Subj : Retro, not Vintage
To   : Abbub
From : AKAcastor
Date : Sun Apr 07 2024 14:52:00

 A> It's not S-100 compatible, but more in the style of S-
 A> 100 (though much smaller) where you have a 
 A> 'motherboard' that's just a bunch of slots that you can 
 A> plug cards into. I actually *do* have a real S-100 
 A> system that I'm in the process of restoring. (An IMS 
 A> Series 8000, which is the first computer I ever wrote 
 A> software decades ago.)

Thanks for the explanation, that makes a lot of sense ("in the style of S-100") and sounds like fun.

The IMS Series 8000 sounds super interesting too!  I just googled and I think I found your thread about it on forum.vcfed.org.  Very cool!

 A> Yeah, I'm running CP/M 2.2 on it, and I'm calling in 
 A> using a program called QTERM82. I was just a kid the 
 A> last time I used CP/M, so I don't have a LOT of 
 A> experience with it. I liken it as being to MS-DOS as 
 A> middle English is to modern English. It's familiar, yet very odd.

I like your description of using CP/M.  I have never used it, just am aware that may parts of DOS's early design are borrowed from CP/M, and have done some brief reading about Gary Kildall.  I've watched a bunch of The Computer Chronicles episodes on YouTube, what a gem that show was and what a gem Gary was as co-host!


Chris/akacastor

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