At first, Vortex provided a [[Vortex Disc Drives#Downloads|patched version of CP/M 2.2]] together with their F1/M1 S- and D-Drives. After Following a legal dispute with [[Digital Research]], Vortex switched to supplying only provide patches for CP/M 2.2 (XPATCH.COM) and CP/M 3.0 (XPATCH30.COM) to enable using their [[Vortex Disc Drives|floppy disc drives]].
== Patch for CP/M 2.2 to enable Vortex RAM Expansion ==
Vortex provided a system disc with a file called PATCH.COM on it , which patched Amstrad's CP/M 2.2, which came with the CPC664, so that CPM CP/M could use their RAM expansion to get 63KB TPA.
== Vortex's implementation of CP/M on Floppy Disc Drives ==
To boot CP/M you need:* The X-Drive series came with a CPC464* VDOS 1system disc containing files called XPATCH.0 on ROM COM and a Vortex disc interfaceXPATCH30.* a 80 track double sided drive ACOM which patched Amstrad's CP/M 2.* a 2, or CP/M+ respectively, to that Vortex 512KB RAM Expansiondisc drives can be used in CP/M.
There are other versions of VDOS and other ways to boot their CPM on CPC6128 etc.== Vortex Winchester Drive Hard Disk Drive (WD20) ==
== Vortex's implementation There is a patch and/or a patched version of CP/M on which enables using Vortex's Winchester WD20 hard disk == Vortex's CP/M for their hard disk is CPM2.2 onlydisc drive.
[[Category:Operating System]][[Category:CP/M]][[Category:Vortex Computersysteme]]