> From: "Aley Keprt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I can imagine very easy-to-use system, which can load any executable in > any > > of that 32 x 16kb pages > > and run it there. The whole "basic" ROM of Sam is very obsolete, although > > the Basic itself is good. > > I think it would be much better to have some DOS & utils in 16kb ROM, and > > load Basic into RAM. > > This way Sam would be cheaper, since we don't need 32kb ROM. > > Also, MGT could invest in good C compiler instead of Basic, which could > > dramatically change the > > state of the software ( = very little good software for Sam, compared to > > other computers). > > Certainly, if MGT existed any more, the SAM was still being produced, and > anyone would buy a Z80 based machine today, certainly, they could invest in > a good C compiler.
So you think there were different times in 1990? If you'd ever seen CP/M operating system, and have compared it to Sam's hardware, you'd see that C or Pascal compilers were often used in the past on 8bit systems, providing a good opportunity to make usable software in a short period of time. I don't think we needed the real 100% CP/M, but if we had something similar in 1990, we could have now very different software base now.
