24 Jul
1998
24 Jul
'98
8:56 a.m.
On Thu, 23 Jul 1998, Lawrence Walker wrote:
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Am I missing something here ? Where is the hdd info
stored ?
In the case of the Kaypro 10, it is defined in the EPROM. Others, I
suspect, store it in the BIOS.
If each machine was tied to one size , how are fdds
upgraded ? Would a driver
for BIOS normally come with each machine or hdd?
Rather than a driver, you would need to patch the BIOS.
I'm obviously a neophyte at CP/M and wrestling at
this time with a Dec RB
which is even more confusing cause it also runs MSDOS.
The Rainbow is a unique case because of its dual processors.
I also
have a QX-10 that
I will eventually be struggling with when I find an Epson monitor, a KayPro 2X
that I still haven't gotten up and running , not to mention the TRS80 m.ll .
I've the QX-10 CP/M Primer which is very basic and cutesy like some of the
Vic20 manuals. I have a Micro C.Books "CP/M and the Personal Computer" by Dwyer
& Critchfieldand , "The Programmers CP/M Handbook" from
Osbourne/McGraw-Hill ,
and the XEROX "CP/M 80 and CP/M 86" manual from DRI. What do you recommend.
I am familiar with only "The Programmers CP/M Handbook", but I would
guess that each will supplement areas that are weak in one or more of the
others.
- don
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