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RomWBW Getting Started |
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Wayne Warthen (mailto:wwarthen@gmail.com) |
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Z80/Z180 System Software |
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Version 3.1 Pre-release |
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09 Jul 2022 |
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05 Nov 2022 |
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Wayne Warthen wwarthen@gmail.com |
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The following custom applications are found on the ROM disk and are, |
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therefore, globally available. |
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Application Description |
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ASSIGN Add, change, and delete drive letter assignments. Use ASSIGN /? |
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for usage instructions. |
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ASSIGN Add, change, and delete drive letter assignments. Use ASSIGN |
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/? for usage instructions. |
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SYSCOPY Copy system image to a device to make it bootable. Use SYSCOPY |
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with no parms for usage instructions. |
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FORMAT Will someday be a command line tool to format floppy disks. |
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Currently does nothing! |
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XM XModem file transfer program adapted to hardware. Automatically |
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uses primary serial port on system. |
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XM XModem file transfer program adapted to hardware. |
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Automatically uses primary serial port on system. |
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FLASH Will Sowerbutts’ in-situ ROM programming utility. |
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TIMER Display value of running periodic system timer. |
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CPUSPD Change the running CPU speed and wait states of the system. |
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Some custom applications do not fit on the ROM disk. They are found on |
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the disk image files or the individual files can be found in the |
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with ZSDOS, but will not work on CP/M 2.2. For example, LDDS, which |
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loads the ZSDOS date/time stamper will only run on ZSDOS. |
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Flash ROM Disks |
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The limitation of ROM disks being read only can be overcome on some |
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platforms with the appropriate selection of Flash ROM chip and system |
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configuration. In this case the flash-file system can be enabled which |
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will allow the ROM disk to be read and written to. Flash devices have a |
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limited write lifespan and continual usage will eventually wear out the |
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device. It is not suited for high usage applications. |
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Disk Devices |
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While the RAM/ROM disks provide a functional system, they are not useful |
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