Vortex CP/M: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 13:58, 27 July 2025

Vortex RAM Expansion

Vortex provided a system disc with a file called PATCH.COM on it, which patched Amstrad's CP/M 2.2 so that CP/M could use their RAM expansion to get 63KB TPA.

Vortex Floppy Disc Drives

F1/M1 S- and D-Drive

Vortex provided a patched version of CP/M 2.2 together with their S- and D-Drives. Following a legal dispute with Digital Research, Vortex switched to supplying only patches for CP/M 2.2 and CP/M 3.0.

Downloads

F1 S-/D-Drive system disk, bootable CP/M 2.2 (720k Vortex format)

F1/M1 X-Drive

The X-Drive came with a system disc containing files called XPATCH.COM and XPATCH30.COM which patched Amstrad's CP/M 2.2 or 3.0, adding support for the 80-track Vortex disc format.

CP/M 2.2 with Vortex patch applied

Downloads

F1 X-Drive system disk, patched to boot CP/M 2.2 (720k Vortex format)

Winchester Hard Disk Drive (WD20)

There is a patch which adds support for the Vortex WD20 hard disc drive to CP/M 2.2. There was no patch released for CP/M 3.0.

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 Vortex provided a patched version of CP/M 2.2 together with their S- and D-Drives. Following a legal dispute with Digital Research, Vortex switched to supplying only patches for CP/M 2.2 and CP/M 3.0.
+==== Downloads ====
+* [[Media:VTXF1464.DSK|F1 S-/D-Drive system disk, bootable CP/M 2.2]] (720k Vortex format)
 === F1/M1 X-Drive ===
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 ==== Downloads ====
-* [[Media:VTXF1XB.DSK|X-Drive system disk, modified to boot CP/M 2.2]] (720k Vortex format)
+* [[Media:VTXF1XB.DSK|F1 X-Drive system disk, patched to boot CP/M 2.2]] (720k Vortex format)
 == Winchester Hard Disk Drive (WD20) ==