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Cromix is another Operating System from the 1980s. Strictly speaking, it isn’t a CP\/M derivative – far from it – but it will probably run CP\/M programs.<\/p>\n
It was developed by Cromemco for its high-end customers. The company had been delivering CDOS computers and software and their CDOS operating system also ran CP\/M programs. The introduction of Cromix was done in a way that allowed existing customers to run their existing CDOS software. Hence why I say, “probably run CP\/M”.<\/p>\n
The process is interesting because it loads a CDOS emulator to run the CDOS programs. Such an approach would be impossible with normal CP\/M or CDOS hardware because you are constrained to 64KB of memory and most of that is needed for the CDOS or CP\/M programs you want to run.<\/p>\n
Cromix is very different. It is a multi-user \/ multi-tasking operating system that runs with multiple banks of 64KB of memory.<\/p>\n
– Runs Cromix 11.27 operating system and programs.
\n– Runs concurrent processes.
\n– Has a login prompt and a “who” command.
\n– Supports directory trees.
\n– Supports redirected I\/O.
\n– Runs off a 1.2 MB (DSDD) floppy (image), supplied.
\n– You can mount additional 5″ or 8″ disk images.<\/p>\n
– I’ve only set it up with one terminal device, so you can’t have three people using it at the same time.
\n– I haven’t set up a printer device for it.
\n– There’s currently no easy way of copying files between Cromix and Windows.
\n– Shutdown returns you to the z80sim prompt (press q to quit).
\n– Runs flawlessly for 20 consecutive tests; then fails sometimes (? more research needed).<\/p>\n
This is the same as my CP\/M and CDOS emulators:
\n– download the ZIP (once only)
\n– unZIP it (once only)
\n– double-click run.bat<\/p>\n
You can download the Cromix 11.27 version from cpm\/z80sim\/run-cromix1127.zip<\/a>.<\/p>\n This was inspired by the Marcus Bennett post that proved it is possible<\/a>. The ZEMU one works well; but it is tedious to set up – especially each time.<\/p>\n He does have a link to the Cromix manual (which you’ll need – it isn’t as intuitive as I’d thought). The link is broken as at 3 Dec 17. You can find another copy at amaus.org<\/a> (pdf).<\/p>\n This is part of the CP\/M topic<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Cromix is another Operating System from the 1980s. Strictly speaking, it isn’t a CP\/M derivative – far from it – but it will probably run CP\/M programs. It was developed by Cromemco for its high-end customers. The company had been delivering CDOS computers and software and their CDOS operating system also ran CP\/M programs. The … Continue reading Run Cromix<\/span> More Information<\/h2>\n