ziggy wrote:
>
> Getting a free BL1820 in the mail ( not the SDK, just the board )
> next week.
>
> Since its basically a 'modern' z80, any chance there might be a
> cp/m port out there?

Don't even try. Rabbits are not binary compatible, not even with
the 8080. It is useless for running any CP/M software application.

--
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really
don't care. It's not that important." - G.W. Bush, 2002-03-13
"No, we've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved
with September the 11th." - George Walker Bush 2003-09-17

On 2006-06-20, CBFalconer wrote:
> ziggy wrote:
>>
>> Getting a free BL1820 in the mail ( not the SDK, just the board )
>> next week.
>>
>> Since its basically a 'modern' z80, any chance there might be a
>> cp/m port out there?
>
> Don't even try. Rabbits are not binary compatible, not even with
> the 8080. It is useless for running any CP/M software application.

They've stolen the conditional CALL instructions and (gasp!) RST 0.
--
roger ivie
rivie@ridgenet.net

Roger Ivie wrote:
> On 2006-06-20, CBFalconer wrote:
>> ziggy wrote:
>>>
>>> Getting a free BL1820 in the mail ( not the SDK, just the board )
>>> next week.
>>>
>>> Since its basically a 'modern' z80, any chance there might be a
>>> cp/m port out there?
>>
>> Don't even try. Rabbits are not binary compatible, not even with
>> the 8080. It is useless for running any CP/M software application.
>
> They've stolen the conditional CALL instructions and (gasp!) RST 0.

They are nearly binary compatible, but the differences are crucial.

--
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really
don't care. It's not that important." - G.W. Bush, 2002-03-13
"No, we've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved
with September the 11th." - George Walker Bush 2003-09-17

In article <44973C5E.B3799E5E@yahoo.com>,
CBFalconer wrote:

> ziggy wrote:
> >
> > Getting a free BL1820 in the mail ( not the SDK, just the board )
> > next week.
> >
> > Since its basically a 'modern' z80, any chance there might be a
> > cp/m port out there?
>
> Don't even try. Rabbits are not binary compatible, not even with
> the 8080. It is useless for running any CP/M software application.

Ah, then it goes in the 'parts box' then.

I have an Epson QX-10 from 1984 that runs CP/M-80 that I am willing to
give to a good home. It worked when I last used it, which was about 10
years ago. Can't guarentee that it does now. Haven't had a place to
set it up since then, and it is taking up too much closet space.

I have the original boxes and some of the original promotional
material.

Anyone interested?

ziggy wrote:
> In article <44973C5E.B3799E5E@yahoo.com>,
> CBFalconer wrote:
>
> > ziggy wrote:
> > >
> > > Getting a free BL1820 in the mail ( not the SDK, just the board )
> > > next week.
> > >
> > > Since its basically a 'modern' z80, any chance there might be a
> > > cp/m port out there?
> >
> > Don't even try. Rabbits are not binary compatible, not even with
> > the 8080. It is useless for running any CP/M software application.
>
> Ah, then it goes in the 'parts box' then.

Edward wrote:
> I have an Epson QX-10 from 1984 that runs CP/M-80 that I am willing to
> give to a good home. It worked when I last used it, which was about 10
> years ago. Can't guarentee that it does now. Haven't had a place to
> set it up since then, and it is taking up too much closet space.
>
> I have the original boxes and some of the original promotional
> material.
>
> Anyone interested?
>

Hi Edward,

I changed the subject line and reposted this. Please tell us where you
are located or if you are willing to ship the system.

Regards,
Richard

Edward wrote:
> I have an Epson QX-10 from 1984 that runs CP/M-80 that I am willing to
> give to a good home. It worked when I last used it, which was about 10
> years ago. Can't guarentee that it does now. Haven't had a place to
> set it up since then, and it is taking up too much closet space.
>
> I have the original boxes and some of the original promotional
> material.
>
> Anyone interested?

*yes*. Let me know your terms and conditions.

Thanx,
Tarkin

I just logged in for the first time today since posting and was
pleasently surprised to find people interested in the Epson.

I started to get everything together on my bedroom floor and wanted to
see if it would boot up and found that I am missing some cables.

I have the monitor cable, but am missing a power cable, the keyboard
cable, and the printer cable. I think the printer cable was an
ordinary one and I may have used it years later with another printer
and lost it. The power cable I don't think is vital -- this didn't
have its own external power supply like a Commodore I had at the same
time did, so someone could probably adapt another one for that purpose.
But the lack of the keyboard cable may be more important.

Right now I have the following:

- The machine, monitor, printer (RX-80), and keyboard, each in their
own boxes (all original).
- QX-10 operating manual
- RX-80 printer users manual
- Valdocs User's Guide
- Epson COM-80 manual and Microsoft Basic manual
- Disks for both CPM-80 and Valdocs

Since I can't set it up and turn it on without the missing cables, I
cannot guarentee what kind of condition it is in, or if the disks would
still work (they are over 20 years old now).

I am willing to send it to anyone who wants to pay for the shipping --
I am guessing that it ends up at least 50 pounds -- don't know how much
that would cost to ship.

Anyone still interested?

> Anyone still interested?

Yes, at least pursuing this discussion further.

May I suggest taking this discussion off-list?

I can be reached at:
n u k e 4 8 3 8 6 ATT y! DOTT com

demunge by running alphanumerics together, and
substituting the well-known directory/search company
for y! (rhymes w/ Oahu), and transforming the the ATT
and DOTT to their corresponding symbols.

Thank you,
Tarkin

Roger Ivie wrote:
> CBFalconer wrote:
>> ziggy wrote:
>>>
>>> Getting a free BL1820 in the mail ( not the SDK, just the board )
>>> next week.
>>>
>>> Since its basically a 'modern' z80, any chance there might be a
>>> cp/m port out there?
>>
>> Don't even try. Rabbits are not binary compatible, not even with
>> the 8080. It is useless for running any CP/M software application.
>
>They've stolen the conditional CALL instructions and (gasp!) RST 0.

If a program does not use self-modifying code or generates code
dynamically, it may be possible to scan a .com file, replace these
instructions with RSTs and patch the code with functions to emulate
the missing instructions.

Still, it is much less effort to find a real Z80.