I did a complete suite of educational programs with a cross platform function dispatcher, so that once the system was installed (on disk :) the data would run on Radio Shack Color Computer (6809) Commodore (6502) IBM XT with a version for Spectrum...
Really cool. Somewhere I have the 5.25 disks for the Commodore !!! Victor Kane http://awebfactory.com.ar On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 5:31 PM, Aaron Winborn <[email protected]>wrote: > Mine was either the Trash-80, or the Vic-20; I don't remember which came > first. The TRS was at school, and the Commodore at home. The Vic-20 had 5K > RAM, and I fondly remember when we got a 16K expander cartridge (along with > the inevitable 'What will I do with all that memory?') The first thing I > remember writing was a scrolling adventure, where I created an Olde English > font pixel by pixel by hacking directly into its core memory. (I'm sure I > wrote practice stuff before that, but this is what, 30 years ago?) > > My father later gave me a CCP/M with a washing machine 8" floppy drive from > his office; the computer may have been older than the others, but I really > have no idea anymore. I wrote a text-based Star Wars game, complete with > X-Wing fighters and light sabers using DataStar on that computer. > > Aaron > > > Robert Wohleb wrote: > > I started programming on my first computer; a Tandy 1000 from Radio Shack. > Assembly was so much easier on the 8088 processor. Ahh, the good ol' days. > > ~Rob > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:59 AM, Karoly Negyesi <[email protected]>wrote: > >> C9 was RET. I forgot the rest. It was so long ago. >> >> On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 9:57 AM, Victor Kane<[email protected]> wrote: >> > Here in Buenos Aires I had a shiny silver Timex-Sinclar 2000, and went >> in >> > and had them put in a "double-boot" ROM and switch, so I could bring it >> up >> > in ZX Spectrum or TS 2000 mode! >> > >> > Z80 Assembler!!! >> > > > > -- > Aaron Winborn > > Advomatic, LLChttp://advomatic.com/ > > Drupal Multimedia available in > September!http://www.packtpub.com/create-multimedia-website-with-drupal/book > > My blog:http://aaronwinborn.com/ > >
