regarding file transfer, use IMPORT or EXPORT in CP/M. Included in package. These programs access a "TPDD". Filenames are 8.3 format,
cheers Steve On Sat, Mar 16, 2024 at 1:36 PM Will Senn <[email protected]> wrote: > I broke down and started reading the manuals (REXCPM, CP/M 2.2, etc). It's > starting to come together (again?)... I've inlined the answers I figured > out for posterity or the next clueless newb who comes along. > > On 3/16/24 11:00 AM, Will Senn wrote: > > 2. CP/M works from RexCPM, which is great, cuz CP/M recognizes more memory: > > 64K CP/M 2.2 M100 CP/M + REXCPM 2MB 1.0 > > Yes, it does recognize more memory and it serves up an A: drive that's a > big chunk of that 2MBs. Solid. Talked about here: > http://bitchin100.com/wiki/index.php?title=M100_CP/M > > My questions are as follows: > > 4. In CP/M, how do I get back to MENU? > > Duh, F8 :). > > 5. When I start CP/M, is it just running CP/M against the M100's memory or > am I in some special whizbang virtual environment where I have additional > disks available somehow? > > It's a whizbang environment for sure - 64K ram and a nearly 2MB A: drive. > > As for my broken ASM, another duh, thanks John for the tip - I need to > write a CP/M friendly program that call it's routines and not the ROM calls. > > CP/M seems the way to go, though. It kinda reminds me of RT11, but with > ASM instead of MACRO11. ed... well, after you figure out that you need to > retrieve the file contents into the buffer, it kinda makes sense - nice > video - I love ED: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7pqaj050X7g > > Still need to figure out how to get files into and out of cp/m though... > > Off to read some more. > > -will >
