gferluga Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 I confirm these floppies are working well on our TI/Z80 system: eBay item 332465268031 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gferluga Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 This is the disk images of the floppies I own… - Batch #1 CPMZ802 FMASTER Z80.hfe FMASTER Z80.dtk CPMZ802T.TD0 FMASTER Z80.dsk 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gferluga Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Batch #2 Z80MDSSS.RAW Z80MDSSS.TXT Z80MDSSS.TD0 Z80MDSSS.IMD Z80MRSDS.TD0 Z80TE.TD0 3 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gferluga Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 I hope this is going to be helpfull to someone, in my memory 😉 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gferluga Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Original manual, but you probably have it 🤗 Foundation Z80 Card Introduction and MR5 OS User manual.pdf 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) So @gferluga, these were average CP/M disks for the Kaypro II and they boot right up on the Foundation Card? If that's so, then what I feel happened is the creator of the card did not get a license to use the CP/M bios on the card so went with the RP/M method. This still allowed the user to run CP/M programs. Go figure. I do have Kaypro II disks around, probably in storage, if their any good?. So anyhow to confirm you said they boot on the Foundation card? No modifications? Are the pictures in your pdf file, recent photos of thes disks being used, if so you are the man of the hour, so to speak. Thanks from all of mus who own this card. Edited September 24, 2023 by RickyDean added content Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gferluga Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) Rick. I boot the clone CP/M with card supplied disks. After that I swap the disks with the Kaypro 2 ones and I’m able to read them and execute programs. No boot from the K2 floppies. Btw, has to be Kaypro 2 images, as seen from MS-DOS program 22disk Edited September 24, 2023 by gferluga 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 It is a relief to see that at least one copy of the software for this card survived long enough to be imaged. Many thanks for posting these @gferluga, as the small number of these cards known to be in the wild will now have the capability to be used. I also have the Foundation 80-column card (monochrome) that was intended to work with the CP/M card. They are even harder to find (I've seen no more than 2-3 total in the wild, as opposed to the 10 or so CP/M cards that have turned up over the years), but they connect via serial connection, so that shouldn't be too hard to set up. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 (edited) 15 minutes ago, gferluga said: Rick. I boot the clone CP/M with card supplied disks. After that I swap the disks with the Kaypro 2 ones and I’m able to read them and execute programs. No boot from the K2 floppies. Btw, has to be Kaypro 2 images, as seen from MS-DOS program 22disk Okay, that was to be expected then, as it is stated that the Z80A card will run CP/M 2.2 programs. I'm glad that my miserable attempts spurred you into action. Thanks again for these files, now all who have useless Z80A cards will be able to make them useful again. Well done!! Edited September 24, 2023 by RickyDean spelling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gferluga Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 Btw, I anyone has one spare for sale… 😄 I don’t mind… two is better than one (or nothing, of course) 🤗 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gferluga Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted September 24, 2023 Author Share Posted September 24, 2023 We'll have to open a TI99 Z80 forum thread now!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted September 24, 2023 Share Posted September 24, 2023 When there is still no native 9900 CP/M... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Vorticon Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Does the screen scroll horizontally to accommodate 80 columns like on the Coleco Adam or does it just roll over to the next line? If it's the latter, then that does limit the usefulness somewhat from a display formatting standpoint. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 37 minutes ago, Vorticon said: Does the screen scroll horizontally to accommodate 80 columns like on the Coleco Adam or does it just roll over to the next line? If it's the latter, then that does limit the usefulness somewhat from a display formatting standpoint. As @Ksarulsaid earlier, there was a Foundation 80 col card that could be purchased to have a monochrome 80 col display. I would think a 80 column TE along with a F18A or a 9938/58 card would also display 80, but I'll let Ksarul expound on that. I've got other things happening at the moment, but will in a couple of weeks after my vacation, give it a try with a F18A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gferluga Posted September 25, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2023 Well. Out of the box the original TE software doesn’t gain any advantage of the F18a. I test it… However there are some options: - hack the original TE software - use a mechanism like the Adam CP/M to use an external terminal - try another terminal emulation software, maybe the one from TIPI I’m not taking the challenge here this time 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted September 25, 2023 Author Share Posted September 25, 2023 I know that back in the 90's, I used the TI, but also I used a Tektronic's terminal to access the Z80 card. But I was only playing around with it back then, and that terminal is gone into history. It was something like this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+arcadeshopper Posted September 28, 2023 Share Posted September 28, 2023 On 9/25/2023 at 6:07 PM, gferluga said: Well. Out of the box the original TE software doesn’t gain any advantage of the F18a. I test it… However there are some options: - hack the original TE software - use a mechanism like the Adam CP/M to use an external terminal - try another terminal emulation software, maybe the one from TIPI I’m not taking the challenge here this time 😉 You should try TIMXT it supports full 80 col color ansi terminal rs232 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyDean Posted October 2, 2023 Author Share Posted October 2, 2023 Here might be a cheap option for using a z80 machine with a TI. https://github.com/SuperFabius/Z80-MBC2. FYI 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elia Spallanzani fdt Posted November 19, 2023 Share Posted November 19, 2023 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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