BBSes running on old computers...

From: haleyk_at_okstate.edu <(haleyk_at_okstate.edu)>
Date: Mon Apr 28 14:16:04 1997

The IEEE student group that I belong to here at
Oklahoma State just ran across an old z-80 based
machine called a paraDynamics PRONTO.

It seems to be a CP/M machine (we have a box of
floppies for the twin 8" drives, and some are
marked CP/M 86 and Microsoft Basic, etc.)

The guy who was gonna chunk it in the trash said
it had a USRobotics 1200 Baud modem and a 20 Meg
HD along with 64K or RAM.

He threw in a VT and soon as we can jumper around
the rusty keyswitch, we hope to get some type of
neat program to run on it for the heck of it,
we threw around the idea of a BBS (albeit a slow
one) possibly written in the BASIC that came with
the machine.

Has anyone used such a machine? Lets definately
keep up the thread on BBSes and if we write it
in a 4gl language, maybe a second list can be set
up for the distribution of source code.

BTW: we also got an IBM 5130.... It boots on
a READY prompt, but we have NO CLUE what to do
with it! We think the printer could be used
as a boat anchor.

hasta
scott
Received on Mon Apr 28 1997 - 14:16:04 BST