15 Jun
2007
15 Jun
'07
8:40 p.m.
On 15/06/07, Al Kossow <aek at bitsavers.org>
wrote:
> > I guess in other words, if you had a 68000 processor with some
> > attached RAM and a random UART (6551 or Z8530 or 8250/16450/16550),
> > what else might you need to bring up CP/M-68K?
>
> A mass storage device with CP/M bits on it with the right BIOS.
How about CP/M 68K for the TRS80 Mod 16? I'm not certain after a
bunch of years, but didn't that use the Z80 side for all of the I/O?
So no actual physical I/O should be written in 68K assembly and the
actual I/O business end could be handled by the emulator in native
(x86) mode.
Just an idea...
Cheers,
Chuck