Boot CP/M 3.0 or ZPM3

[John Sandlin]

For some reason, CP/M 3.0 and ZPM3 aren't loading for me. I've run the CPMLDR and told it the drive and slice (2.3 and 2.4 respectively). Both stop and never make it to a useable state. Just tried the ZPM3 - got this:

Boot CP/M 3 from Disk Unit: 2   Slice: 4

 Loading ZPM3...
 BNKBIOS3 SPR  F700  0700
 BNKBIOS3 SPR  5200  2E00
 RESBDOS3 SPR  F100  0600
 BNKBDOS3 SPR  2400  2E00

 60K TPA

ZPM3 [BANKED] on HBIOS v3.0.1

and here it sits until I reset it.

It's ROMWBW 3.4.0, the appropriate files seem to be where they ought to be. As the ROMWBW.TXT files shows, I used the CPMLDR not the ZPMLDR, and I'm missing something somewhere. Also tried from the normal boot menu entering 2.3 and 2.4, they hang in this same spot. What did I forget to finish?

[Wayne Warthen]

Hi John,

It appears that your HBIOS ROM (v3.4) and the ZPM/CP/M 3 OS are mismatched.  Notice that when ZPM3 starts it says "on HBIOS 3.0.1".  Your ROM and your OS images must match.  You will need to update your CP/M 3 and ZPM slices to the OS image for v3.4.  You can just write a whole new combo image from the v3.4 distribution to a new CF card or update the OS images on the existing CF card slices.  Take a look at the RomWBW User Guide for more information.  If you get stuck, let me know.

Thanks, Wayne

[John Sandlin]

Thanks, I'll look into that directly.  I'll reread the romwbw guide too. The first few times through, it was a lot over my head!  And I've been doing computing since the late 1970s. But probably because I've forgotten most of what I once knew.

[John Sandlin]

That did it - and man ZPM3 is WAY different than CP/M or even ZP/M 2.2!

Now both CP/M 3 and ZP/M 3 launch happily.

Thanks!

[Wayne Warthen]

Glad it is all working.  Yes, very different.  Especially ZPM3.

Thanks, Wayne