Using cpmgen and movcpm with Altairz80 emulator
retrogear
http://maben.homeip.net/static/s100/cromemco/code/disks/index.html
Image #280 which is a teledisk image described as cpm untested.
I conveted it to an IMD imagedisk file with samdisk and booted it on Peter Shorn's
Altairz80 emulator with his Cromemco script. Turns out it boots and has a cpmgen
program to configure with movcpm !!! Peter has it on his site now:
http://www.schorn.ch/zip/cromemco.zip
Here is the cpmgen.com in action sysgening a disk in b: from 64k to 56k:
C:\cromemco>altairz80 cromemco
Altair 8800 (Z80) simulator V3.9-0 build 1625 (scp created Feb 10 2013 at 09:37:
45 with gcc 4.2.4)
Preparing to boot, ESC to abort
Standby
64k CP/M vers 2.2
Intelligent Terminals Corp.
Release 5b - 03/27/81
System Addresses:
BDOS: DC00
BIOS: EA00
FDC : F000
CRT : FA00
A>cpmgen
Intelligent Terminals Corporation
CP/M 2.2 System Generation
Release 5b - 03/27/81
This program is used to generate a new CP/M 2.2 system.
The following files are used as input files
and must all be on the same drive.
CPMLOAD.COM - System Loader
MOVCPM.COM - System Relocator
SYSGEN.COM - System Copier
CPMCRT.SPR - Console and Printer drivers
CPMFDC.SPR - 16fdc disk drivers
CPMHARD.SPR - Hard disk drivers, (if hard disk system)
CPM3355.SPR - 3355 printer drivers, (if required)
Which disk drive contains these files? a
Current system configuration.
Number of floppy disks: 4
Number of hard disks: 0
Floppy disk configuration:
A: 8", Med Seek.
B: 8", Med Seek.
C: 8", Med Seek.
D: 8", Med Seek.
Is this configuration correct? y
Printer assignments:
1: Centronics Parallel at port 50 (hex).
2: Standard Serial at port 50 (hex), 1200 baud.
3: Unassigned Printer at port 00 (hex).
4: Unassigned Printer at port 00 (hex).
Is this configuration correct? y
Do you have a CROMEMCO 3102 terminal? n
Do you want to create a new CPMLOAD.COM file? y
Enter output drive: b
Writing FDC drivers to CPMLOAD.$$$
Writing CRT drivers to CPMLOAD.$$$
Erasing CPMLOAD.COM.
Renaming CPMLOAD.$$$ to CPMLOAD.COM.
Enter memory size in k-bytes: 56
Creating A:$$$.SUB file to complete processing.
End of system generation phase.
STOP
A>MOVCPM 56ITC 15ITC
CONSTRUCTING 56k CP/M vers 2.2
READY FOR "SYSGEN" OR
"SAVE 34 CPM56.COM"
A>SAVE 34 CPM56.COM
A>SYSGEN CPM56.COM
SYSGEN Vers 2.2
Intelligent Terminals Corp.
Release 5b - 03/27/81
Destination drive name (or return to reboot)? b
Destination on B, then press return.
Function complete.
Destination drive name (or return to reboot)?
A>
*** closed altairz80 and restarted booting newly sysgen'd drive. notice system was 64k and now 56k ***
C:\cromemco>altairz80 cromemco
Altair 8800 (Z80) simulator V3.9-0 build 1625 (scp created Feb 10 2013 at 09:37:
45 with gcc 4.2.4)
Preparing to boot, ESC to abort
Standby
56k CP/M vers 2.2
Intelligent Terminals Corp.
Release 5b - 03/27/81
System Addresses:
BDOS: BC00
BIOS: CA00
FDC : D000
CRT : DA00
A>dir a:
A: CPMLOAD COM
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