CP/M 1.3 memory requirement

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Nov 2 09:00:37 2000

Jeff,

  If you need help, I have a couple of NS manuals and I have some HS disks
with NS BASIC and some other programs on them. I also have a NS MDS-A disk
controller card. I don't want to part with any of it but I could loan it out.

     Joe

At 08:24 PM 11/1/00 -0500, you wrote:
> NSdos is what I plan on doing the initial tests of the
>machine with anyway, given it's smaller memory requirement. It's
>manuals seem to do a decent job at describing how to config it for
>various hardware. With luck, at least one of these hard-sectored
>diskettes will still prove usable!
>
> Jeff
>
>>Actually no. NSdos was a simpler file system but actually robust and
>>very fast. It lacked editor/assember/debugger but did have a good set of
>>diags for ram, monitor and NS* BASIC. Which for it's time was pretty
>>good. Also it could boot in as little as 4k of ram and run basic in 24k.
>>
>>Allison
>
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Received on Thu Nov 02 2000 - 09:00:37 GMT

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