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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 a legal dispute with [[Digital Research]], Vortex switched to 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]].
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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.
  
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== Patch for CP/M 2.2 to enable Vortex RAM Expansion ==
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== Vortex RAM Expansion ==
  
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Vortex provided a disc with a PATCH.COM on it which patched Amstrad's CP/M 2.2, which came with the CPC664, so that CPM could use their RAM expansion to get 63KB TPA.
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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.
  
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== Vortex's implementation of CP/M on Floppy ==
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== Vortex Disc Drives ==
  
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To boot CP/M you need:
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The X-Drive series 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.
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* a CPC464
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* VDOS 1.0 on ROM and a Vortex disc interface.
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* a 80 track double sided drive A.
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* a Vortex 512KB RAM Expansion.
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There are other versions of VDOS and other ways to boot their CPM on CPC6128 etc.
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== Vortex Winchester Drive Hard Disk Drive (WD20) ==
  
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== Vortex's implementation of CP/M on Vortex's Winchester WD20 hard disk ==
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There is a patch and/or a patched version of CP/M which enables using Vortex WD20 hard disc drive.
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Vortex's CP/M for their hard disk is CPM2.2 only.
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Revision as of 09:18, 27 July 2025

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.

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

The X-Drive series 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.

Vortex Winchester Drive Hard Disk Drive (WD20)

There is a patch and/or a patched version of CP/M which enables using Vortex WD20 hard disc drive.

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