You were in the lap-of-luxury if you had a hex keypad! Why back in my days we used toggle switches to enter our programs.
(* jcl *) On 9/21/05, Stuart Brorson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sep 21, 2005, at 4:58 PM, DJ Delorie wrote: > > >> Whatcha got? I've still got some CP/M machines here too. > > > > > > Z-100. Dual processor (8085 and 8088), S100 bus, 640x512 color > > > graphics. > > > > > > The interesting bit is that CP/M itself runs on the 8088, while the > > > application runs on the 8085, and there's some hardware for doing > > > system calls between the two. That gives pretty much all of the 64k > > > address space to the application. > > > > Sweet machine. I've got a Kaypro II and an Imsai 8080 here, along > > with a couple of TRS-80s. The latter are not, of course, native CP/M > > machines, but they'll run it if properly coaxed with the right boot > > disk. :) I'm still very partial to CP/M. > > Nuts! Somewhere packed in a box deep in some closet I should have my > old KIM-1 single board computer along with the home-brew power supply > I made for it. Real men don't need operating systems -- they just > enter the program using a hex heypad and then throw a switch to run > it! > > Stuart > > -- www.luciani.org
