on it, which patched Amstrad's CP/M 2.2 so that CP/M could use their RAM Expansion such as [[RCPM]]expansion to get 63KB TPA.
== Vortex's patch for CP/M 2.2 to use Vortex RAM Expansion Floppy Disc Drives ==
Vortex provided a disc with a PATCH.COM on it which patched Amstrad's CP=== F1/M 2.2, which came with the CPC664, so that CPM could use their RAM expansion to get 63KB TPA.M1 S- and D-Drive ===
== Vortex's implementation provided a patched version of CP/M on Floppy ==To boot C/PM you need:* a CPC464* VDOS 12.0 on ROM 2 together with their S- and a Vortex disc interface.* a 80 track double sided drive A.* a Vortex 512KB RAM ExpansionD-Drives.
== Vortex's implementation of CP/M on Vortex's Winchester WD20 hard disk == Downloads ====
* [[Media:VTXF1464.DSK|F1 S-/D-Drive system disk for CPC 464, bootable CP/M 2.2]] (720k Vortex format)
=== F1/M1 X-Drive ===
Following a legal dispute with Digital Research, Vortex switched to supplying only patches for CP/M 3.0. The X-Drive came with a system disc containing XPATCH30.COM which patched Amstrad's CP/M 3.0, adding support for the 80-track Vortex disc format. The system disc itself can be modified to boot CPM 2.2 or 3.0. <gallery>Cpm22-xdrive.jpg|CP/M 2.2 with Vortex patch applied</gallery> ==== Downloads ==== * [[Media:VTXF1XB.DSK|F1/M1 X-Drive system disk, patched to boot CP/M 2.2]] (720k Vortex format) == Winchester Hard Disk Drive (WD20) == There is a patch which adds support for the Vortex WD20 hard disc drive to CP/M 2.2. There was no patch released for CP/M 3.0. [[Category:Operating System]][[Category:CP/M]][[Category:Vortex Computersysteme]]
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