21 Dec
1999
21 Dec
'99
2:38 p.m.
On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Ernest wrote:
Hi Don. I may be able to get a copy of CP/M-80 but it
won't be for my
specific system. That's the problem. I don't have the OS for it. That's why
I was curious about how difficult it would be to set up a generic copy of
CP/M to run on it. I've never assembled (?) CP/M for a computer, but I've
been reading a how to on doing it, and interested in giving it a shot. I'm
not even sure of how to load/run the system monitor to ID the various
address' but the thing is, as with anything, there's always a first time,
and you have to start somewhere.
Ernest, I am probably the wrong guy to pose that question to, as i have
never done it. However, there are countless who have. The ease or
difficulty, I suspect, rests on how readily information is available on
the internal addresses and I/O components.
- don
-----Original Message-----
From: CLASSICCMP-owner(a)u.washington.edu
[mailto:CLASSICCMP-owner@u.washington.edu]On Behalf Of Don Maslin
Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 10:43 AM
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
Subject: Re: Olympia Olytext 20 OS question.
On Mon, 20 Dec 1999, Hans Franke wrote:
a
If anyone turns up a copy/copies of the operating system and can provide
it to me, perhaps I can be of help the next time!
- don
> I have an Olympia Olytext 20 computer but I don't have the OS for it.
It's a
> single board, Z-80 system, with a 3.5 inch
FD. The manual said it used
> CP/M-80 but I haven't been able to find any other information on the
system,
or the
OS.
> No one that I've talked to knows anything about this PC, so I won't even
> hope that anyone here would have the OS but... I'm wondering if there is > way to make a new copy of the OS for this
system? If I can find out the
> hardware addressing, etc., can CP/M 80 be made to run on it, and without
a
horrific
amount of work? (I know, depends on what I consider a lot of
work.)I don't mind tedious, if it's do-able.
The Olys did run eiter CP/M-80 2.x or one of two different
propriatary OSes. I just have no Oly, so I can't supply
any disks.
Sorry
H.
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