Date   : Sat, 16 Feb 1991 19:07:57 GMT
From   : aurs01!luce@uunet.uu.net (J. Luce)
Subject: CPM for 128...

In article <1991Feb16.021858.21037@garfield.cs.mun.ca> roger@garfield.cs.mun.ca
(Roger White) writes:
>I recently purchased a 1581 drive and enclosed within was a mail-in card for
>an upgrade to the latest version of CPM 3.0. It says that it will cost me
>$19.95 (US) to get it. I was wondering if it would be worth it to upgrade
>to the newest version? And does CBM supply the upgrade any more? (since
>the 128 has been discontinued...) This one is supplied on a 3.5" disk.
>

Actually, if you DON'T get the offer, then you won't be able to use the
1581 in CP/M mode. The version that came with the C128 doesn't recognize
the ormat. There is a kludge out there that will patch the CP/M 3.0 sys
file that will allow the 1581 to be viewed as a *1571* with 340K of
space, but, yuck!!

Also, the package comes with all kinds of nifty stuff for programming in
CP/M.

Oh, yes. It also recognizes an REU as drive M:    Up to 512K worth :)


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