On 2016-04-20 11:32 AM, Pete Turnbull wrote:
On 20/04/2016 16:00, Toby Thain wrote:
On 2016-04-20 10:27 AM, Pete Turnbull wrote:
It did indeed - I have one. Also a couple of 6502 CoPros, a 65C102, a
32016 and a pair of Z80s, which were nice in their day.
Nice collection. I'd forgotten about the 32016! What software ran on
these respective processors?
There was a collection of "scientific" software for the 32016 - things
like Spice, some maths software, and assorted CAD stuff; basically the
software licensed for the 32016 ACW and the Master Scientific, which
came later. The Z80 CoPro ran CP/M - real licensed CP/M 2.2, not the
bastardised often-not-compatible "CPN" lookalike offered by Torch, and
Ah... Torch Turbo... that rings a bell. I think that might have been
what my high school's Tube machine was. I don't remember being aware
that it wasn't legit CP/M.
We also had a Z80 MP/M machine in the same computer room, with two
terminals, a mark/sense card reader, and high speed Lear-Siegler
printer. That was the only computer at the school when I started. It was
soon joined by a lab of about 20 BBC Micro Model B's.
--Toby
came with GEM and various office software. The ARM CoPro originally had
little software beyond TWIN (the Two Window Editor), assembler, BASIC,
and utilities. The 6502 variants - including the 65C102 that was used
for the Master Turbo - just ran whatever you'd otherwise have on the
Beeb itself, albeit with a faster clock, larger memory space, and in
some cases a "High" version that lived right at the top of memory.
