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from: Bill Buckels
date: 2008-10-18 20:44:42
subject: Re: Z80 Card for Apple //e

"Tarkin"  wrote in message 
news:9ec64546-f563-4945-b104-b8cf58824d29{at}d31g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...

>This card was blogged about last month here:
http://www.nekochan.net/weblog/archives/2008/09/the-mysterious.html

Good documentation. Thanks for this link.

I got my card installed today.

At first I was getting all sorts of system hangs with various CP/M's that I 
converted from asimov. Then I read the manual for my 8 MHZ ZIP Chip 
accelerator after reading the blog piece where it mentions slowing-down the 
GS. Yep, you guessed it! When I booted my //e in 1 MHZ mode it all worked 
like a charm:)

>My setup works best with the Apple ][ CP/M Ver 2.20B from asimov (tho' side 
>b is wonky...).

This works the same over here (just fine with ZIP chip disabled). Side B 
appears to be some DOS 3.3 stuff. I just didn't bother with it.

I used ciderpress and my CF Card in my Microdrive and DISKMAKER.8 to create 
the CP/M disks.

I have yet to try adding my own Aztec C CP/M programs directly to an Apple 
disk image using ciderpress, mainly because I haven't had time yet, but I 
have every reason to believe that it will all work just fine.

I just need to say that this was a great deal even though I paid the ebay 
price rather than the lower price on this guy's website. So what! I got a 
CP/M machine for under fifty bucks including shipping to Canada in less than 
a week. Who can complain? Of course one needs an Apple II to start with.

BTW I've got a MIX C compiler for CP/M native mode coming soon thanks to a 
kind soul who knows I like to play with C compilers. Life is good:)

Bill
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