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author: Wayne Warthen (<wwarthen@gmail.com>) |
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date: 23 Jan 2025 |
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institution: RetroBrew Computers Group |
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subtitle: Version 3.5 |
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title: RomWBW ReadMe |
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--- |
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**RomWBW ReadMe** \ |
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@ -30,9 +9,10 @@ Wayne Warthen ([wwarthen@gmail.com](mailto:wwarthen@gmail.com)) \ |
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RomWBW software provides a complete, commercial quality implementation |
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of CP/M (and workalike) operating systems and applications for modern |
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Z80/180/280 retro-computing hardware systems. A wide variety of |
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platforms are supported including those produced by these developer |
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communities: |
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Z80/180/280 retro-computing hardware systems. |
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A wide variety of platforms are supported including those produced by |
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these developer communities: |
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- [RetroBrew Computers](https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org) |
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(<https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org>) |
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A complete list of the currently supported platforms is found in the |
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\[Installation\] section. |
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General features include: |
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Supported hardware features of RomWBW include: |
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- Z80 Family CPUs including Z80, Z180, and Z280 |
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- Banked memory services for several banking designs |
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- Video drivers including TMS9918, SY6545, MOS8563, HD6445 |
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- Keyboard (PS/2) drivers via VT8242 or PPI interfaces |
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- Real time clock drivers including DS1302, BQ4845 |
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- OSes: CP/M 2.2, ZSDOS, CP/M 3, NZ-COM, ZPM3, QPM, p-System, and |
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FreeRTOS |
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- Built-in VT-100 terminal emulation support |
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RomWBW is distributed as both source code and pre-built ROM and disk |
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support the use of multiple slices (up to 256 per device). Each slice |
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contains a complete CP/M filesystem and can be mapped independently to |
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any drive letter. This overcomes the inherent size limitations in legacy |
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OSes and allows up to 2GB of accessible storage on a single device. |
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OSes and allows up to 2GB of accessible storage on a single device, with |
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up to 128MB accessible at any one time. |
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The pre-built ROM firmware images are generally suitable for most users. |
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However, it is also very easy to modify and build custom ROM images that |
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@ -114,11 +93,11 @@ Page](https://github.com/wwarthen/RomWBW/releases) |
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(<https://github.com/wwarthen/RomWBW/releases>) of the repository. On |
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this page, you will normally see a Development Snapshot as well as |
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recent stable releases. Unless you have a specific reason, I suggest you |
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stick to the most recent stable release. Expand the “Assets” drop-down |
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for the release you want to download, then select the asset named |
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RomWBW-vX.X.X-Package.zip. The Package asset includes all pre-built ROM |
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and Disk images as well as full source code. The other assets contain |
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only source code and do not have the pre-built ROM or disk images. |
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stick to the most recent stable release. |
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The asset named RomWBW-vX.X.X-Package.zip includes all pre-built ROM and |
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Disk images as well as full source code. The other assets contain only |
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source code and do not have the pre-built ROM or disk images. |
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All source code and distributions are maintained on GitHub. Code |
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contributions are very welcome. |
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@ -226,12 +205,14 @@ let me know if I missed you! |
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- Martin R has provided substantial help reviewing and improving the |
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User Guide and Applications documents. |
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- Mark Pruden has contributed a great deal of content to the Disk |
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Catalog, User Guide, as well as creating the Introduction and Hardware |
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documents, and contributed the disk image for the Z3PLUS operating |
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system, the COPYSL utility, and also implemented a feature for RomWBW |
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configuration by NVRAM, and added the /B bulk mode of disk assignment |
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to the ASSIGN utility. |
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- Mark Pruden has made a wide variety of contributions including: |
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- significant content in the Disk Catalog and User Guide |
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- creation of the Introduction and Hardware documents |
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- Z3PLUS operating system disk image |
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- COPYSL utility |
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- a feature for RomWBW configuration by NVRAM |
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- the /B bulk mode of disk assignment to the ASSIGN utility |
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- Jacques Pelletier has contributed the DS1501 RTC driver code. |
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Wayne Warthen
1 year ago