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builderpages:plasmo:simple80:build_cpm3 [2025/03/15 13:52] – Revision from 2025-03-15 builderpages:plasmo:simple80:build_cpm3 [2026/06/15 13:11] (current) – external edit 127.0.0.1
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 +/* Imported from Wayback Machine
 +   Original URL : https://www.retrobrewcomputers.org/doku.php?id=builderpages:plasmo:simple80:build_cpm3
 +   Snapshot date: 2023-09-22
 +   Generator    : wayback-archiver
 +*/
 +
 +====== Procedures for Assembling and Installing non-banked CPM3 for Simple80 ======
 +
 +The CP/M3 distribution files are compressed with arj.exe. Upload cpm3.arj to Simple80 using XMODEM:
 +
 +//xmodem cpm3.arj /r//
 +
 +decompress with unarj.com:
 +
 +//unarj e cpm3//
 +
 +CP/M3 is now installed on the CF disk.
 +
 +To install the CPM3 loader, send CPMLDR.HEX in Simple80 monitor and type 'c3' command to install CPM3 loader in track 0 of CF disk. To boot CPM3, type 'b3' command in Simple80 monitor.
 +
 +----
 +
 +==== Rebuilding CP/M 3 BIOS ====
 +
 +There are two programs associated with CP/M3 BIOS, cbios3 and scb. [[http://48k.ca/zmac.html|ZMAC]] is the Z80 assembler for assembling cbios3 and scb. The commands are:
 +
 +//zmac –rel cbios3//
 +
 +//zmac –rel scb//
 +
 +The resulting relocatable outputs, cbios3.rel and scb.rel are uploaded to Simple80 via XMODEMl
 +
 +//xmodem cbios3.rel /r//
 +
 +//xmodem scb.rel /r//
 +
 +//link bios3[os]=cbios3,scb ← create updated BIOS3.SPR//
 +
 +Generate an updated cpm3.sys using gencpm.com
 +
 +gencpm:
 +
 +set to no banked
 +
 +N to double allocation vector
 +
 +N to hashing for drive A/B/C/D
 +
 +Y to overlay data buffer and directory buffer for A/B/C/D
 +
 +also share buffers with drive A
 +
 +----
 +
 +==== Rebuilding CPMLDR ====
 +
 +CPMLDR is a barebone disk operating system specifically for loading CP/M. Like CP/M, it also needs a corresponding BIOS to interface to specific hardware. The BIOS is 'ldrbios'. Here is the process of rebuilding CPMLDR with an updated ldrbios:
 +
 +assemble ldrbios with zmac,
 +
 +//zmac –rel ldrbios//
 +
 +xmodem ldrbios.rel to CP/M environment
 +
 +//xmodem ldrbios.rel /r//
 +
 +Then link ldrbios with cpmldr to higher address such as 0x1100 to avoid conflicting with loading CP/M's CCP
 +
 +//link cpmldr[l1100]=cpmldr,ldrbios//
 +
 +xmodem the resulting cpmldr.com to PC
 +
 +//xmodem cpmldr.com /s//
 +
 +convert it to Intel hex format with offset of 0x1100
 +
 +//bin2hex /o0x1100 cpmldr.com cpmldr.hex//
 +
 +Send cpmldr.hex to Simple80 and use monitor command 'c3' to install cpmldr.
  
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