Vortex CP/M: Difference between revisions

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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.

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, so that Vortex disc drives can be used in CP/M.

CP/M 2.2 with Vortex patch applied

Winchester Hard Disk Drive (WD20)

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

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 == Winchester Hard Disk Drive (WD20) ==
-There is a patch and/or a patched version of CP/M 2.2 which enables using Vortex WD20 hard disc drive. There was no support for CP/M 3.0 for the WD20.
+There is a patch for CP/M 2.2, enabling support for the Vortex WD20 hard disc drive. There was no patch released for CP/M 3.0.
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