I just won the cpm laptop. If any of the cpm gurus ohere would like to reverse-enginneer it for the club, I'm willing to send it to you. I doubt that it would have a direct applicability to the mod100 group, as it's a completely different processor, and, as Phil said, probbably boots cpm off of floppy, but I thought I'd put it out there, all the same.
Happy holidays to all ray g ________________________________ From: M100 <[email protected]> on behalf of Philip Avery <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 5:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [M100] CP/M Laptop Not for me Bob, but a nice offer all the same. I don't think there'd be much value in inspecting the ROM code as it is probably just a boot-strap to boot CP/M off floppy. This, and its bios, would be machine-specific as all CP/M bios is. Interesting machine all the same, I was previously unaware of this CP/M laptop. Philip On 13/12/2017 8:56 AM, Bob Pigford wrote: > Looks like a useable machine for those interested in CP/M. I will offer to > fund up to $50 for someone in the club to purchase this thing on the > condition that it be used by the CP/M gurus on the list. I do not want it > myself. > Bob Pigford > > -----Original Message----- > From: M100 [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Jim > Williams > Sent: Tuesday, December 12, 2017 12:00 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [M100] CP/M Laptop > > Some people in the list have been interested in CP/M for the M100. > > When I saw this CP/M laptop on ebay, I thought they might be interested in > knowing about it, in case it could prove useful in adapting CP/M to the M100. > > https://www.ebay.com/itm/Bondwell-Model-2-CP-M-CPM-Laptop-Wordstar-Supercalc-Z80-Z80L-1985/282767589338?hash=item41d642ffda:g:wF4AAOSwEEBaLX5G > > I've never seen a CP/M clamshell laptop before, and this is a Bondwell, which > at the time was a "mainstream" brand. > > The keyboard layout made me think of the NEC 8201 version of the M100. I > think it's got CP/M in ROM, so maybe if you do a ROM dump it might give some > info that can be use in the M100 port...? > > At the moment it's cheap, and while I have no use for it, I couldn't let it > pass w/o letting folks know about it. > > >
