Difference between revisions of "Vortex CP/M"
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| + | Initially, Vortex provided a patched version of CP/M 2.2 together with their S- and D-Drives. Following a legal dispute with Digital Research, Vortex switched to supplying only patches for CP/M 2.2 and CP/M 3.0. | ||
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| + | === F1/M1 X-Drive === | ||
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| + | The X-Drive came with a system disc containing files called XPATCH.COM and XPATCH30.COM which patched Amstrad's CP/M 2.2, or CP/M+ respectively, to that Vortex disc drives can be used in CP/M. | ||
| − | == | + | == Winchester Hard Disk Drive (WD20) == |
There is a patch and/or a patched version of CP/M which enables using Vortex WD20 hard disc drive. | There is a patch and/or a patched version of CP/M which enables using Vortex WD20 hard disc drive. | ||
[[Category:Operating System]][[Category:CP/M]][[Category:Vortex Computersysteme]] | [[Category:Operating System]][[Category:CP/M]][[Category:Vortex Computersysteme]] | ||
Revision as of 09:21, 27 July 2025
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Vortex RAM Expansion
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 to get 63KB TPA.
Vortex Disc Drives
F1/M1 S- and D-Drive
Initially, Vortex provided a patched version of CP/M 2.2 together with their S- and D-Drives. Following a legal dispute with Digital Research, Vortex switched to supplying only patches for CP/M 2.2 and CP/M 3.0.
F1/M1 X-Drive
The X-Drive came with a system disc containing files called XPATCH.COM and XPATCH30.COM which patched Amstrad's CP/M 2.2, or CP/M+ respectively, to that Vortex disc drives can be used in CP/M.
Winchester Hard Disk Drive (WD20)
There is a patch and/or a patched version of CP/M which enables using Vortex WD20 hard disc drive.
