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   C L O U D  C P M  G U I

        By DJ Sures 
           2025 
      For the NABU PC

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The Cloud GUI was original developed as a proof of concept as a standalone CPM application. The plan was eventually to make it into a CCP, which is the Command Control Processor, or command line interface of CPM. After learning CPM and BIOS development by creating Cloud CPM, I was able to merge Cloud GUI with several features listed below.


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******* QUICK HINTS ****************
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- Launch a program with file parameter. For example, the equilevant of...

      "MBASIC ANIMAL.BAS" 

Simply copy ANIMAL.BAS to the clipboard and launch MBASIC. You will be prompted to add ANIMAL.BAS as a parameter.

- Return to GUI in any CPM application. Press Ctrl-g, Ctrl-u, Ctrl-i in a CPM application and you will instantly transported to the GUI.

- While the D: is dynamic and updates when files are updated, you can also run applications directly from the Internet Adapter's Store folder.

- Pressing TAB will move between windows.


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******* NAVIGATING *****************
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Use the joystick or the keyboard to navigate options. The menu dropdowns display shortcut keys that can be accessed when the menu is displayed. Accessing each menu can be done by pressing the first letter on the keyboard.


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******* FILE MENU ******************
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New
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Opens the dialog to select a drive to open. You can have a maximum of 4 drive windows open, which includes the internet adapter's store folder.

Open
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Opens the selected file or launches if a COM file.

Close
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Close the current window in focus. A window in focus has a light blue dot in the upper left corner.

Refresh
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Re-reads the contents of the folder and updates the directory in the list.

View Con
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Displays the last output of the CPM text console. If you launched an application and it did not wait for returning to the GUI, use this to view the last output. For example, if you executed a DIR command, or pasted a file to STAT, you can return to text view to see the result.


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******* EDIT MENU ******************
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Copy
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Adds the selected file from the active window to the copy buffer. This has two uses...

- Copy a file to be used with PASTE to another drive window.

- Copy a file that can be added to an argument when launching a program.

Paste
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Creates a copy of the copied file on the selected drive.

Rename
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Opens a popup dialog to rename the selected file.

Delete
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Prompts to confirm that you wish to delete the file.


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******* TOOLS MENU *****************
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Summary
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Displays a summary of the provided drives from the Cloud CPM server.

- A: and B: are downloaded by the server and provided with lots of software for you to use.

- C: is your local drive that is never updated from the cloud.

- D: is the dynamic IA drive created by contents in the My Documents\NABU\Store\D folder.

Color
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Customize the color of the CLI for CPM.

Tutorial
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A graphical tutorial that introduces CPM, BIOS, and Cloud CPM.

Chat
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RetroNET chat to speak with other NABU users or Athena, who never sleeps.

Telnet
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Connect to BBS' or remote hosts with VT52 terminal emulation.

MBASIC
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Launches Microsoft Basic to make fun programs. Save your programs to your personal C:

SLIDE SHOW
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A multimedia party on your NABU!

8 Bit Abyss
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Online multiplayer dungeon crawler game with chat feature.

Shell
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Opens a command line interface console. Press CTRL-Y to return, or use the shortcut Ctrl-g, Ctrl-u, Ctrl-i. You can launch other applications from this shell.

Settings
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Open the settings dialog to customize the Cloud GUI.


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******* WINDOWS MENU ***************
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Cascade
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Cascade all open windows across the desktop workspace.

Tile
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Place each window on the desktop without overlapping.

Next
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Move focus to the next window. This can also be done by pressing the TAB key.



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******* BEEP BEEP ******************
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I hope you enjoy Cloud GUI and it gives you a positive experience with the NABU PC! 
 - DJ




