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+ -REQUEST.HIS:  Requests re: further development
+                 of CPM3ON2.LBR by others
+  Ilbert Butler                                04/20/88
+ 
+ The files in CPM3ON2 were created by Bill Smith, while employed
+ at Morrow Designs & writing the BIOS & modifying the CP/M 3
+ operating system for Morrow MD hard disk computers.  His idea was
+ to upgrade all existing unbanked CP/M 2.2 systems to CP/M 3.0.
+ This idea fell by the wayside, when Morrow turned all its atten-
+ tion to MS-DOS & its financial troubles.  Digital Research, Inc.
+ was offered & declined to purchase this developmental work.
+ 
+ The original CPM3ON2 files are essentially a disk 'dump' of Bill
+ Smith's work, which he placed in the public domain, subject to
+ his copyright.  For someone just doing a disk dump, this may seem
+ presumptuous, BUT if there is any further development on this,
+ could we PLEASE have respect for copyright, an orderly and intel-
+ ligible naming and numbering of versions, and reference to a com-
+ mon set of CP/M 3 utilities? . . . as follows:
+ 
+ 0)   Include Bill Smith copyright notice in all subsequent ver-
+      sions, add your own, IF you have made a SIGNIFICANT addition
+      or extension of code, not just modification & reassembly.
+ 
+ 1)   Later versions of a GENERIC CPM3ON2, i.e., for all CP/M 2.2
+      computers, as a source, can be consecutively numbered by
+      letters of the alphabet, e.g., CPM3ON2A, CPM3ON2B, etc. It
+      seems unlikely there would be more than 26 generic versions.
+      Most will be for specific brand hardware & ROM BIOS.
+ 
+ 2)   Versions intended for (or tested only on) particular hard-
+      ware brand & ROM BIOS should be differently named:
+        3ON2<brand initials>.<ARK or LBR>
+      E.g., 3ON2KP for Kaypro, 3ON2MD for Morrow MD, 3ON2OS for
+      CP/M 2 Osbornes, etc., also numbered by version.
+ 
+ 3)   Versions which require (or have been tested and run only
+      under) ZCPR3 should be separately named and numbered, e.g:
+        Z3PON2x   = Z3PLUS on CP/M 2 system w/CPM 3 BDOS
+        Z3DON2x   = ZRDOS (if any) replacing CP/M3 BDOS and run-
+                    ning on CP/M 2 system
+ 
+ 4)   Check for current version number on BAMDUA (Morrow) RCP/M
+      PBBS, 415-654-3882.  Registration & upgrade of privileges is
+      automatic (in the absence of system abuse). Avoid different
+      versions with the same name & version number.
+ 
+ 5)   In order to give users the opportunity to acquire system
+      utilities LEGALLY, and have them referring to the same set
+      of system files, I suggest we point out that a LARGE number
+      of disk sets of CP/M 3 system software are on the surplus
+      market for Osborne Executive, Morrow MD & Commodore 128.
+      Versions should use one of these 3, identify which one is
+      used, and have any overlays used to modify them come with
+      instructions for use with MLOAD.
+