I've been playing around with CP/M 2.2 for a while now and am ready to look at v.3.0.
Mike created a version for the Altair a few years ago, and so I'm getting ready to roll my sleeves up and dive in.
So Mike - and any others that have treaded this territory before me - what benefits does v.3.0 offer?
And a few other questions:
Why hasn't a version been created for 1.5Mb disks? Is it just a matter of "too many things to do and too little time?"
Would v.3.0 be better than v.2.2 for use with a hard disk drive? Would it be easier to create a v.3.0 BIOS that supported hard disk and floppies? Does it make sense to use the BIOS.ASM file that you (Mike) created for 330Kb drives, and modify the disk parameters to describe the physical characteristics of the 1.5Mb diskettes? And then maybe something similar to support hard disks?
I mentioned BIOS changes, but I think there's more than that, yes? Also a boot loader and cpmldr, isn't that right?
I've been reading things here and there, starting to create myself a fog to work through. Though some of you guys probably have flashlights for that fog.
Thoughts? Suggestions?