Anyone know any details about this systems internal operation?
I've looked through a few manuals, but they're high level operator manuals.
The machine (as I understand it) is an 8085 with 256K of bank selected RAM.
It was also apparently able to support 2 users.
It has BASIC as its major operating environment, supplemented by special utility programs that do things that BASIC can not.
Naturally there's no low level programming manual, it doesn't seem to have been designed to develop low level programs on it.
Does anyone know how the RAM was utilized? How much RAM was available to BASIC programs for example. How the multi user aspect worked. I noticed there's commands for file locking and such, so it's conscious of its multi user status and the problem they can bring.
It's a clever machine that came out just a bit too late, but I'm curious about the internals and operating environment, the underlying executive, memory usage, etc. that anyone might be able to share.
It's a clever machine, to be sure.
I've looked through a few manuals, but they're high level operator manuals.
The machine (as I understand it) is an 8085 with 256K of bank selected RAM.
It was also apparently able to support 2 users.
It has BASIC as its major operating environment, supplemented by special utility programs that do things that BASIC can not.
Naturally there's no low level programming manual, it doesn't seem to have been designed to develop low level programs on it.
Does anyone know how the RAM was utilized? How much RAM was available to BASIC programs for example. How the multi user aspect worked. I noticed there's commands for file locking and such, so it's conscious of its multi user status and the problem they can bring.
It's a clever machine that came out just a bit too late, but I'm curious about the internals and operating environment, the underlying executive, memory usage, etc. that anyone might be able to share.
It's a clever machine, to be sure.