bridger%rcc@RAND-UNIX.ARPA (Bridger Mitchell) (03/22/88)
We didn't want to announce this prematurely, but for users who are considering system upgrades... ZCPR version 3.4 upgrades for BOTH CP/M 2.2 and CP/M 3 (CP/M Plus) are in final beta-testing and should be available in early April. The CP/M 3 version is called Z3PLUS. Installation requires no assembly and minimal configuration. It should run on any Z80 CP/M 3 computer and has been tested on C128, Morrow MD5 and WaveMate Bullet. The CP/M 2.2 auto-install version is new ZCOM, vers. 2.0. It also requires no assembly and has been tested on a good variety of computers. All system files containing code are relocatable and most are directly interchangable between different systems, and between cp/m 2 and cp/m 3, regardless of system addresses. System sizes can be changed "on the fly" to maximize tpa when required. Most Z utilities will run on both cp/m 2 and cp/m 3 systems; some require upgrading to handle cp/m 3 differences, and that work is in progress. What is ZCPR ? A Z80 Command Processor Replacement...that has evolved into a highly integrated, configurable, extensible enhancement of the CP/M command interface...spawned hundreds of companion utilities...is the focus of most new CP/M-compatible programming ... for more documentation see the ZCPR3 and Z33 directories on simtel20. --bridger