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This is a generic ZPM3 adaptation for RomWBW.
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To start ZPM3, first boot into CP/M 2.2 or ZSystem. Then
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switch to the drive that contains the ZPM3 hard disk image
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and run CPMLDR. You will be prompted for the disk unit
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of the ZPM3 image.
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You may notice that there is a ZPMLDR application on the
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hard disk image. This application is equivalent to CPMLDR,
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but it has some issues with the number of drives that
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RomWBW supports. So, as indicated above, use CPMLDR to
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launch ZPM3.
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I have not found a way to make ZPM3 start up with any drive
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other than A: as the system drive. So, during the load
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process, the boot drive and drive A: are "swapped" so that
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the boot drive is always drive A:. Use the ASSIGN
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command after starting ZPM3 to see how the drives get
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mapped.
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Per ZPM3 standard, files are distributed across different
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user areas depending on their usage. Normal applications
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are in user 15. Help files in user 10. Configuration
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files in user 14.
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In addition to the applications provided in the ZPM3
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distributio, the normal CP/M 3 files are included in user
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area 15. A few typical ZCPR utility programs are also included
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in user area 15:
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- ALIAS
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- ARUNZ
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- ERASE
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- HELPC (named ZHELP)
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- LBREXT
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- SALIAS
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- SETPATH
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- VERRROR
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- VLU
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- ZCNFG
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- ERASE (named ZERASE)
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- ZEX
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- ZFILER
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- ZP
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- SHOW (named ZSHOW)
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- ZXD
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It is a bit confusing, but the ZPM3 system file is called CPM3.SYS.
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This is the ZPM3 default configuration and I guess it is done this
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way to maximize compatibility with CP/M 3. You will notice that
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the startup banner will indicate ZPM3.
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