[HN Gopher] CP/Mish is an open source sort-of-CP/M distribution ... ___________________________________________________________________ CP/Mish is an open source sort-of-CP/M distribution for Z80 Author : mariuz Score : 54 points Date : 2021-02-25 20:18 UTC (2 hours ago) (HTM) web link (cowlark.com) (TXT) w3m dump (cowlark.com) | bsharitt wrote: | Hm, I've recently restored my Osborne 1 to working order, but | without the games of other 8-bit computers of the 80's(though the | Space Invaders knock off ain't half bad, especially for a | computer that doesn't have a graphic mode), I can't really think | of much to do with it as the bundled Wordstar and Supercalc | aren't quite the draw they were nearly 40 years ago. Helping out | with a port of this might be a neat way to make it useful one | last time(assuming somebody made it useful with that tiny 5" | screen in its first life). | fentonc wrote: | I have a machine of similar vintage (A Kaypro 2/84), and I | would highly recommend getting a copy of Turbo Pascal 3 to play | around with. It looks like the Osborne has 4KB of video RAM - I | bet you could make some fun demos for it. | | I managed to get fairly high video performance by doing some | careful register fiddling of the CRT controller chip: | http://www.chrisfenton.com/exploring-kaypro-video-performanc... | marcodiego wrote: | CP/M needed a disk to function. If this is ported to machines | that could load from tape, it would be very fun for machines like | the msx or speccy. | djmips wrote: | Or the plethora of homebrew Z80 computers that I see people | making today. | Zardoz84 wrote: | the ZX Spectrum +2 and +3 could run a CP/M version | theodric wrote: | I love my Kaypro, but CP/M is a very business-oriented OS and | most of the software is quite dry. | fentonc wrote: | The '84 model Kaypros are surprisingly fun to write games for: | http://www.chrisfenton.com/dd9-kaypro-edition/ | theodric wrote: | Mine is an '82, and currently disassembled on the bench | awaiting the arrival of my Digi-Key order so I can replace | the old Rifa smoke generators _before_ they pop, but this was | all in prelude to trying my hand at Turbo Pascal on the | thing. Probably not a game, but definitely not a word | processor or terminal program. | | Might I ask what terminal program you're using? I PIP'd | enough code over the serial port to assemble a basic Xmodem | client, but it's unreliable in use. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-02-25 23:00 UTC)