keyboard).
The "OS" and "BIOS" are written in Forth and apparently
there is a way to access the Forth environment. It also saves/loads the
Really? Cool. If you find out this is indeed true and find out how to
access the OS environment then I'd love to know about it.
Some have expressed an interest in what I find out about the Canon Cat so
here is some extra info that I've attained.
It is possible to access the machines Forth interpreter. You type in a secret
code, select it and hit the "answer" key. You can then enter Forth text, select
it and press "answer" to execute it. You can also get to the interpreter itself
by
then pressing another set of keys. It works and is quite cool. If there are any
other Cat owners out there, email me and I'll send you the exact instructions.
Hey Uncle Roger, I located _the_ Flat Cat (yes, apparently the only one),
unfortunately it's not for sale (well, actually I didn't ask, but I assumed that I
wouldn't want to pay whatever the asking price would be). Unless of course
you dug up that Apple 1 and they might trade you.
The machine is also saving and loading state correctly to the floppy drive
(remember it doesn't use files, it just saves and loads its entire machine state)
so pretty much everything appears to be functional. Next step is to hook up a
printer and see if I can get that working. Unfortunately, it's time to start boxing
up to begin the move, so it'll have to wait a couple of months. I envy all you
non-transient collectors out there.
George
