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Bill Gunshannon
Jan 31, 2013, 3:02:42 PM1/31/13
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I know it's a long shot, but what the heck.
Was there ever any work on putting CP/M68K on a Sun3?
I am looking at all the M68K systems I have and looking to see if
there is any chance of getting CP/M68K running on them.
I currently have:
Tandy Model16 (runs P&T CP/M68K)
a Sun3
a bunch of 68K Macs
a couple of oddball QBUS M68K boards
Would be fun to have CP/M68K running on more than just the Tandy.
Is there any kind of a porting kit?
bill
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Was there ever any work on putting CP/M68K on a Sun3?
I am looking at all the M68K systems I have and looking to see if
there is any chance of getting CP/M68K running on them.
I currently have:
Tandy Model16 (runs P&T CP/M68K)
a Sun3
a bunch of 68K Macs
a couple of oddball QBUS M68K boards
Would be fun to have CP/M68K running on more than just the Tandy.
Is there any kind of a porting kit?
bill
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Robert Heller
Jan 31, 2013, 4:30:18 PM1/31/13
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CP/M-68K does not (AFAIK) have any support for virtual memory. I guess
it would run on a 68010 or 680[23]0, but this might be a bit
pointless...
OS9-68K might be a better choice for the Sun3.
At 31 Jan 2013 20:02:42 GMT bill...@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>
> I know it's a long shot, but what the heck.
>
> Was there ever any work on putting CP/M68K on a Sun3?
>
> I am looking at all the M68K systems I have and looking to see if
> there is any chance of getting CP/M68K running on them.
> I currently have:
> Tandy Model16 (runs P&T CP/M68K)
> a Sun3
> a bunch of 68K Macs
> a couple of oddball QBUS M68K boards
>
> Would be fun to have CP/M68K running on more than just the Tandy.
>
> Is there any kind of a porting kit?
>
> bill
>
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it would run on a 68010 or 680[23]0, but this might be a bit
pointless...
OS9-68K might be a better choice for the Sun3.
At 31 Jan 2013 20:02:42 GMT bill...@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>
> I know it's a long shot, but what the heck.
>
> Was there ever any work on putting CP/M68K on a Sun3?
>
> I am looking at all the M68K systems I have and looking to see if
> there is any chance of getting CP/M68K running on them.
> I currently have:
> Tandy Model16 (runs P&T CP/M68K)
> a Sun3
> a bunch of 68K Macs
> a couple of oddball QBUS M68K boards
>
> Would be fun to have CP/M68K running on more than just the Tandy.
>
> Is there any kind of a porting kit?
>
> bill
>
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David Schultz
Jan 31, 2013, 7:34:05 PM1/31/13
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On 01/31/2013 02:02 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> I know it's a long shot, but what the heck.
>
> Was there ever any work on putting CP/M68K on a Sun3?
>
> I am looking at all the M68K systems I have and looking to see if
> there is any chance of getting CP/M68K running on them.
> I currently have:
> Tandy Model16 (runs P&T CP/M68K)
> a Sun3
> a bunch of 68K Macs
> a couple of oddball QBUS M68K boards
>
> Would be fun to have CP/M68K running on more than just the Tandy.
>
> Is there any kind of a porting kit?
>
> bill
>
The original distribution included everything you needed which is how I
> I know it's a long shot, but what the heck.
>
> Was there ever any work on putting CP/M68K on a Sun3?
>
> I am looking at all the M68K systems I have and looking to see if
> there is any chance of getting CP/M68K running on them.
> I currently have:
> Tandy Model16 (runs P&T CP/M68K)
> a Sun3
> a bunch of 68K Macs
> a couple of oddball QBUS M68K boards
>
> Would be fun to have CP/M68K running on more than just the Tandy.
>
> Is there any kind of a porting kit?
>
> bill
>
started. From reading the S1S9 record format, hand patching the hooks to
my dirt simple BIOS, to using the CP/M-68K tools to assemble the next
BIOS, etc. The distribution disks and manuals can now be had for free.
Since you already have a working CP/M-68K system you get to bypass all
of those fun first steps. If you have good documentation for the target
hardware it shouldn't be very hard.
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Bill Gunshannon
Jan 31, 2013, 8:33:07 PM1/31/13
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In article <LemdnUWz56L3f5fM...@giganews.com>,
of the hardware. Well, if the desire is to run CP/M68K it would be
doing exactly what was wanted without VM. :-)
>
> OS9-68K might be a better choice for the Sun3.
Not free. Not available in Source. And if MicroWare ever did a port
it is probably not avialable anyway.
bill
>
>
> At 31 Jan 2013 20:02:42 GMT bill...@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>
>>
>> I know it's a long shot, but what the heck.
>>
>> Was there ever any work on putting CP/M68K on a Sun3?
>>
>> I am looking at all the M68K systems I have and looking to see if
>> there is any chance of getting CP/M68K running on them.
>> I currently have:
>> Tandy Model16 (runs P&T CP/M68K)
>> a Sun3
>> a bunch of 68K Macs
>> a couple of oddball QBUS M68K boards
>>
>> Would be fun to have CP/M68K running on more than just the Tandy.
>>
>> Is there any kind of a porting kit?
>>
>> bill
>>
>
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Robert Heller <hel...@deepsoft.com> writes:
> CP/M-68K does not (AFAIK) have any support for virtual memory. I guess
> it would run on a 68010 or 680[23]0, but this might be a bit
> pointless...
Why? Or do you jkust mean it wouldn't make use of the full potential
> CP/M-68K does not (AFAIK) have any support for virtual memory. I guess
> it would run on a 68010 or 680[23]0, but this might be a bit
> pointless...
of the hardware. Well, if the desire is to run CP/M68K it would be
doing exactly what was wanted without VM. :-)
>
> OS9-68K might be a better choice for the Sun3.
it is probably not avialable anyway.
bill
>
>
> At 31 Jan 2013 20:02:42 GMT bill...@cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) wrote:
>
>>
>> I know it's a long shot, but what the heck.
>>
>> Was there ever any work on putting CP/M68K on a Sun3?
>>
>> I am looking at all the M68K systems I have and looking to see if
>> there is any chance of getting CP/M68K running on them.
>> I currently have:
>> Tandy Model16 (runs P&T CP/M68K)
>> a Sun3
>> a bunch of 68K Macs
>> a couple of oddball QBUS M68K boards
>>
>> Would be fun to have CP/M68K running on more than just the Tandy.
>>
>> Is there any kind of a porting kit?
>>
>> bill
>>
>
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Torfinn Ingolfsen
Feb 1, 2013, 5:26:14 AM2/1/13
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On 02/01/2013 01:34, David Schultz wrote:
>
> BIOS, etc. The distribution disks and manuals can now be had for free.
For free? really? The manuals too?
>
> BIOS, etc. The distribution disks and manuals can now be had for free.
If so - where?
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Roger Ivie
Feb 1, 2013, 11:42:16 AM2/1/13
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On 2013-02-01, Torfinn Ingolfsen <ti...@home.no> wrote:
> On 02/01/2013 01:34, David Schultz wrote:
>>
>> BIOS, etc. The distribution disks and manuals can now be had for free.
>
> For free? really? The manuals too?
> If so - where?
http://cpm.z80.de/
> On 02/01/2013 01:34, David Schultz wrote:
>>
>> BIOS, etc. The distribution disks and manuals can now be had for free.
>
> For free? really? The manuals too?
> If so - where?
Caldera released them under a "free for non-commercial use" license
years ago.
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Torfinn Ingolfsen
Feb 1, 2013, 2:06:19 PM2/1/13
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(Ok, I - was - thinking about printed manuals)
:-P
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Roger Ivie
Feb 1, 2013, 4:17:23 PM2/1/13
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On 2013-02-01, Torfinn Ingolfsen <ti...@home.no> wrote:
> Ah, I see. Thanks!
> (Ok, I - was - thinking about printed manuals)
>:-P
There are postscript files of the CP/M-68K manuals over there, tucked
> Ah, I see. Thanks!
> (Ok, I - was - thinking about printed manuals)
>:-P
away in some .ZIP files.
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ri...@ridgenet.net
BobH
Feb 1, 2013, 6:53:51 PM2/1/13
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On 1/31/2013 1:02 PM, Bill Gunshannon wrote:
> I know it's a long shot, but what the heck.
>
> Was there ever any work on putting CP/M68K on a Sun3?
>
> I am looking at all the M68K systems I have and looking to see if
> there is any chance of getting CP/M68K running on them.
> I currently have:
> Tandy Model16 (runs P&T CP/M68K)
> a Sun3
> a bunch of 68K Macs
> a couple of oddball QBUS M68K boards
>
> Would be fun to have CP/M68K running on more than just the Tandy.
>
> Is there any kind of a porting kit?
>
> bill
>
The CPM68K "System Guide" has porting instructions in it. It is pretty
> I know it's a long shot, but what the heck.
>
> Was there ever any work on putting CP/M68K on a Sun3?
>
> I am looking at all the M68K systems I have and looking to see if
> there is any chance of getting CP/M68K running on them.
> I currently have:
> Tandy Model16 (runs P&T CP/M68K)
> a Sun3
> a bunch of 68K Macs
> a couple of oddball QBUS M68K boards
>
> Would be fun to have CP/M68K running on more than just the Tandy.
>
> Is there any kind of a porting kit?
>
> bill
>
good, as I remember. The System Guide was distributed with the other
manuals.
I spoke to a guy at Compupro many years ago (obviously), who had a 68020
IEEE-696 board running CPM68K. He said it required very little work,
just getting the extra stack pointers initialized. They already had a
BIOS for all of their disk and IO boards for the 68000 boards.
If you can get adequate documentation on the Sun 3's it should be
possible to port. Any memory manager hardware should be possible to
disable, systems boot in physical memory mode. The video system might be
painful, but early phase development could use the serial port for the
console.
CPM68K was originally developed on the Exormacs systems.
Good Luck,
BobH
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