Are tatty boxes worth keeping?

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Mon Aug 9 11:28:03 1999

> > > Oh yeah, like the time Commodore shot itself in the foot claiming on the
> > > outside of the box that the C64 could run CPM programs! Of course then
> > > the FTC stepped in. . . .
> >
> > The Commodore 64 _could_ run CP/M programs...provided one had the
> > optional Z80 cartridge...though I never tried myself. :-) The 128 was the
> > first Commodore machine to actually boot CP/M disks with a 1571 drive, if I
> > remember correctly.
>
> Well so _could_ the PDP-8 if someone built the necessary hardware or wrote
> a simulator for it :)

And so can a Macintosh if you run a terminal emulator and connect the
serial port to a Northstar Horizon. :-)
Received on Mon Aug 09 1999 - 11:28:03 BST