Date : Sat, 13 Jan 1990 18:48:53 GMT
From : cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!texbell!vector!attctc!usource!daveg@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Dave Goodman)
Subject: Superbrain & Commodore 128 questions
I am posting the following for David Goodenough <dg@lakart.uucp>,
who is temporarily unable to post to this newsgroup.
--
Newsgroup: comp.os.cpm
Subject: Superbrain and Commodore 128 questions
Someone recently asked:
> In the log file that I got there was talk of SUPERBRAIN. What is it ?
The Intertec Superbrain is a CP/M machine, can't remember too much about
them (I used them a bit while at college back in 1981 and 1982). Main things
that spring to mind is that it's a VT52 emulating terminal, uses a 1791
disk controller which has a nasty habit of inverting data written to disk.
Like most CP/M machines it has it's quirks, but once you get the hang of how
to work around them, you'll be all set.
> Many years ago my parents got me a commodore 128 computer, it has a
> z80 microprocessor and I've used it for little or nothing. Mostly
> because I haved no programs that can do anything or that are any
> fun. Is there anything out there ???
> Is there anyone out there ???
You need to get that C128 going in CP/M mode!! First things first, drop me
a line with your US mail address and I'll ship out a disk with some useful
(read indispensible) utilities. I'll include a communications program all
set up for the C128, and once you're talking to whatever host you use (you
do have a 1670 modem, right?) I can start E-mailing out the games and other
goodies to get the 128 to strut it's stuff. If you have a Q-link account,
look me up - I'm Delta G there, and often times stick my head round the
door of conferences and the like.
If you are on a BITNET host, drop a line to LISTSERV@NDSUVM1.BITNET
saying /PDDIR and HELP. That will put you in touch with the SIMTEL20
CP/M archives which are so full of good stuff it's unreal.
Please respond by E-mail to the addresses below, not to the addresses in
the header, as this is being posted by a friend.
Yours,
--
dg@lakart.UUCP - David Goodenough +---+
IHS | +-+-+
..... !harvard!xait!lakart!dg +-+-+ |
AKA: dg%lakart.uucp@xait.xerox.com +---+
--
__|__
Dave Goodman . . . . . --o--o--(_)--o--o-- . . . . . At home:
Internet: daveg@usource.sarasota.fl.us . daveg%misty@usource.sarasota.fl.us
uucp: ...attctc!usource!daveg . ...attctc!usource!misty!daveg