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From: MMOON.ES@PARC-MAXC.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.cpm
Subject: Compupro 8088/85 processor.
Message-ID: <12273@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 3-Oct-83 13:27:00 EDT
Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.12273
Posted: Mon Oct  3 13:27:00 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 6-Oct-83 07:50:38 EDT
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I am considering taking the plunge into the "16" bit world by trading in
my old reliable Cromoemco ZPU for the 8088/85 board from Compupro.  I
sprung for the manual at Priority 1 & found out the initial conversion
will cause no real shock waves from the hardware standpoint.  However,
the 8085 will become the main processor in the short run, meaning I have
to give up my ZCPR2 implimentation.  I seem to remember some discussion
on this net regarding 8085 versions of at least the utilities &
hopefully the CPR itself (obviously with a little cutting).  I would
appreciate a list of the files to look for & a pointer to a non-ARPA, i.
e., *not* SIMTEL-20, source as 1) We at Xerox without clearance have
message-only access to ARPA-net with *no* FTP capability & 2) The local
RCPM's haven't breathed a word I've been able to find on the subject.

For long term, I have another question.  Am I tied to the Compupro &/or
G&G CP/M-86 or MP/M-816 software?  My disk controller is a Morrow DJ2DIO
which is out of production, I believe, but has been quite reliable.  I
don't want to spring for a Disk-1 while I have a perfectly good floppy
controller, but this poses some obvious problems with a roll-your-own
BIOS for either of the above OS's.  Anybody been through this before I
re-invent the wheel?

Thanks in advance for *any* info.

		MMoon.es