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== Vortex RAM Expansion == Vortex implemented their own version of CP/M for the CPC and also provided patches for a system disc with a file called PATCH.COM on it, which patched Amstrad's CP/M to 2.2 so that CP/M could use their memory RAM expansionto get 63KB TPA.
There were also third party implementations which supported the Vortex RAM Expansion such as [[RCPM]].
== Vortex's patch 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. ==== Downloads ==== * [[Media:VTXF1464.DSK|F1 S-/D-Drive system disk for CPC 464, bootable CP/M 2.2 to use ]] (720k Vortex RAM Expansion format) === F1/M1 X-Drive ===
Vortex provided Following a disc legal dispute with Digital Research, Vortex switched to supplying only patches for CP/M 3.0. The X-Drive came with a PATCHsystem disc containing XPATCH30.COM on it which patched Amstrad's CP/M 23.20, which came with adding support for the CPC664, so that CPM could use their RAM expansion 80-track Vortex disc format. The system disc itself can be modified to get 63KB TPAboot CPM 2.2 or 3.0.
== Vortex's implementation of <gallery>Cpm22-xdrive.jpg|CP/M on Floppy ==To boot C/PM you need:* a CPC464* VDOS 12.0 on ROM and a 2 with Vortex disc interface.patch applied* a 80 track double sided drive A.* a Vortex 512KB RAM Expansion.</gallery>
There are other versions of VDOS and other ways to boot their CPM on CPC6128 etc.==== Downloads ====
== Vortex's implementation of * [[Media:VTXF1XB.DSK|F1/M1 X-Drive system disk, patched to boot CP/M on 2.2]] (720k Vortex's Winchester WD20 hard disk ==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.
[[Category:Operating System]][[Category:CP/M]][[Category:Vortex Computersysteme]]
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