Docker image for running an emulated Altair CP/M 3.0 + Z3PLUS computer.
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Docker image for running an Altair Z-80 based computer with Z3PLUS on CP/M Plus
To start the service locally, run:
docker run -p 8823:8823 rbanffy/altair-z3plus
When the service comes up, it listens to port 8823. The emulated machine boots under CP/M Plus and the user needs to start Z3PLUS manually:
LDRBIOS3 v1.07 27-Jun-2010
CP/M V3.0 Loader V1.00 18-Jan-2002
Copyright (C) 1982, Digital Research
BNKBIOS3 SPR ED00 0A00
BNKBIOS3 SPR AD00 1300
RESBDOS3 SPR E700 0600
BNKBDOS3 SPR 7F00 2E00
57K TPA
BIOS3 Banked for SIMH Altair V-1.27, 4 HD, 02-May-2009
A>z3plus
--- Z3PLUS ---
The Z-System for CP/M PLUS (CP/M 3)
Vers. 1.02 (c) 1988 Bridger Mitchell
[ TPA: 0100 - CA05 50.50k ]
TCSELECT, Version 1.2
Selected Terminal is: VT100 DEC
ZCPR3 TERMINAL DESCRIPTOR LOADED
A0:COMMANDS>
At this point, you are in the MP/M prompt. It shows the active drive (A), current user number (from 0 to 15) and the label of the disk.
| Drive | Contents |
|---|---|
| A: | System disk + Z3PLUS |
| B: | Second Z3PLUS disk |
| C: | Sorcim's SuperCalc 2 |
| D: | Ashton and Tate's dBase II |
| E: | MicroPro's WordStar Release 4 |
| F: | Microsoft's Multiplan 4 |
| G: | Miscellaneous games |
| H: | Miscellaneous applications |
| I: | First hard drive, empty |
| J: | Second hard drive, empty |
All files in the disk images are in user area 0.
In order to create an empty 8GB (the largest size supported under CP/M) hard disk image, use the dd utility:
dd if=/dev/zero bs=1024 count=8192 | tr '\000' '\345' > empty_hard_disk.dsk
To create an empty 8" floppy image, use:
dd if=/dev/zero bs=137 count=8128 | tr '\000' '\345' > empty_floppy.dsk
The Z3PLUS user's guide is available from http://gaby.de/ftp/pub/cpm/z3plus.pdf.
Information specific to the Altair Z80 emulator can be found at http://bitsavers.trailing-edge.com/simh.trailing-edge.com_201206/pdf/altairz80_doc.pdf.
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34.3 MB
Last updated
4 months ago
docker pull rbanffy/altair-z3plus