That is awesome. Must read this later. On Wed, Feb 3, 2016 at 1:08 PM, Russell Flowers <[email protected]> wrote:
> > (Re-forwarding this because I forgot the subject line!) > > > I just stumbled across this on Facebook. I haven't had much time to look > at it, but it looks like it might be of interest. > > *Retrochallenge 2016/01: Maze War for Olivetti M10 and NEC PC-8201A* > > *"I recently acquired two 1983 portable computers, namely an Olivetti M10 > and a NEC PC-8201A. Both are siblings of the Kyocera KC-85 platform, > comprising — in alphabetical order — Kyocera's own Kyotronic 85, the NEC > PC-8201(A), the Olivetti M10, and, last but not least, the TRS-80 Model > 100, with about 6 million sold the most popular of all. (1984 saw the > addition of two further models featuring more initial RAM and refined ROMs, > the NEC PC-8300 and the TRS-80 Model 102.)* > > *"These computers came with a nice version of Microsoft BASIC v.1, a LCD > display featuring 8 rows at 40 characters and a graphics resolution of 240 > × 64 pixels, and a nice implementation of serial communications via > RS-232C (the NEC PC-8201 adds two more SIO interfaces). So we should be > able to network the machines and have a decent game of Maze War running on > them, preferably written as a single cross-platform program."* > > http://www.masswerk.at/rc2016/01/ > >
