I find it slightly curious that the drive select logic wasn't expanded to be capable of supporting 6 drives. It seems obvious (now), but maybe connecting that many drives wasn't actually helpful. Maybe with two configurations: 1-2-3 & 4-5-6, and 1-2-5 & 3-4-6.
It might have been nice to inspect the outputs of the compiler and the linker with the FIND command. Is there an equivalent of VIEW that did a hex/ASCII dump?
Among 8-bit microcomputer operating systems from the seventies, Microware's OS-9 and TSC's UniFLEX (both 1979) would be strong contenders for the "most advanced" badge. Both were originally for the 6809, and later ported to the 68000. OS-9 was also ported to x86, PowerPC and ARM - It still seems to be in business as an RTOS.
Well, that's pretty neat to see. Thanks for showing it in a video!
Interesting ! I remember the machine from my dad’s old 73 Magazines and the ads . Computers to decode Morse and rtty
"Fortran ugly scientific notation"? its beautiful I think its one of the most incredible languages!!
I find it slightly curious that the drive select logic wasn't expanded to be capable of supporting 6 drives. It seems obvious (now), but maybe connecting that many drives wasn't actually helpful. Maybe with two configurations: 1-2-3 & 4-5-6, and 1-2-5 & 3-4-6.
It might have been nice to inspect the outputs of the compiler and the linker with the FIND command. Is there an equivalent of VIEW that did a hex/ASCII dump?
Wich one of the OS for these old computers is the most advanced ? CP/M ? BTW can you use a Harddisk also with SWTPC ?
Among 8-bit microcomputer operating systems from the seventies, Microware's OS-9 and TSC's UniFLEX (both 1979) would be strong contenders for the "most advanced" badge.
Both were originally for the 6809, and later ported to the 68000.
OS-9 was also ported to x86, PowerPC and ARM - It still seems to be in business as an RTOS.
Love the SWAT.BUG file, that one caught my eye