6 Nov
2012
6 Nov
'12
10:34 a.m.
On 11/06/2012 09:34 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
If one is developing code, I do see numerous
possibilities. I was
more curious about being strictly a user and soaking up that much RAM
outside of turning it into a RAM disk. It's not that I would never
develop any code on CP/M, but it's far more likely I'd be grabbing
stuff off the Walnut Creek CD-ROM or downloading things to run on it.
How about writing an 8086/5150 emulator? You need only 640K of base RAM
to hold programs--that leaves a bunch for emulation...
(Ducks the brickbats)
--Chuck