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'''COSMOS''' is a personal cost monitoring system written '''COS'''t '''MO'''nitoring '''S'''ystem programed by [[KSL|KSL]]. It runs under for the CPC6128 and [[CP/M|CP/M]]-80 operating system, the latter being the industry standard of the late 70s - early 80s.<br><br>It This budget monitoring system is a personal business application similar to the MSDOS-era PC applications and probably one of the largest most recent (2021) projects ever developed for CP/M.<br><br>The application requires 63 KB of TPA Unlike most applications for CP/M, minimum 128 KB of total RAM COSMOS is built upon the '''mouse based graphics user interface''' as pioneered by Xerox at Palo Alto and two disc drivespopularized by Apple with the Lisa and Macintosh computers. Nowadays, COSMOS can be used on an everyday basis (using [[CaPriCe]] or [[WinCPC]] or a real CPC) in order to edit the daily income, plan the monthly expenses and perform trial and error analyses aiming at maximizing the annual profit. Notice that COSMOS also contains the latest version of [[ASCII Tools]].<br><br>FurthermoreCOSMOS has been developed on the basis of the hardware peripherals as well as the software that were (contemporary) available for the CP/M and the CPC6128: the 512 KB [[Dobbertin Memory Expansion]], it supports the [[ParaDOS]] or [[X-DDOS]] ROMS for the external (800 KB) floppy drive, the 20 MB [[Dobbertin Hard Disk and Harddisc]], the RAM expansion[[Amstrad Serial Interface]], includes GSX and a user friendly GUI using the Amstrad Parallel [[Printer Port]], the [[CTM640/CTM644]] colour monitor, the [[AMX Mouse]], provides a 16-color screen saverthe [[MicroScript]] (142 KB), supports high capacity external drivesthe [[WordStar]] (706 KB), deals with the serial [[Protext]] (406 KB), the [[Multiplan]] (208 KB), the [[SuperCalc 2]] (240 KB), the [[DBase II]] (272 KB), the [[DR Draw]] (235 KB), the [[DR Graph]] (306 KB), the [[MAXAM]] (206 KB), the [[Atlast Plus]] (224 KB) and parallel ports other [[Programming software]]. COSMOS includes its own graphics routines (similar to [[GSX]]), is based on the [[Dobbertin]] version of CP/M 2.2 (v1.2) which provides 59 KB TPA, supports the CPC RAM expansion and provides CPC-to-PC communication via RS232Cthe 20 MB hard disk. <br><br> It In addition to the command and chain files, COSMOS original disc also includes a user friendly contains the CP/M 2.2 (v1.2) boot sectors as well as an installation utility. By executing the latter utility (A>SETUP) the user can initialize any annual project or start a temporary project in order to become familiar with the COSMOS user interface and functions. Upon installing COSMOS in drive B or HD20 it is suggested to execute COSMOS using all the available extra RAM (no RAM load minimization) and to use a new empty CP/M 2.2 (v1.2) boot disk in drive A as the redundant disk. A full annual project of COSMOS, including the user attachments, the user block of invoices, the summary files as well as the user agenda notices requires minimum 350 KB of disc space.<br><br>Version 23 of COSMOSAs far as the controls are concerned, which was released '''Cursor keys''' or '''Mouse''' can be used in 2017order to control the pointer. '''[F0]''' key simulates the left button of the mouse, is whereas '''[F.]''' key simulates the right button of the mouse. Left button can be used for (Yes), whereas the right button can be used for (No),(Next) or (On-Board) help. ESC key can be used to quit. <br><br>  '''To download the final version of COSMOS (v.27/November 2021) use the link located at the bottom of this projectpage.''' <br>'''Boot CP/M 2.2 v1.2 using the original COSMOS disk and execute A>SETUP.COM.''' <br><br> The project is completed.

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