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Re: [N8VEM-S100:5579] Re: Problem with ALTAIR-IMSAI 8080 CPU Board



Hi Jeff and Josh,
 
I got Josh's new firmware v1.2 today and put it in. Now CP/M is working!!!
 
I am using Tera Term to transfer programs. I transferred MBASIC.COM using XMODEM to the B: drive on CP/M. It worked great!! However it has been awhile since I used the save routine. Had to make sure I had enough pages allocated. The first time I did save enough space.
 
Thanks guys,
 
Harold
 

On Thursday, November 13, 2014 9:50:40 PM UTC-5, Jeff G wrote:
On 11/13/2014 7:27 PM, hlrjr via N8VEM-S100 wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> Just a quick update. With help from Josh I found a bad IC on my board.
> Made the replacement and now the SD card is working!!!
>
> Now I need to understand how to use the SD card with CP/M. This is new
> to me. Are there any docs on how to transfer programs to the SD card?
>
> Again, thanks Josh!
>
> Harold
>
Hi Harold,
   I saw Josh's reply to you in which he has a link the latest firmware
and CP/M image on the Wiki page for the board.  I just wanted to share
that I was initially confused on how to use the CP/M disk image with the
SD card.  I kept thinking that I had to use an imaging program like
Windisk imager to create a usable disk but I reread the documentation
and realized that all I had to do was copy the disk image file to the
formatted SD card as Disk-A.bin. When you bring up the system It will
find that image and present you with the option to boot CP/M.  For all
intents & purposes it looks just like a SSSD 8" diskette that is the
original CP/M interchange format.  I then followed Josh's instructions
on how to use the monitor program's XMODEM command to transfer some
additional files like MBASIC.COM and it worked as advertised.
Regards,
Jeff