veach@cbnewsd.att.com (michael.t.veach) (10/03/90)
I recently sent into CBM for $19.95 3.0 CPM upgrade and got a 1581 bootable CPM disk!. A 1581 dive plus a 1750 REU as disk M: makes a nice system. (Also a 1541 drive for reading in GCR formatted disks, ARGH!!) At boot time, via PROFILE.SUB, I set the date, turn off the 40 column screen, set the RS232 baud rate to 300 and set feel to 0 (see latest issue of Twin Cities 128 for details), set my search path to "M:,A:", set M: for temporary files and set the default drive to M:. Since the REU keeps files even over a boot, I don't copy any files to the REU via the PROFILE.SUB. I do have a few script files that I can call up manually to copy files from the 1581 to the REU. I was able to salvage several programs off my old (8 inch) 2.2 CPM system before it finally died. They all seem to work better than ever (likey do to the REU acting as a large and fast disk). I notice that several public domain vendors do offer 128 formated CPM software. Has anybody tried any of this? I see such things as C, modula, and RATFOR compilers as well as full screen editors offered in 128 CPM format. Michael T. Veach ihlpm!veach -- Michael T. Veach ihlpm!veach