CP/M is now open-source for real

[Gyrofrog]

@joey_bladb

First thing I’m going to do is list the directory!
Next, I’m going to delete a file.
Finally, I’m going to load a program!

@stevev

Now do all of those things on any modern computer in less than 64K of RAM.

My first computer had 16K RAM (after an upgrade), and it would only do the last of those three things. The “directory list” was whatever we’d written on the cassette.

But that’s not too arcane; I’m sure someone else here used to code via punchcard – better yet, play games that way. At home.

@bashful

Digital Equipment Corp.'s (DEC) Rainbow 100 CP/M-86/80

@catsidhe

less happy hours writing school assignments on WORDSTAR

We had a DECMate and, later, a Rainbow (or something like it) that my dad brought home from work.

"The Vim Clutch": a footpedal for the code-editor Vim

I’m just reminded that, for lack of word processing software, I used to type school papers, stories, etc. in Multiplan on a DECmate II. We’d format the page for (I think) 8 columns, then enter text one line at a time, being mindful not to type past an approximate point that might exceed the eighth column’s width. Also, double-quotes weren’t allowed – instead I’d use two single-quotes. Later on (1987) we got hold of a Commodore 64 (fairly old even by then), and I used that version of Multiplan…