12 Apr
2009
12 Apr
'09
12:28 p.m.
I'd very much like to learn and use CPM-68K, as well translate my 8080 CBIOS to it to
contribute back to the public. If anyone has a DPU they'd like to sell or trade,
please email me at js at cimmeri.com.
Thank you.
12 Apr
12 Apr
5:03 p.m.
On Sun, 12 Apr 2009, js at cimmeri.com wrote:
I'd very much like to learn and use CPM-68K,
Has anybody installed it on a Mac?
15 Apr
15 Apr
12:10 p.m.
js at cimmeri.com wrote:
Uh, why?
And what would stop you from taking the CP/M BIOS and turning it into a
standalone application that passes its system calls to Mac OS, and using
files as disk images?
You might have some fun with supervisor instructions, but you can trap
and emulate, it might just work.
You wouldn't be running it natively, but that doesn't have to be a
requirement.
Has anybody installed it on a Mac?
Fred,
from what I understand, long ago, attempts were made but
ditched. It's been discussed in the comp.os.cpm group.
The Mac's hardware isn't particularly well-suited for CPM.
12:23 p.m.
Ray Arachelian wrote:
js at cimmeri.com wrote:
Uh, why?
And what would stop you from taking the CP/M BIOS and turning it into a
standalone application that passes its system calls to Mac OS, and using
files as disk images?
You might have some fun with supervisor instructions, but you can trap
and emulate, it might just work.
You wouldn't be running it natively, but that doesn't have to be a
requirement.
I meant it's not well-suited for a native installation.
But a standalone-app would be the way go on the Mac. There's a
standalone 8080/CPM2.2 emulator for Mac, but no CPM68k one... slightly
ironic, since the CPM68k you would think would be easier.
jS
Has
anybody installed it on a Mac?
Fred, from what I understand, long ago, attempts were made but
ditched. It's been discussed in the comp.os.cpm group.
The Mac's hardware isn't particularly well-suited for CPM.
12:57 p.m.
On Wed, Apr 15, 2009 at 12:10, Ray Arachelian <ray at arachelian.com> wrote:
And what would stop you from taking the CP/M BIOS and
turning it into a
standalone application that passes its system calls to Mac OS, and using
files as disk images?
You might have some fun with supervisor instructions, but you can trap
and emulate, it might just work.
You wouldn't be running it natively, but that doesn't have to be a
requirement.
That's how Mac Minix ran AFAICR. I think it was reasonably well
behaving too wrt the finder.
Joe.
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Joachim Thiemann :: http://www.tsp.ece.mcgill.ca/~jthiem
1:03 p.m.
And what would
stop you from taking the CP/M BIOS and turning it into a
standalone application that passes its system calls to Mac OS, and using
files as disk images?
You might have some fun with supervisor instructions, but you can trap
and emulate, it might just work.
You wouldn't be running it natively, but that doesn't have to be a
requirement.
That's how Mac Minix ran AFAICR. I think it was reasonably well
behaving too wrt the finder.
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