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SB180 (was: Disposing of some CP/M stuff)

From jeffj@panix.com (Jeff Jonas)
Newsgroups comp.os.cpm
Subject SB180 (was: Disposing of some CP/M stuff)
Date 2014-04-23 23:30 -0400
Organization Jeff's House of Electronic Parts
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Jeffj:
>> I still have Muppet lunchboxes to someday re-create
>> that BYTE cover of the SB180 in the lunchbox
>> with floppy drives.

jay:
> I've read the PDF of that article a few times recently.

The Z-system was a nice step forward from CP/M, 'till Linux
(with Xinu, Minix, Uzi and such along the way).
I'm unsure how far the Z-system went
and what was the preferred platform.
I suspect the SB180 was the most popular
since it had the clout of Byte, BIX, Steve Ciarcia and all.
Too much to research ...

> However, in my opinion the floppy drive dependency of CP/M systems
> needs to be left to the restoration projects and the museum pieces.

Funny you should mention museums.
I'm active with MARCH: the NJ vintage computer museum
    http://www.midatlanticretro.com
a member of the InfoAge science center
    http://www.infoage.org
located on what was Marconi's Belmar wireless station,
then an army base:
    http://campevans.org/

> Its really not an appropriate media for today

BUT it's essential for reading all the archives
still on floppy (not yet copied to new media/formats).
Particularly when it natively handles wonky formats.

> [3D simulator] As the Wyse 50 didn't have graphics,
> I used my Paper Tiger printer
> to print the progression of scenes

And to our chagrin, the paper's still useful
whereas most machine formats are hard to read back.
It probably makes for a nice flip-book animation.

I remember the ads for the Paper Tiger.
And the Banana/Gorilla ("buy a banana, save a bunch").
I still have my Olivetti spark-jet printer from the DAK catalogue.
And a few copies of the Damark closeout/liquidation catalogue
to prove the silly prices we used to pay for printers and disks!

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Disposing of some CP/M stuff Gary Oliver <gtc@lightspeed.ca> - 2014-04-14 21:03 -0800
  Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Enrico Lazzerini <elazzerini@interfree.it> - 2014-04-16 22:19 +0200
  Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Jay_in_Dallas <jay.c.box@earthlink.net> - 2014-04-21 18:43 -0500
    Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff jeffj@panix.com (Jeff Jonas) - 2014-04-21 22:18 -0400
      Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff bill@server3.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2014-04-22 14:57 +0000
        Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Enrico Lazzerini <elazzerini@interfree.it> - 2014-04-23 00:10 +0200
          Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff bill@server2.cs.scranton.edu (Bill Gunshannon) - 2014-04-22 22:31 +0000
            Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Enrico Lazzerini <elazzerini@interfree.it> - 2014-04-23 23:01 +0200
              Xerox 820 (was Disposing of some CP/M stuff) jeffj@panix.com (Jeff Jonas) - 2014-04-23 23:14 -0400
  Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Jay_in_Dallas <jay.c.box@earthlink.net> - 2014-04-22 01:55 -0500
  Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Jay_in_Dallas <jay.c.box@earthlink.net> - 2014-04-22 03:31 -0500
  Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Jay_in_Dallas <jay.c.box@earthlink.net> - 2014-04-22 03:33 -0500
    Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Roger Ivie <rivie@ridgenet.net> - 2014-04-22 07:38 -0500
      Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Torfinn Ingolfsen <tingo@home.no> - 2014-04-22 21:17 +0200
  Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Jay_in_Dallas <jay.c.box@earthlink.net> - 2014-04-22 14:23 -0500
  Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Jay_in_Dallas <jay.c.box@earthlink.net> - 2014-04-22 14:24 -0500
    SB180 (was: Disposing of some CP/M stuff) jeffj@panix.com (Jeff Jonas) - 2014-04-23 23:30 -0400
  Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Jay_in_Dallas <jay.c.box@earthlink.net> - 2014-04-23 09:33 -0500
  Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Jay_in_Dallas <jay.c.box@earthlink.net> - 2014-04-24 12:14 -0500
    Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff retrogear <larrygr510@gmail.com> - 2014-04-24 13:39 -0700
    Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Rob Doyle <radioengr@gmail.com> - 2014-04-25 14:10 -0700
      Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Ole Christensen <ole2@oboj.net> - 2014-04-26 00:29 +0200
        Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff retrogear <larrygr510@gmail.com> - 2014-04-25 17:15 -0700
      Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Steven Hirsch <snhirsch@gmail.com> - 2014-04-26 09:15 -0400
  Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Jay_in_Dallas <jay.c.box@earthlink.net> - 2014-04-28 10:41 -0500
  Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff V1050 <still.christ1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 23:51 -0700
  Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff V1050 <still.christ1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-02 23:53 -0700
    Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff Gary Oliver <gtc@lightspeed.ca> - 2014-05-03 13:15 -0800
      Re: Disposing of some CP/M stuff V1050 <still.christ1@gmail.com> - 2014-05-03 15:09 -0700

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