4-Feb-83 13:16:36-EST,00000001503;000000000001 Date: 4 Feb 1983 1316-EST From: Sy.WBC3 at CU20B (Bill Catchings) Subject: [Nick Bush : KERMIT-80 on Z-100's] To: Sy.FdC Here is the letter from Stevens. -Bill --------------- Date: 31 Jan 1983 1132-EST From: Nick Bush Subject: KERMIT-80 on Z-100's To: SY.WBC3 at CU20B The changes I made to make KERMIT-80 run on the Zenith Z-100 under CP/M-85 were very minor. The Z-100 works identically to the Heath H-89 except for the location of the modem port, and the status bits. The required definitions are: MNPORT EQU 0ECH MNPRTST EQU 0EDH OUTPUT EQU 001H ; Bit is off when output is busy, on when done ; (same as H-89, just different bit) INPUT EQU 002H ; Bit is on when input available (same as H-89) With these changes, KERMIT-80 runs quite nicely under CP/M-85. The other operating system for the Z-100 (ZDOS), claims to be able to run CP/M .COM files, but I haven't found any method of getting one onto a ZDOS format floppy. From the documentation, and from playing around with the Z-100 and the IBM PC that we have as demo's, most programs that run on the IBM seem to run correctly on the Z-100 under ZDOS, so I assume that the IBM PC version of KERMIT would work on the Z-100 with only minor mods. (Is the IBM PC version working yet? If so, could we get a copy to try?) I'll send over what documentation we have on KERMIT-10 as soon as possible. Nick Bush ------- -------