This App enables Grant Searle’s DOWNLOAD.COM program to be written to a CP/M disk.

To create a functional CP/M system you need to write the CP/M operating system to a ‘disk’. You also need to write some programs and data files to the disk. There are several ways to achieve this.

• Create the CP/M disk on a modern computer, typically by writing a pre-prepared disk image to a Compact Flash card. There are programs and CP/M disk images available on the internet. TODO: Add details

• Create the required CP/M disk one step at a time on the retro computer system. This can be done with various utilities downloaded to the Small Computer Monitor using a terminal program on a modern computer.
  • Format the disk using CF Format
  • Copy the CP/M OS to the disk using PutSysPlus
  • Copy a file transfer program program to the disk. eg. DOWNLOAD.COM
  • Use the file transfer program to copy over other program and data files.

Using the second method, above, you need the SCM App to install the DOWNLOAD.COM program on the CP/M disk. You also need Grant’s “FilePackage.exe” (Windows) program to package files for transfer to the CP/M system.

• Download the Install_DOWNLOAD.COM app:
  • SCM App version 2022-03-17
    This contains the source code and the HEX files.
  • SCM App version 2022-03-02 (older version)
    This contains the source code and the HEX files.

• Download Grant’s FilePackage.exe Windows program:
  • FilePackage for Windows

• Grant Searle’s website
  • Grant’s site contains a wealth of designs, software and documentation.