CP/NC
Control Program for Amstrad NC100 Notepad Computers
CP/NC is a CP/M-compatible
operating system for the
Amstrad NC100 Notepad Computer. It is based on
Russell Marks's
ZCN
operating system, but focuses more on CP/M compatibility and makes the
computer "feel" more like an old-fashioned CP/M box.
While ZCN is a rather playful system that adopts lots of features and
external programs from DOS and Unix, CP/NC goes back to the roots: you
will find a rather minimal CCP and the usual external commands, such as
DUMP, PIP, STAT, and SYSGEN. CP/NC also changes the layout of the LCD
console from 120x10 characters to a more readable 80x8.
Here is a summary of what CP/NC is and is not
as well as a list of differences between CP/NC and
ZCN.
To install CP/NC, you wil need an
NC100 computer (or an emulator), a
nullmodem cable, a
PCMCIA SRAM card, and a computer running an
XMODEM file transfer program (you can find one for
Unix below).
Download Area
CP/NC
- cpnc11b.zip (~600KB)
- This archive contains the CP/NC operating system itself:
pre-compiled binaries, the complete documentation, and its
full source code.
- nc100em-1.31.tgz (~85KB)
- This is Russell Marks's NC100 emulator for Unix, slightly hacked
for CP/NC. It has been a valuable tool in the development of CP/NC
and it allows you to run the OS even if you do not have an actual
NC100. There is a (serial line-only) text-mode emulator and an X11-based
one that also emulates the LCD console.
Helpful Programs
Not CP/NC programs, but programs that can be helpful for exchanging
data with CP/NC. More to come!
- lrzsz-0.12.20.tar.gz (~275KB)
- This package contains file transfer programs providing the XMODEM,
YMODEN, and ZMODEM protocols. LRZSZ is Use Ohse's
revised version
of Omen Technology's public domain RZSZ package. It should compile on
most Unix systems.
Supported Programs
This is a collection of some programs that have been tested under
CP/NC and work fine. If you are the creator or owner of one of these
programs and think it should not be here, please
contact me and I will remove it.
All archives are in LZH format.
- LHRD11.LZH (17KB)
- The most important thing first: a program for extracting LZH files.
You will also need LHRD.COM in order
to extract this archive! :)
- BDSC16M.LZH (51KB)
- A minimal installation of the BDS C compiler. You can get
the full
BDS C package, including the source code and manual, on the
BD Software homepage.
- KLISP.LZH (45 KB)
- A small, purely symbolic LISP interpreter with some modern
features, like lexical scoping, tail call elimination, and
quasiquotation. Full manual and some example programs included.
Source code is available.
- QTERM43E.LZH (47KB)
- The QTERM terminal program. You may also want to get the
pre-patched QTERM.COM file for
CP/NC and the corresponding patch file,
QT-CPNC.Z.
- T3XZ.LZH (35KB)
- A T3X compiler for CP/M.
Small and fast. Compiles directly from T3X to COM. Self-compiles
on CP/NC! (Source code must
be downloaded separately.)
- VDE266.LZH (61KB)
- Video Display Editor. Here are a few terminal description file
for VINSTALL: CPNC.VDE,
CPNC52.VDE. They can be
used to patch VDE for the NC100 console or for a serial
console on a VT52, respectively.
- VE.LZH (21KB)
- VE is a small, but hopefully useful subset of the Unix editor VI.
It works on the CP/NC console and VT52 terminals and is optimized
for use over slow serial lines. Here is the
source code (in
T3X).
- WADE15.LZH (27KB)
- Wagner's Debugger. Note that DDT and friends do not work under
CP/NC, but this is a good alternative!
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