Re: SD: RE: New operating system...
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Re: SD: RE: New operating system...
>The big question here is, why? I haven't needed 10k of RAM in any
>assembly program, and I don't forsee any program needing 10000 numbers
>stored (or 1000 floating pt. nums). If you could find some way to give
>the TIOS the boot, than go for it. Just remember that most people use
>these for their original purpose, math. The games are just an added
>bonus. Without the TIOS, the calculator would be useless; just a gameboy.
>
>I'm not trying to discourage you, and if you want to go for it, than do.
>
>BTW: CP/M, the OS that Microsoft ripped off of for DOS is written for the
>Z80. I can give you the source, if you want. (note that it won't compile
>as written under TASM or assembly studio.).
Microsoft bought DOS from a seattle computer company. It was called QDOS
(Quick and Dirty Operating System), microsoft renamed it, trashed it, and
called it their own.
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