Subj : Re: Re: what are you dialing in with?
To   : Spectre
From : Zero_Cool
Date : Sun Jun 16 2024 00:40:18

Yes, the 2400 baud is set using a jumper on the motherboard.  Native iss 300
with a software switch to 1200 using the CP/M sysgen? .com program.  Sounds likea fun project but for my first mod, I'd like to try to replace the ROM and BIOS
chips with ones that add block graphics characters (perhaps PETSCII) or some 
other graphics set.

And yes, 91K is tough.  A lot of the disk images for the Osborne are for larger
programs on the 180k double sided single density disks.  At least ZORK 1 can be
split on 2 disks :) one for the 84k DAT file containing all the text and the 14k?COM file that runs the game.

I did find a copy of Epyx Rogue that I played on the Osborne.  "The original
Roguelike!".  Haven't beat the game yet.  The enemies on the lower levels have
a very strange damage roll that does no damage or max ddamage on every hit!

Z_C

 * Origin: Kludge BBS | klud.ge (21:3/177)

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