Difference between revisions of "Vortex CP/M"
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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 3.0, adding support for the 80-track Vortex disc format. | 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 3.0, adding support for the 80-track Vortex disc format. | ||
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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 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. 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 3.0, adding support for the 80-track Vortex disc format.
CP/M 2.2 with Vortex patch applied
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.
