[HN Gopher] CP/Mish is an open source sort-of-CP/M distribution ...
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       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)
        
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       | 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.
        
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