4 Sep
2002
4 Sep
'02
2:21 p.m.
The guy I got it from wrote his own bootstrapper on a
CP/M machine and
cross-assmebled it to the IMLAC. He wrote all the tools himself. For a
guy that didn't think there would be a problem of storing this thing
outside for 5 years before I got my hands on it, he actually was smart
(once).
The way it works, you load the disk up on the CP/M machine (in this case
it was a Cromemco Z1) and it readies the serial port. Then you turn on
the Imlac, which is connected to the Cromemco by a null modem serial
cable.
Right. What I was actually asking was if the guy gave you any Imlac
programs, you know, the ones which the loader loads into the Imlac?
--tom
This is how I load my machine. I think that Bob
has the serial loader
information as well, and if he does not, the documentation is on Al's
site:
I'm sure the software I have does the same thing, but this guy and his
friends rolled their own because they got their machines surplus when they
were much younger and didn't get much software with it apparently. Sellam Ismail
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