The following information will assist you in getting TRS80 by David Keil running on Slackware.
1. Purchase the EMULATOR, and have it in the mail before proceeding. The EMULATOR is provided by, and purchased for $10.00 from:
David Keil P.O. Box 143 Alma Center, WI 54611 Email: dmkeil@discover-net.net
It is well worth the modest price he is asking……
David's website is located at:
http://www.classiccmp.org/cpmarchives/trs80/mirrors/www.discover-net.net/~dmkeil/
2. Install DOSBox from SlackBuilds.org
REF's:
3. DOSBox - Command Summary
The following commands can be used in DOSBbox
intro intro mount intro cdrom intro special help help /all
The solution is to look at:
APPLICATIONS MENU → SETTINGS → WINDOW MANAGER → KEYBOARD TAB then
scroll down until you see workspace_1, workspace_11, workspace_12, and
delete those assignments. If you wish to enable those again, just use
RESET to Default.
This allows DOSBox to use Ctrl+F1, Ctrl+F11, and Ctrl+F12 to access the Keymapper and Change the CPU Cycles accordingly.
1. Copy the complete EMULATOR subdirectory TRSDOS from the CDR to your
/home/loginuser directory.
The following three commands apply ONLY to Montezuma Micro CP/M:
Added ability to load & execute /CMD files directly from a PC directory
In the virtual drive selection, screens have changed.
Locate the .DSK or .DMK (NEWDOS, DOSPLUS, LDOS, TRSDOS, ULTRADOS, MULTIDOS, or MONTEZUMA MICRO CP/M) OS files you will use:
If you are using Montezuma Micro 2.31 CP/M, use Tim Mann's mkdisk to reset the write protect attribute of the file, so you can use CONFIG to change the Drive Parameters and save the settings. If you don't change the file to unprotected, you won't be able to save the parameters, so the settings won't survive a reboot. If you are using Newdos and want to use the Pdrive command you will also need to use Tim's mkdisk to allow the Pdrive command to write the changes.
TYPICAL Pdrive commands are:
These parameters allow you to read a Model 1 Floppy in a TRS-80 Model III or Model 4
mkdisk -u -k filename.dmk mkdisk -u -k MMCPM231.DSK mkdisk -u -k ND80-M1.DSK
Start DOSBox from the Slackware Xfce menu:
APPLICATIONS MENU → SYSTEM → DOSBox
DOSBox will come up and you will be on Drive z:
Type the following commands adjusting for the specific Emulator.
mount c ~/path/to/subdir/TRSDOS c: dir /p trs80 MMCPM321.DSK
I copied the Monetzuma Micro CP/M DSK file into the TRSDOS subdirectory. I
could have just used trs80, and then immediately used F9 to
select the Drive, and the OS used on that drive, and then used
F10 to read the Disk's information and reset the Emulator.
Use Ctrl+F12 to increase cycles to around 9K or 10K so the DIR B:
command in CP/M, or the DIR :0 command in TRSDOS acts like a real TRS-80
Model 4.
Montezuma Micro ver 2.3.1 will come up running.
Use the F9 to configure another DSK file to view in Drive :1
Use the F10 to RESET the System
Use PIP to transfer a couple of files to Drive M:. (pip destdrive:=sourcedrive:filename.*)
pip m:=a:mdm730*.*
Reference the Command Summary above for more commands.
Now, the whole world of CP/M, TRSDOS, LDOS, NEWDOS is available for your work or play. Be sure to check out DUP, and CONFIG, in Montezuma Micro CP/M, and all the other utilities with CP/M and TRSDOS. With Config you can read and write almost any format available at that time.
When you are finished with the Emulator use Shift+F10 to exit. Then you need to un-mount the subdirectory, and exit the Terminal Window.
Here are the commands
z: mount -u c exit
If DOSBox doesn't terminate properly, open another Terminal Window and use
the top command to find the DOSBox process ID Number.
Assume 4790. Use q or CNTL C to stop the top command and then use kill -9
4790 to terminate DOSBox.
top q
kill -9 4790