[cctalk] Re: RS232 then and now (bitbanging)

2025-02-15 Thread Bill Duncan via cctalk
On Mon, Feb 03, 2025 at 06:09:28AM +, Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote: > On 2/2/25 17:22, Will Cooke via cctalk wrote: > > > > > > Not quite lost. The 1802 crowd is doing amazing things. > > See https://groups.io/g/cosmacelf/message/33678 > > > > And if you know anything about the 1802, it's,

[cctalk] Re: BASIC

2024-05-03 Thread Bill Duncan via cctalk
I still have Microsoft's first product somewhere, in my garage I think. 4K and 8K BASIC on Paper tape. Alas, no paper tape reader anymore.. On Thu, May 02, 2024 at 01:30:33PM -0500, Mike Katz via cctalk wrote: > Microsoft loves to take languages developed by others and transmogrify them > into th

[cctalk] Re: Last Buy notification for Z80 (Z84C00 Product line)

2024-05-03 Thread Bill Duncan via cctalk
The 6809 was my fav 8 bitter to program. Relocatable code, many addressing modes, the index registers, stack pointers, consistent instruction set.. There was a decent C compiler, Introl. It's a shame that it never really caught on. I've often wondered whether the RCA 1802 could've been considere

[cctalk] Re: Typing class in high school

2023-01-28 Thread Bill Duncan via cctalk
On Fri, Jan 27, 2023 at 09:15:48AM -0800, David Barto via cctalk wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 26, 2023 at 5:15 PM Bill Gunshannon via cctalk < > > cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > > > >> > >> And, yes, even as a male I had typing in high school. > >> > > > > I had typing as an elective class in 7th gr