18 Apr
2007
18 Apr
'07
3:53 a.m.
On 17/04/07, Cameron Kaiser <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote:
I have a Commodore 128, which should qualify. However,
I'll freely admit that
it is rarely in its CP/M 3.0 capacity.
Ditto here, and it's actually quite nice with a 1581 drive. But I've
only had it for a few weeks now (the 1581 that is; that gave me the
capability to create disks using a modern Linux box). Definitively
something to spend some more time playing with.
I used to have a NorthStar Advantage (now with a more knowledgeable
collector) and a DEC Rainbow (can't remember what happened to it - I
think it went to a local (Montreal area)DEC collector; if you're on
the list, gimme a shout :-) On the N*, I tried a bit of programming
for a bit, but the Rainbow I used mostly to play Infocom games.
To crank the thread into a slightly other direction: did anyone ever
make a CP/M 68k for the Amiga? Knowing that the boot sequence is
pretty simple - loading the first few kb from a floppy(*) - one could
easily put a bootstrap in there and load a simple BIOS. Sure, the
text needs to be drawn on a bitmap display, but even that is not
unheard of in the CP/M world (did I mention I had an Advantage...)
All the rest of the HW of the Amiga is pretty simple if you ignore the
gee-wiz capabilities. Ok, ok, the floppy controller is funky (but
flexible!!).
(Hmmm, is it "that time of decade" again when a "here's what I
got"
thread appears on the list? It seemed more frequent when I joined the
list for a few months in 97/98... I think it's fun to do - though my
bragging rights have been severely reduced (**)- even though it has a
slight feel of a pissing contest :-)
(*) - Incompatible to the ROTW of course, but it could be initially
created from AmigaOS.
(**) - thus I'd rather brag about what I _used_ to have, and who it went to!
Joe.
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