Rick Conn <RCONN@SIMTEL20.ARPA> (01/17/85)
The directory MICRO:<CPM.Z3NEW> (a new directory on SIMTEL20) contains the following Z3 files: LRUNZ3.ASM - a version of LRUNZ for Z3 Z3BYE.DOC - notes on using Z3 with RCP/M applications Z3HELPR4.EI - a list of people volunteering to help others with installing and in answering questions about Z3; note that certain people specialize, such as for the Osborne, Apple, Morrow, etc Z3EMX.LBR - using Z3 with EMX ZBYE.MAC - a version of BYE for Z3 use These will probably be moved into <CPM.ZCPR3> at a later date. Enjoy! Rick -------
cem@intelca.UUCP (Chuck McManis) (01/18/85)
Rick,
Do you think it would be possible to make a "standard" ZCPR3 bank
select interface? It would really be nice If I could swap out some
of Z3 environments when I wasn't using them. It would also give me
back enough TPA to keep Mince from thrashing the disk.
--Chuck
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{ucbvax,hao}!hplabs/ friends, or my avocado plant. :-}Rick Conn <RCONN@SIMTEL20.ARPA> (01/21/85)
Chuck, Re your request about adding bank select to ZCPR3, I feel that bank select has to be implemented in the BDOS/ZRDOS rather than in Z3 itself, altho ZCPR3 CP could use it. We (ie, the Echelon effort) are not moving in that direction, but rather in the direction of the Z800. The Z800 offers a large memory address space, Z80 compatability, a higher speed, and other nice features, and ZRDOS3 combined with a ZCPR3 for it are on the drawing boards, with CP/M compatability be retained (hopefully entirely, but the Z3 approach may have to be changed - still formulating). Part of the Z80 compatability involves dividing memory into 64K banks, so bank switching definitely comes into play with ZRDOS3/ZCPR3. I have no idea when this software will emerge. ZRDOS1 is out now, and ZRDOS2 is almost out (both are for conventional CP/M environs, tho). Rick -------