robpike, to random
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I now have connected and working on my Mac: One mouse, one touchpad, and one tablet. Perhaps that will help explain why I don't do much with keyboard shortcuts.

I am a 2D input kind of guy.

the5thColumnist,
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@robpike
I remember designed for touch typists to do with the what everyone uses a for now.

occitel, to VintageOSes French
@occitel@mastodon.social avatar

Enfin un ordinateur de musculation.
Le 10, créé par Andy Kay,l' inventeur du voltmètre numérique. En 1982, cette superbe glacière tout en alu de 12 Kg embarquait un bon gros skeudur de 10 Mo sous CP/M. Il était garni de super softs, fournis avec la machine : , , la suite Perfect.
Du fun pur, mais portable.
On en redemande.

xexer, to c64 Italian
@xexer@livellosegreto.it avatar

Non so se conoscete Triangular OS per , progetto carino, un os ad icone però in grafica petscii o giù di lì.
Preferisco il buon vecchio geos ma anche questo non è male, include anche una simil Shell comandi che estende un po' più facilmente la gestione delle periferiche analogamente allo speeddos.

https://commodore.software/downloads/download/37-operating-systems/16129-triangular-uos-1-25

Wintermute_BBS,

@xexer @tschak @BlackICEBBS I can just say that I think GEOS really shows the possibilities. Yes, there's no multitasking but I don't consider this a crucial requirement for 8 bit OSes.

For example: I'm using CP/M on my 8-bit machine, it provides me with several development environments (, #C and ). I have word processing on it (, of all things!). I have for database stuff if needed, for connecting via and even a neat collection of VT100 games. So yes, I think an 8-bit computer without multitasking is a good computer for integrated software in one OS. And the is no exception from that.

Wintermute_BBS, (edited ) to Software

You are new to CP/M and don't know where to find documentation and software?

Then this toot may be of value for you, 'coz here's three important links on the topic. Please boost so CP/M newbies will notice this important information.

Humongous CP/M Archives (tons of software etc. - go here first!):

http://cpmarchives.classiccmp.org/

Commercial CP/M Software Archive (go there next):

http://www.retroarchive.org/cpm/

Gaby Z80 / CP/M Pages (comprehensive information, documentation, source codes and binaries):

http://www.gaby.de/ecpm.htm















p.s.: .oO(hope you people find this information useful)

cthulhu,

@Tho99 @Wintermute_BBS @cstross

Cool 😎

Back in the day I had an Apple ]e salvaged from work, when they switched over to the PC platform and [.

That had a card installed, (made by Microsoft I seem to recall). I also used and on it.

Wish I still had that system 🤓

jake4480, (edited ) to retrogaming
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jbzfn, (edited ) to opensource
@jbzfn@mastodon.social avatar

"Programmers that write were especially fond of WordStar since it had a non-document mode and was often the best text editor you had available for writing code. Being able to do your documentation without switching brain gears is useful, too. Touch typists love the efficiency of easy control of things without resorting to cursor keys or a mouse — the same thing vi and emacs fans enjoy but in a different way"
@hackaday


https://hackaday.com/2023/05/09/wordstar-reborn/

itnewsbot, to random
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WordStar Reborn - Wordstar was the word processor that helped sell the personal computer. At one tim... - https://hackaday.com/2023/05/09/wordstar-reborn/

craigmaloney, to random

The masses: The Fediverse is too complicated.

Me, an old:

YusufToropov,
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@craigmaloney still mourning the loss of here...

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