Date   : Tue, 10 Mar 1987 13:55:46 GMT
From   : mcnc!rti-sel!dg_rtp!harris@seismo.css.gov (Mark Harris)
Subject: Re: CPM for MODEL I

In article <1987Mar2.211847.21135@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu> bangia@gpu.utcs.toronto.edu
(Naresh Bangia) writes:
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>Well, here goes my first posting to this group, and I hope it makes sense
>I know the MODEL I might be dead but for me it has served quite a useful
>purpose,  to enlighten me in hardware and software difficulties
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>first of al let me describe my current system:C{
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>   MODEL I running CP/M 2.2 (ZCPR3)
>        20 M harddrive
>   2 serial ports (1 running terminal)
>   a real time clock.
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>   The CPM me and a friend have developed from scratch , he did the
>hardware and I did the software.  And I thi7{k we are ready to release
>it to public domain.  The hardware documents and the BIOS source
>code.  The system works quite fast and is relatively cheap to 
>convert to CPM ....   I just don't know if the demand for CPM is there
>anymore.   So mail me and let me know if anyone is interested in this posting
>if not,  I will go back into obsecurity.   
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>   Naresh
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>           mail :   bangia@gpu.utcs  or bangia@utcs
>-- 
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>N. Bangia 
>UUCP:  {decvax,seismo!mnetor,utzoo}!utcs!bangia
>ARPA:  ??????

Well, I for one would be very interested in getting your CP/M and I suspect
there are quite a few model I users out there who feel the same way.
(On Compuserve and GEnie, I have run into a LOT of people who still hack
with the model I.)  

Although I only use the model I for playing some fun Infocom games, it would
be fun to be able to hack around with a public domain OS.  Will you post the
sources?  Sure would be nice.

Another thing, how much work would be involved in getting the CP/M up on
a model IV?  I assume not all that much.  What does your hardware modification
consist of?  Remapping the lower 16K of memory?

So in conclusion, go ahead and post the CP/M.  Thanks.

Mark