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Experiencing the Altair 8800

January 8, 2021April 28, 2021 john

For anyone with an interest in early 8 bit computers, even for those of us in the UK, it is impossible not to recognise the importance of the Altair 8800. In this article I attempt to share my experiences with this awesome machine.

Altair Apple II CP/M Other

Microchess to Project Chess

July 30, 2020January 8, 2021 john

Microchess is probably, albeit indirectly, responsible for the success of Apple, the success Microsoft and the success of the IBM

CP/M Latest Other Workshop

Z80 SBC using Tom Szolyga’s SBC-Z80 Board

March 11, 2020January 5, 2021 john

Introduction This article forms a short review of the ‘homebrew’ Grant Searle designed Z80 CP/M machine, built using Tom Szolyga’s Z80SBC printed

CP/M Other

Patching WordStar for use with a VT-100 Terminal

July 5, 2018January 8, 2021 john

The following is a complete set of the patches to customise Wordstar 3 for the VT100 terminal as derived from

Acorn CP/M Other

Patching WordStar for the Acorn Z80 Second Processor

May 31, 2018January 8, 2021 john

Introduction This article described the the very simple steps required to patch WordStar 3.0 so that it works as expected

Acorn CP/M Other

Patching dBaseII for the Acorn Z80 Second Processor

May 2, 2018January 7, 2021 john

Introduction This article described the the very simple steps required to patch dBaseII so that it works as expected on

Communications CP/M Other

Sending and Receiving Files with Kermit

May 31, 2017January 7, 2021 john

Introduction Kermit is a computer file transfer/management protocol and a set of communications software tools. The tools need to be