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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 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. | ||
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== Vortex Floppy Disc Drives == | == Vortex Floppy Disc Drives == | ||
Latest revision as of 03:15, 28 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.
There were also third party implementations which supported the Vortex RAM Expansion such as RCPM.
Vortex Floppy Disc Drives
F1/M1 S- and D-Drive
Vortex provided a patched version of CP/M 2.2 together with their S- and D-Drives.
Downloads
- 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.
CP/M 2.2 with Vortex patch applied
Downloads
- 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.
