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