20 Apr
2016
20 Apr
'16
9:21 a.m.
On 2016-04-20 11:32 AM, Pete Turnbull wrote:
On 20/04/2016 16:00, Toby Thain wrote:
Ah... Torch Turbo... that rings a bell. I think that might have been
what my high school's Tube machine was. I don't remember being aware
that it wasn't legit CP/M.
We also had a Z80 MP/M machine in the same computer room, with two
terminals, a mark/sense card reader, and high speed Lear-Siegler
printer. That was the only computer at the school when I started. It was
soon joined by a lab of about 20 BBC Micro Model B's.
--Toby
On 2016-04-20 10:27 AM, Pete Turnbull wrote:
There was a collection of "scientific" software for the 32016 - things
like Spice, some maths software, and assorted CAD stuff; basically the
software licensed for the 32016 ACW and the Master Scientific, which
came later. The Z80 CoPro ran CP/M - real licensed CP/M 2.2, not the
bastardised often-not-compatible "CPN" lookalike offered by Torch, and It did indeed - I have one. Also a couple of
6502 CoPros, a 65C102, a
32016 and a pair of Z80s, which were nice in their day.
Nice collection. I'd forgotten about the 32016! What software ran on
these respective processors? came with GEM and various office software. The ARM
CoPro originally had
little software beyond TWIN (the Two Window Editor), assembler, BASIC,
and utilities. The 6502 variants - including the 65C102 that was used
for the Master Turbo - just ran whatever you'd otherwise have on the
Beeb itself, albeit with a faster clock, larger memory space, and in
some cases a "High" version that lived right at the top of memory.