On May 9, 2008, at 12:36 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
There is no
requriement to boot the system from "disk"
and making that change can make bring up simpler.
But that's where the "authentic" aspect fails me. Why run a
"vintage" CP/M system without the experience a disk drive gives you?
You'll be deprived of the "BDOS Err on B:" messages. What fun is
that?
One might as well run an emulation program on a PeeCee. I wouldn't
be at all surpised to find that someone's done it for the iPod Touch--
there already exists a NEC 9801 emulator for that platform.
I dunno Chuck...the only reason more CP/M systems weren't ROM-
resident back in the day was due to convention, not technical
restrictions. I (personally) don't think there's anything
non-"period" about ROM-ing CP/M.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL