ZCN v1.3 - a free CP/M-like OS for the Amstrad NC100 Notepad & NC200 Notebook. Copyright (C) 1994-2001 Russell Marks. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details. You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. ZCN is a free operating system for the Amstrad NC100 (Notepad) and NC200 (Notebook). It's largely compatible with CP/M 2.2. It runs most CP/M 2.2 programs, including VDE, QTERM, Mallard Basic, and Hitech C. It can also run the NC100's ROM BBC Basic as if it were a native ZCN program. You need an NC100 (or NC200) and at least one PCMCIA memory card to use it, and a separate computer (perhaps a PC) and a serial lead to get the system code to it for the first time. ZCN isn't just some random hack; it comes with serious amounts of documentation, including a guide to programming CP/M and ZCN, and has optional online help. You should probably consider using ZCN if you like the idea of a portable CP/M box, or want to use the NC as something a bit closer to a `real computer'. It comes together with many custom-written utilities, as well as various free CP/M programs. The file `zcn13.zip' contains binaries, source and documentation for ZCN. This should expand into multiple subdirectories; if you're using pkunzip, be sure to use the `-d' flag. (The portable `unzip' program and winzip should be ok as-is.) All text files (source and documentation) other than this one and the README are in Unix text format - that is, lines end in LF rather than CR/LF. If you use Unix/Linux, no problem. (RISC OS should also be ok.) If you use MS-DOS, the `edit' command should cope. For Windows, try Wordpad (or in Win 3.x, Write). -Rus.