> Yes - for what it's worth! I used to build my own Z80
>computers - all of 32k RAM - and tinker with CP/M V2.2 to make it run on
>them. I seem to remember that it involved writing one's own boot sectors
>on the 8" FDs. Even had monochrome graphics on one system and it ran
>BBC Basic and Wordstar 3.3. I've still got the Digital Research CP/M
>manual and Z80 assembler manual on a shelf. Hours of fun....
>
> Ron.
How much data capacity did those 8" FDs have? I heard of 8" FDs but never saw
one. I suppose if an 8" FD drive goes bad, the user is out of luck trying to
repair or replace it. Besides, the FDs may be past their shelf life (?)
On BASICA: I was never able to run BASICA. Using the version that came with
OS/2, if I tried it in a VDM, the VDM was halted. When I tried to run it from
MS-DOS, it would reboot and not go into BASIC.
What kind of file system does CP/M use, and what does a CP/M partition look
like? Maybe it would fit in a small portion of a 1.44 MB diskette? How big is
the download? I really don't want to go through a learning curve on such an
outdated OS. Better to go through a learning curve with NetBSD. Would CP/M
really be prepared for 32-bit CPUs?
I might be curious to see how much activity there is on comp.os.cpm newsgroup.
> GW-BASIC (GW for Gates, William)
Thanks, Sam Ewalt. I never knew what the GW stood for (George Washington?).
I remember GW-BASIC came with MS-DOS 4.01 on my first computer in 1990.
> Who says a female can't be strong? <g>
>I was referring to the redundancy. I believe a
>woman is defined as the female of the human species.
>
> Eric
In Lake Wobegon MN, according to Garrison Keillor, "all the women are strong,
all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average".
