Cromemco CS-1 boot disk
Cromemco CS-1 boot disk
Nice system, although a little noisy with all those fans; what's in it?
Dave Dunfield has boot disk images for several versions of CDOS
(Cromemco's CP/M workalike) on his site:
http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/img/index.htm
However, not all PCs are capable of recreating the disk from the image,
because Cromemco uses a dual-density format (track 0 is SD, the rest DD)
and some PCs can't do SD.
But Dave also has a utility to create a boot diskette from scratch via
the serial port (we both worked on that, but his works and mine didn't ;-)
In any case, it should come up in the RDOS monitor; hook up a terminal
(or a PC with a null-modem adapter/cable and a terminal program) to the
RS-232 port on the FDC floppy controller and hit a few RETURNs. It should
show you a memory test and try to boot; hit ESC and you should have access
to the RDOS monitor commands if everything's working.
Let me know if you need or want any help bringing it up; I've got a few
CS-1s myself, as well as a fair pile of boards & documentation.
mike