On Mon, 10 May 1999, Klas Axelsson wrote:
> > There was a Z80 add-on chip that could be purchased for a C64
> > or a C128.
> >
> > I think few people used it, tho... :-)
>
> z80 is standard in c128, it's used only by the CP/M
> mode. I don't know if it's possible to access it
> at all under normal operation.
There is no such thing as "normal" operation on C128.
Either you run the built in (always built in) Z80 or
the built in 65XX processor. Nothing very magic. Just choose
a processor and start executing code.
> Huh, this is really offtopic... or... c128-elks...
>
> There is acctually something called lunix
> (little UNIX) for the c64 and c128. I don't
> know very much about it's status but I heard
> it's able to do some version of multitasking
> on a c128.
And a C64 too.
I tried it a few years ago on C64 emulator on an Amiga.
Could start three processes, then it hang. :-)
> http://www.heilbronn.netsurf.de/~dallmann/lunix/lunix.html
>
> I've also heard people talking about a TCP/IP
> implemntation for the c64...
"The operating system running on my hardware projects
(includes TCP/IP, web server, multitasking and much
more) can be found under the OS/A65."
http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~fachat/csa/index.html
This guy is a genius IMHO.
Jakob
