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 Floppy 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 ==== Downloads ==== * [[Media:VTXF1464.DSK|F1 S-/D-Drive system disk for CPC 464, Vortex switched to supplying only patches for bootable CP/M 2.2 and CP/M 3.0.]] (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 files called XPATCH.COM and 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+ respectively2.2 with Vortex patch applied</gallery> ==== Downloads ==== * [[Media:VTXF1XB.DSK|F1/M1 X-Drive system disk, patched to that Vortex disc drives can be used in boot CP/M2.2]] (720k Vortex format)
== Winchester Hard Disk Drive (WD20) ==
There is a patch and/or a patched version of CP/M which enables using adds support for the Vortex WD20 hard disc driveto CP/M 2.2. There was no patch released for CP/M 3.0.
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