Quick survey on equipment

Allison ajp166 at bellatlantic.net
Sat Apr 21 12:35:04 CDT 2007


>
>Subject: Re: Quick survey on equipment
>   From: Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com>
>   Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2007 12:00:55 -0400
>     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
>
>On Apr 21, 2007, at 12:38 AM, Ensor wrote:
>> BTW Can TRS-80 Model 1's or Memotech's run CP/M (I had an "SDX"  
>> disc pack for my Memotech at one time, but that didn't run CP/M;  
>> rather it had a basic "disc filing system" in ROM)?
>
>   I'm pretty sure the TRS-80 Model I is incapable of running  
>unmodified CP/M because it has ROM in low memory that cannot be  
>remapped...is this correct?
>

Correct as standard CP/M. there was a version that allowed for that ROM.
It was not standard and dur to that and the small TPA it would not run 
most appications available.  If you had source you could reassemble/compile
as needed and then run it for the new 4200h start adresss (nominal is 100H).


Allison



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