4 Apr
1999
4 Apr
'99
6:51 a.m.
<ISA cards on a single s-100 board. This would
certainly be cheap enough i
<most cases, to warrant such an effort. The software might get to be a
<problem, though.
Yes, and therein lies the "problem" for the
average user.
This is why I prefer simple serial console. No software to write,
no memory mapped video to take a chunk out of usable memory, no
memory banking schemes, no dependence on finding monitors of a
particular scan rate or interface. Just a simple I/O port!
Admittedly, many folks seem to believe that a computer must have
a video generator to be a "computer". My CP/M experience started with
Model 33 Teletypes and blinkenlights front panels, so perhaps I'm the odd man
out here.
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