Date : Tue, 13 Nov 1990 09:49:59 EST
From : black@ll-null.ll.mit.edu (Jerry Glomph Black)
Subject: Refuge for Hacker Nostalgists
I've spent years with CP/M and Z-System machines & software, and I still
use both my BigBoard I and several SB180s running Z-software. The BigBoard
has been lobotomized to boot up as a terminal for the other systems.
Anyway, when the urge arises, I do my software & hardware hacking on my
Amiga 500! The system is ultra-open, and allows all sorts of hardware &
software hacks, with color video, and 4-channel sound. A real deal
for $500., comes with floppy, 1 Meg Ram, now bundled with the AmigaVision
audio-video authoring s/w which is pretty decent. Also, the O/S is virtually
all on the ROM (256kB), so you get to use more than 93% of the RAM. For
mouse-haters (and Mac-haters)like me, you almost NEVER have to use it.
I have no connection with the mfr., I just like to play with this machine.
Jerry Black, black@MICRO.LL.MIT.EDU
End of INFO-CPM Digest V90 Issue #180
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