Wow, that was harder than I expected. I had to read through a ton of
stuff, but I finally managed to get Rex back on the menu and CPM with
the hotkey...Now, I am trying to remember why I got Rex in the first
place... seems like I was cramped with 32k (I doubt it, but the modern
in me feels it oughtta be so) and REX gives me a bunch of 32k segments
or something like that along with a manager that lets me put old roms
somewhere they can be run from (Defender comes to mind).
Hep! What's Rex really for? Somebody remind me. Also, what do I do with
CP/M that's cool?
Next up, after putting Rex and CP/M to work is to load up the assembly
stuff and write an assembly program. I'm off to reading was it "Inside
the M100"? I think that was the book that talked about the memory map
and functions provided by the firmware was it? Sheesh, so many years
have gone by since then.
I've been plowing through the 8085 stuff - can't wait to put it into
action on real metal (the sim's fine, but nothing is as satisfying as
making a real, physical device do stuff.
Oh, and a bit more stream of consciousness... if I have LaddieAlpha
working (mono on linux), do I still need DeskLink+, or put another way,
if I have DeskLink+, do I need LaddieAlpha, or are they doing basically
the same thing? I used dl until I installed the Rex, which talked about
laddie, but then in TEENY, it didn't seem to care which it was talking
to and CPM installed fine over laddie, whew, if you're confused by that
last bit, imagine a poor newb trying to reason it out...
Thanks,
Will
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