2 Jan
2012
2 Jan
'12
5:31 a.m.
On 1/1/2012 12:06 PM, allison wrote:
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The only reason I can imagine the thread starting with a hunt for
8080/z80 basic
is to have a language, any and that was one of the first and favorite.
Yeah, that's pretty much why I asked. I'm just getting the IMSAI going
and I'm not to the point where I can get CP/M running (still working out
the logistics for the floppy drive, but that shouldn't take long). I
just thought it'd be a fun, short, weekend project to get a BASIC
running on it just to see it work. (And now the weekend's gone, so I
guess it'll have to wait :) ).
To that
I suggest looking up TINY BASIC, there were several and they are not big.
The advantage is most the source your could see and the IO interface
to use
it was often in the clear. A good place to start. If you want a non
BASIC language
find a copy of TinyC. NO it's not real C but good enough for small
system stuff.
My pence again.. Get a rom based machine level monitor and get away from
the front panel toggles as that is slow and painful. If you are going
to launch
CP/M on the system you'll need it anyway.
The Cromemco 64FDC I have has a ROM monitor and that's what I've
(mostly) been playing with. It's looking like CP/M for the 16FDC should
be compatible as well, something I'll be trying out in the near future.
Oh, and once you have CP/M the available software list expands
considerably
and takes on all the great published and free foundation software.
Foundation software in my mind are the tools like editors, assemblers,
spreadsheets, Database, communications, and the all important games.
Understood. Thanks for the suggestions!
- Josh
Allison