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'''COSMOS''' is a personal COSt MOnitoring System written by [[KSLImage:COSMOS_set_up.jpg|KSLright|thumb|250px|COSMOS installation utility]][[Image:COSMOS_Initial_Screen. <br>jpg|right|thumb|250px|COSMOS initial screen]]

It '''COSMOS''' is a personal '''COS'''t '''MO'''nitoring '''S'''ystem programed by [[KSL|KSL]] for the CPC6128 and [[CP/M]]-80 operating system, the latter being the industry standard of the late 70s - early 80s. This budget monitoring system is a business application similar to the MSDOS-era PC applications and one of the most recent (2021) projects developed for CP/M-80. COSMOS runs under [[ Unlike most applications for CP/M|CP/M 2.2]], (the Dobbertin 63 KB TPA version) and COSMOS is built upon the '''mouse - based graphics user interface (GUI) ''' as pioneered by Xerox at Palo Alto and popularized by Apple with the Lisa and Macintosh computers. Nowadays, COSMOS can be used on an everyday basis (using [[CaPriCe]] or [[WinCPC]] or a real CPC) in order to edit your the daily income, plan your the monthly expenses and maximize your perform trial and error analyses aiming at maximizing the annual profit. The application makes full use of the CP/M-80 and CPC6128 capabilities and its peripherals as well. A full annual project of Notice that COSMOS (full 366 days matrix) can hardly run on a standard CPC6128 as it requires approximately 300 KB also contains the latest version of disc space[[ASCII Tools]]. It is thus suggested to use the "Personal Computer" configuration of the CPC: <br><br>

'''128 KB RAM''' COSMOS has been developed on the basis of the hardware peripherals as well as the software that were (to boot 63 KB TPA contemporary) available for the CP/M), <br> '''180 KB internal floppy drive''' (to be used as the boot and redundant drive in user level RAID-1 mode), <br>'''the CPC6128: the 512 KB RAM expansion''' (to perform temporary analyses [[Dobbertin Memory Expansion]], the [[ParaDOS]] or [[X-DDOS]] ROMS for significantly faster execution), <br>'''the external (800 KB External ) floppy disk drive''' , the 20 MB [[Dobbertin Harddisc]], the [[Amstrad Serial Interface]], the Amstrad Parallel [[Printer Port]], the [[CTM640/CTM644]] colour monitor, the [[AMX Mouse]], the [[MicroScript]] (to store 142 KB), the main annual project[[WordStar]] (706 KB), a secondary as wellthe [[Protext]] (406 KB), <br>'''20 MB Dobbertin Hard Disk''' the [[Multiplan]] (to be used as 208 KB), the redundant drive or to store all years projects for Cmp module[[SuperCalc 2]] (240 KB), <br>the [[AMX MouseDBase II]] (for easy choice selection272 KB), <br>'''RS232 serial interface''' the [[DR Draw]] (to let COSMOS automatically communicate and update your Windows PC235 KB), <br>'''Dot matrix printer''' the [[DR Graph]] (to obtain a hard copy of your data306 KB), <br>'''Color monitor''' the [[MAXAM]] (to run 206 KB), the [[Atlast Plus]] (224 KB) and other [[Programming software]]. COSMOS includes its own graphics routines (similar to [[GSX]]), its own graphics screen saver in 16-color mode, is based on the [[Dobbertin]] version of CP/M 2.2 (v1.2)which provides 59 KB TPA, supports the RAM expansion and the 20 MB hard disk.<br><br> By using In addition to the setup command and chain files, COSMOS original disc also contains the CP/M 2.2 (v1.2) boot sectors as well as an installation utility of COSMOS . By executing the latter utility (A>SETUP) the user can initialize any annual project or start a demo temporary project in order to become familiar with the COSMOS user interface and functions. <br><br> As far as the controls are concerned, Cursor keys or Mouse can be used Upon installing COSMOS in order drive B or HD20 it is suggested to control execute COSMOS using all the pointeravailable extra RAM (no RAM load minimization) and to use a new empty CP/M 2. [F0] key simulates the left button of the mouse2 (v1. [F2) boot disk in drive A as the redundant disk.] key simulates the right button A full annual project of COSMOS, including the mouse. Left button can be used for (Yes)user attachments, whereas the right button can be used for (No)user block of invoices,(Next) or (On-Board) help. ESC key can be used to escape. <br><br> Download the latest version (v.25/Summer 2020) using summary files as well as the link belowuser agenda notices requires minimum 350 KB of disc space. <br> Boot CP/M using original COSMOS disk and execute A>SETUP.COM <br>

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