The "user number in prompt" and "execute from user 0" thing are BDOS
extensions from a given manufacturer and not part of standard CP/M 2.2, if
I recall correctly.

It may have become standard in CP/M 3.0, but that's not really germane here.

On Tue, Oct 6, 2020, 17:26 Bert Put <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I was wondering which version of CP/M that this was based on?
> I'm specifically looking for support for "user numbers" since CP/M does
> not support directories.  My Kaypro runs CP/M 2.2G and 2.2H.  In those
> versions, the user number is part of the prompt, such as A0> or A1>.
> Also, if you navigate to user area 1 with "USER 1", you can call any
> executable in user area 0 in case it does not exist in user area 1.
> There are 16 such user areas available, 0 to 15.
>

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