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From: opalka@16bits.dec.com (Bill Opalka 381-1224)
Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Help with Heath Z-89 and ZCPR-3....
Message-ID: <8802182136.AA16952@decwrl.dec.com>
Date: 18 Feb 88 21:36:57 GMT
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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Hello,

    I have a problem maybe someone out there can help me with.  I have
a HEATH Z-89 computer with a Magnolia Sasi Interface card and a 20 Meg
winnie on which I'd like to install Z-COMM/ZCPR-3.  My problem is that
Z-COMM will install alright but it won't recongnize the Floppy drives. 
After talking to the folks are Echelon about it, I decided to return 
Z-COMM and put up with vanilla Magnolia CPM 2.2.04.  Well it's been about
6 months and I'm getting pretty tried of not having all the neat features
of a Z-SYSTEM so here are my options:

	1) Buy the BIOS sources from Magnolia and do a manual 
	   installation ($75.00 for the sources plus the work to
	   do the installation)

	2) Buy CPM 3.0 system board from Magnolia ($175.00) and wait
	   for ZCPR-33 to be implemented on CPM 3.0

	3) Bring up my Heath version of CPM 2.2.03 and implement
	   Magnolia's controller into that BIOS ($75.00 for source
	   again from Magnolia plus time to implement the controller 
	   into the Heath BIOS)

	4) Tollerate standard CPM (BTW I do use EZCPR)

	5) Buy an IBM compatable. (Notice it's the last option!!!)

Any other options ?  My ideal choice is to find someone whose implemented
ZCPR-33 with the Magnolia Version of CPM borrow there code to implement 
ZCPR-33. Anyone willing to give me a help in doing this ???


thanks,


/bill