From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: (qmail 26504 invoked from network); 29 Jun 2020 00:36:25 -0000 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (45.79.103.53) by inbox.vuxu.org with ESMTPUTF8; 29 Jun 2020 00:36:25 -0000 Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id 0EC659C5E8; Mon, 29 Jun 2020 10:36:21 +1000 (AEST) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 944269C5E2; Mon, 29 Jun 2020 10:35:16 +1000 (AEST) Authentication-Results: minnie.tuhs.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key; unprotected) header.d=gmail.com header.i=@gmail.com header.b="h2irl2iH"; dkim-atps=neutral Received: by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix, from userid 112) id E8FD69C5E1; Mon, 29 Jun 2020 10:35:13 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-oi1-f176.google.com (mail-oi1-f176.google.com [209.85.167.176]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A7A9E9C190 for ; Mon, 29 Jun 2020 10:35:12 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-oi1-f176.google.com with SMTP id w17so12338536oie.6 for ; Sun, 28 Jun 2020 17:35:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=rW+l+yUzvCgK7OVUWT460qRYy6q+Q8qjnl8jArBFeZs=; b=h2irl2iHmF50aGrAUl5QWLF6dRj5pr158KBbICPsMLXaxK2OehI6CYJM64uxs7hkrP uo7uB+IBgnG24lStPt8Z3K4QBRIgSK2IWSuBEEuwL5K286HnwKp7srWMwuIHu+0MS4vf xG/GyDiHyfCay8tPvR7Re688vc2B/m21tfvBjyoj1xq1dA675zc4WI4SQpew5iJFY0DT 7Dq7aINW1hi0/HNGNgBUHeUi8WZWY4TIeZh6FyG3VEqn0Er0RNFqgGgNXLvPApi+1Rqj cX+XiXDgRqI9QAmFQ49btoGGj2SJ3z3ovXXY8yFRT4dUxKpzIMq8d6EzkAZPROhGAARx hkXw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=rW+l+yUzvCgK7OVUWT460qRYy6q+Q8qjnl8jArBFeZs=; b=IAPpB+bYTs5c0Z1o0J2V4nAFHjF7AWy/RoRAX3pscXoAU/aYDcXiW6RdRGbPFy34Rt RTaUFBILI/G2yUtUXppPktqJn3jKYB8PiR0muJCqbyJD1Nq13Mt3vnG7jZTscA+pM6+N OejdxjHL0BqjZ/MQ6ld3Q9D8lgz1DOhK4CmfuSymJiSRSQrPdZTfhi9pUD0N2kBTveHL /3RJaORxZUfO837kUQFiooxxVu8dsxG9V+EzP876yYXsmT2c1gktiV8jddtIuCLNFWsL jY1FZJqY44Q778DGxRRjYObxm3zFrU//9r0WpNDnLap3NTgBigJLZqE/RqfbzaRePnp6 mm1Q== X-Gm-Message-State: AOAM533tlqm+jy+eyltR4DIVTCBqDTWAWNZXrmEdXh7s4IGNT3j4AkYR Pvw2JkxaZNHnWk1E8XP3+l8iPeHUfUV648L058Ab+bSd X-Google-Smtp-Source: ABdhPJwpLV/DCwElhMeGHeGLZHCLpMsqZM7vbqYxvw5eW0ls3VH5nIH6ZPk4PFkXDNxsvjY1hvn1pEXeuX7vxY4AWnM= X-Received: by 2002:aca:1c05:: with SMTP id c5mr9926595oic.32.1593390911905; Sun, 28 Jun 2020 17:35:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:ac9:7151:0:0:0:0:0 with HTTP; Sun, 28 Jun 2020 17:35:10 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20200628234101.GU1324@mcvoy.com> References: <20200628223955.GH170@ra.poofy.goof.com> <20200628234101.GU1324@mcvoy.com> From: Nemo Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2020 20:35:10 -0400 Message-ID: To: Larry McVoy Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Subject: Re: [TUHS] Okistations and OKIX? X-BeenThere: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.26 Precedence: list List-Id: The Unix Heritage Society mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: tuhs@minnie.tuhs.org Errors-To: tuhs-bounces@minnie.tuhs.org Sender: "TUHS" On 28/06/2020, Larry McVoy wrote: > Huh, that's a trip down memory lane. I didn't have that one but the first > PC I ever owned was a CP/M machine made by the same company. Marketed in > this country under the BMC name but it was made by Oki. > > 2nd one down here: > > http://www.classiccmp.org/dunfield/miscpm/index.htm > > I took out a $2000 loan and bought it in 1984 or 1985 because the > alternative was a VAX 11/780 that had about 30-40 people trying to > compile their projects at the same time. I believe it had 4M of > ram, definitely not enough for the load. > > You'd think a 64K z80 with floppies would be a down grade, it was not, > the performance was predictable, I didn't get swapped out for minutes, > it was always working just for me. > > I wrote a _ton_ of code on that machine. What did you write, I mean, what were your development tools? N.