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by whobre 5d ago
Raymond rocks!
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by whobre 5d ago
Dr Logo: https://winworldpc.com/product/dr-logo/1x
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by whobre 7d ago
And honestly that’s the only real answer. Predicting future is a fool’s errand.
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by whobre 14d ago
Hey, but we had a real cpu in the Speccy - not the joke that 6502 was! Ah, who am I kidding? Of course c64 was better…
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by whobre 22d ago
Also Raymond Chen
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by whobre 25d ago
Nice! This one is also being produced: https://retrogamecoders.com/agon-light-first-impressions/
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by whobre 1mo ago
There was an industry standard before IBM PC, based on Z80 S100 and CP/M
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The Road to MS-DOS 2.0(nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com)
109 points by whobre 1mo ago|58 comments
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by whobre 2mo ago
Still have no idea what that means…
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by whobre 2mo ago
Not bad, but I like this one better: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2017/06/ibm-pc-history-part-... And specifically for the IBM choosing Microsoft: https://nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com/p&#
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by whobre 2mo ago
Actually it was released in 1989. People’s memories are a funny thing…
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by whobre 2mo ago
The worst OS except for all the others.
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by whobre 2mo ago
You are describing MS-DOS. As article states, this used DRI's Concurrent DOS, which was basically rebranded MP/M-86 with a basic MS-DOS compatibility layer. More about Concurrent DOS, eg here: https://nemanjatrifunovic.
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Banning AI in Law School: We've Seen This Before(hardcoresoftware.learningbyshipping.com)
4 points by whobre 2mo ago|0 comments
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by whobre 2mo ago
I like it! Is it still being produced given that Z80 has been discontinued?
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by whobre 2mo ago
This is the book to read if you are interested in the topic: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/44882.Code
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The Peak and Collapse of Digital Research(nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com)
3 points by whobre 3mo ago|0 comments
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by whobre 3mo ago
Roman Empire did not "ceased to be" in 476; all it happened that year was that an usurper was deposed.
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by whobre 3mo ago
By now, the dude must have developed something ridiculously successful and got filthy rich /s
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by whobre 3mo ago
Or concurrent cp/m?
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by whobre 3mo ago
GEM ran on MSDOS and GEMDOS
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by whobre 3mo ago
Ditto. Metro was the best graphic UI I ever used. I liked even on the laptop.
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by whobre 4mo ago
Right. I am saying there is a difference between portable and non portable assembly code. If you interacted with the machine via call 05h interface, it was portable. If you accessed computer’s video memory buffer directly it wasn’t.
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by whobre 4mo ago
In 1981, one could write a z80 assembly program for cp/m and it would run on thousands of different computer models.
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by whobre 4mo ago
Time to switch to PL/I
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by whobre 4mo ago
Gary Kildall was unable to understand why IBM insisted on using a simplistic CP/M clone, when DRI had a multitasking operating system in 1979. The PC industry just didn’t care.
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by whobre 4mo ago
That's exactly what's happening. Many claim they are more productive with AI, but individual rise in productivity just doesn't translate to projects being completed any sooner. And by "projects", I mean corporate on
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by whobre 4mo ago
> A leopard can't change his shorts. But it can get old and lose its teeth...
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by whobre 4mo ago
There was a rumor of MS and DRI having a non-aggression pact before 1981: https://nemanjatrifunovic.substack.com/p/gary-kildall-bill-g...
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by whobre 4mo ago
Back in 1998, that would have been a legitimate concern…

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