I took my Osborne on a train, bad idea. It went crazy, and started eating .bat files.

@markpenrice6253

4 жыл бұрын

Underrated comment right here.

@Aikisbest

4 жыл бұрын

My day has been made.

@ThereIsNoLord

4 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling we should get Perry Mason on this case.

@K31TH3R

4 жыл бұрын

@D G But that's how it goes.

@YellowToad

3 жыл бұрын

LOL

9:40 I like how the 'p' turns to 'q' when moving left :-)

@bru-ri5es

3 жыл бұрын

Android users

@bru-ri5es

3 жыл бұрын

I’m an iPhone user

@bru-ri5es

3 жыл бұрын

It does not exist on iphone

@deraffeaufyoutube

3 жыл бұрын

@@bru-ri5es Good for you, but who asked and what does that have to do with the comment you replied to?

@weisilber8957

3 жыл бұрын

​@@bru-ri5es Your comments are rather cryptic. So does the letter "p" or the letter "q" not exist on iphone?

That's simply a gorgeous looking computer.

@Michael-tm6vs

3 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous looking dinosaur

@shubarunt9893

3 жыл бұрын

Could have a bit larger screen thoe... but I mean, this thing is still really cool

@cadenhembree9693

2 жыл бұрын

@@shubarunt9893 if the screen were bigger the whole thing would have to be bigger

@shubarunt9893

2 жыл бұрын

@@cadenhembree9693 I can not respond I have forgotten this comment, but true

@d-sx560

Жыл бұрын

It was life changing.

5:39 (Raises Hand) 5:43 (Lowers Hand)

@thebandgeek6203

5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@hectorcorona9536

5 жыл бұрын

Aaand now my coworkers think I'm crazy

@antibishonen

4 жыл бұрын

(Raises hand) 8-bit guy: It's not gonna run Windows Vista either. (Lowers hand)

@vendybirdsvadl7472

4 жыл бұрын

@@thebandgeek6203 (in background) Will IT run doom!?

@bruhchamp16593

4 жыл бұрын

“horseradish is not an instrument either.”

"And no, it won't run Crysis. So don't ask!" Made me laugh.

@timrichter1980

6 жыл бұрын

But... Doom runs on everything, right? Don't let me cry!

@josefmuller6070

6 жыл бұрын

I feel like the inability to run Crysis made Osborne computer bankrupt.

@timrichter1980

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah, what else? I guess it was because you couldn't see the enemies on a green monitor, and the lack of vram made the textures too blurry.

@brendarascon2823

6 жыл бұрын

Tom Kay ha

@Dragonblaster1

6 жыл бұрын

zico yoshi You'd have to turn supersampling and antialiasing off, and the frame rate probably wouldn't be stellar.

Damn, I'm addicted to your restoration videos now.

@mechanicalfluff

7 жыл бұрын

It's really neat to see all the stuff i didn't have access to when i was a kid. Especially now when i can actually comprehend it

@shifu9710

7 жыл бұрын

me to

@Masubi

7 жыл бұрын

That's what got me hooked. Now if he could learn to repair the electric end of it.

@stefanhofmann2521

7 жыл бұрын

Dukefazon Me too, I've started rewatching them all

@mountains121000

7 жыл бұрын

Same

Brought back lots of memories when I had one. If I remember correctly, to enter text in Supercalc put a quote mark before the text. Wordstar used the control keys with letters for commands.

I can just imagine feeling like a giga-Chad walking around with one of these instead of a briefcase in the early 80's lol

@stonedsavage7814

3 жыл бұрын

You mean struggling around lol there’s a damn good reason why these things are nicknamed luggables not portables lol 😂

@maggs131

2 жыл бұрын

Lol what's a giga Chad? 🤣

@TribitFanOpex

2 жыл бұрын

@@maggs131 take a look into meme culture for an answer

@drooples1814

Жыл бұрын

Damn right 💀

@RazoE

Жыл бұрын

They weren't up to giga yet, just Kilo-Chad

Parking my Porsche 928... Putting on my Turbo glasses... Getting a nice glass of expensive champagne... Caressing the smooth black marble of my work desk... Lighting my cigar with a golden lighter... Checking the time on my golden Casio watch... Turning on my Osborne computer... TIME FOR SOME STOCK MARKET ACTION "Greed is good"

@cuntsman2352

5 жыл бұрын

stonk veri nais

@derekchristenson5711

3 жыл бұрын

Didn't he use an Apple II+ in that movie, though? Gotta love the "I'm a rich businessman" tech from the 80's, though -- so far behind what kids have in their pockets today, but elite at the time! I remember a friend of mine in the 80's had TWO computers in his family. TWO. IN THE SAME HOUSE! A II+ and a Mac LC, networked together with AppleTalk. It was truly impressive.

@seamusquain2706

2 жыл бұрын

Then, Zork.

@smittenthekitteninmittens2679

Жыл бұрын

U forgot..... Murdering a hooker...😆

@loganmacgyver2625

Жыл бұрын

@@derekchristenson5711 what movie?

Try CTRL-H for backspace. That was pretty common for that in those days. (I wrote Games Pack I for the TRS-80, so I was around then :)

@scruffythejanitor1969

3 жыл бұрын

Why "H"?

@antonnym214

3 жыл бұрын

@@scruffythejanitor1969 The answer lies in antiquity. Actually, I don't know. I understand and understood it to be on the ASCII chart as a backspace. CTRL-H on those keyboards in those days generated an ASCII code decimal 8. (As H is the 8th letter of our alphabet). All of the "dumb" terminals, such as Hazeltine and AMD, when receiving that code would perform a backspace if they could.

@MoonbeameSmith

3 жыл бұрын

@@antonnym214 It was simler than that.. CP/M had a diamond shape for the controlling keys starting with r, d,f,c.. then outward from there in order of funtion You can still use (most of) them in DOS

@txzk26

2 жыл бұрын

And it still works on modern terminals

"And no, it won't run Crysis" Well you didn't even try to run it.

@NickSquids

4 жыл бұрын

@@capella5783 You must be exceptionally stupider to never try and see what happens.

@imnotgenki1452

4 жыл бұрын

Baa! r/wooosh

@NickSquids

4 жыл бұрын

@@capella5783 who are you talking to then? Bloody weirdo (:

@TheSilliestGoober69

4 жыл бұрын

The replies on this comment is a mess

@niko5008

4 жыл бұрын

Try it! PD: it dont work :v

I remember carrying CRT monitors for lan party :F when someone asked you "do you even lift" you answer - yes 21" CRT

The ASCII-art animation when PACMAN died was just awesome! Thanks for another [literally] amazing video.

@SvenCurly

5 жыл бұрын

Ladder & CatChum were also played in the GDR on a GDR personal computer. Love this games. :)

@1yasin6

5 жыл бұрын

i am studying computer science and i thing i could program a game similar to this. we already had to program a very basic version of minesweeper

@1yasin6

3 жыл бұрын

@Apple In java. But doing it in C++ would be fun.

This is one of my favorite restoration/ vintage tech channels. I was a major league tech nerd when this stuff was cutting edge, so it's always fun to take a look back at what we thought was "high tech". I always look forward to these videos.

Oh man, your intro gives me such a warm 80s feeling (the rest is not bad either).

@charlesrodolf7309

3 жыл бұрын

boomer

@anderstermansen130

2 жыл бұрын

morning dew

LCD screen? You mean CRT screen I presume.

@Cheese_1337

6 жыл бұрын

MrArpSolina yeah, i noticed that too.

@BertGrink

6 жыл бұрын

Little Cathoderaytube Display perhaps? ;)

@Archman155

6 жыл бұрын

Lol

@anvay7844

5 жыл бұрын

I was going to reply but noticed this,

@jerrystone1

4 жыл бұрын

yes.

I knew a company that had a few hundred of them. They threw them out. Ouch!

@derekchristenson5711

3 жыл бұрын

I know there's a reality that there just isn't enough storage space for everything, but it always pains me when companies or individuals do things like that. Someone, somewhere, would have gladly taken it off their hands!

Next Week- 8-Bit guy gets Crysis to run on an Osborne

@lsswappedcessna

6 жыл бұрын

Crysis with ASCII art. Now that would be something.

@bonzivids9756

6 жыл бұрын

Can it run Minesweeper

@weepingscorpion8739

6 жыл бұрын

LGR actually made Crysis run on an Altair 8800.

@bonzivids9756

6 жыл бұрын

Weeping Scorpion sleeper

@weepingscorpion8739

6 жыл бұрын

What?

7:05 "8BIT GUY" is not to long for CP/M, but it contains a separator (a space).

@thepillageroutpostguy6121

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah just like msdos

@QuantumScratcher

2 жыл бұрын

8BITGUY should work.

"Thanks goes out to Brendon for sending me these photos of his unit" /snicker

Hey! You only had a handful of disks, I had a whole box!

@anonfilly7335

7 жыл бұрын

The Obsolete Geek lol

@BrassicGamer

7 жыл бұрын

Um... wouldn't a 5155 have been a more accurate comparison? You'd have won that battle!

@MrKurtHaeusler

7 жыл бұрын

Or a 5100

@creepergamez6332

7 жыл бұрын

The Obsolete Geek

@KedViper

6 жыл бұрын

He still had a free hand :p

Wow being a patreon is awesome. Good video David.

This was one of my favorite series you've done yet. Very informative, with lots of very interesting context and background. I also like that you showed the mistakes you made. This would be great to see in the future. :) Thanks for doing what you do!

This was a great 3 part series. Keep doing these things. I love how you make everything sound interesting.

Never said I NEED IT so fast before

CP/M was actually designed to run on an intel 8080. it has no z80 instructions in it but since the z80 instruction set was a superset off the 8080 instruction set, the z80 could run cp/m.

@BrassicGamer

7 жыл бұрын

100% true - I was thinking the same thing while watching the video!

@markevans2294

7 жыл бұрын

The Z80 wasn't introduced until 1976. An obvious advantage was that it needed fewer support chips than the i8080

@firebladex8586

7 жыл бұрын

A couple of Intel engineers left the company and formed Zilog. That's why the(ir) Z80 was an offshoot of the 8080

@ChristopherLionRoars

7 жыл бұрын

Offshoot and superset with two sets of 8080 registers and index registers. I've spent most of my life writing code for the z80 in assembler and c. only in last few years has my company moved away from the z80 and to arm processors. The z80 will always hold a fond place in my heart.

@memmoman

7 жыл бұрын

ChristopherLionRoars I

I've got one of these I've been working on for a little while. Thanks so much for posting this series. It was a great help!!

New in- and outro is quite majestical

You're probably up to your ears in suggestions for the whole retrobright debacle, so here's my nickle. As an auto detailing freak and retro hifi restoration nerd, the automotive world can help you out quite a bit. I never touch plastics with an ammonia based cleaner or a paper towel. SEM makes a great plastic prep and degreaser that will be kind to old plastics. A headlight restoration kit makes for a wonderful clear plastic detailer, I often use the polish for record player covers. Whenever cleaning or polishing ANYTHING, use a microfiber cloth. They're cheap and don't install scratches. Another tip is to treat the plastics after retrobrighting with a UV protectant. I use water based if I can, 303 convertible top protectant and VinylX are some of my favorites. They'll also help to even out the color. Marbling like on the keys can be taken out with some plastic polish, but beware that since it is a mild abrasive, the lettering can come off if it's pad printed on. Doubt you'll see this or make it this far, but I do enjoy the videos. Thanks for your hard work.

@highpath4776

5 жыл бұрын

@bandwagon240 Thanks for the ideas, I'll see what is in the UK availble that is similar. I suppose anything automotive adds a price premium than the generic same product.

FYI: CP/M first ran on Intel 8080 systems like the MITS Altair. The Z-80 was a clone of the 8080 with some improvements by an upstart named Zilog. Both CPUs ran the same machine language, though code optimized for Z80 ran faster on that platform. The Z80 postdated the Intel 8080 on release by about two years.

@johnfrancisdoe1563

6 жыл бұрын

Paranoid Factoid The Z80 had major features not in the 8080 (and not in the 8085 followup from Intel either). More than twice as many registers, more interrupts, a better front side bus interface, and a bunch of extra instructions. Their 16 bit Z8000 lost out to Intel's 8086/8088 probably because of IBM's choice.

@gaving.griffon2703

5 жыл бұрын

@@johnfrancisdoe1563 imagine if IBM went for the z8000 instead of the 8086 chips. Pc gaming would not be the same...

@herrfriberger5

5 жыл бұрын

That upstart Zilog was lead by the guys that designed the 8080 though (mainly Federico Faggin and Masatoshi Shima). They had been frustraded with Intel management since they designed the 4004 (the first microprocessor) for Intel in 1971 and decided to start their own firm instead.

That computeriser race was very exciting. You won convincingly! I want one!

Thank you so much for taking your time to deal with the 8-bit systems, especially for the Z-80. I still have two Osborne 1's, a Kaypro 2, a Kaypro II., and a Kaypro 10, and a "home-built CP/M system that I cannot remember what it was. I also purchased the Universal disk formatter for most CP/M systems. Still, I learned Basic from a Timex Sinclair 1000, a 1500, and the 2068. Trough those AND CP/M I learned how to code in machine language. So many years ago, and so much has been forgotten - but those machines still live in my house. Again, thank you for the memories.

The guy on the left has two file folders, a news magazine, and a sandwich. The guy on the right has the OSBORNE 1®, a fully functio--*BUT DOES HE HAVE A SANDWICH??*

@markpenrice6253

4 жыл бұрын

I think you could probably fit one into the disc holster, so long as it was cut/packaged the right way.

@user-uk5bx1kz2k

4 жыл бұрын

aparantly not, as the O1 had eaten all the funds!

@babushkablyattv2751

4 жыл бұрын

I think he eats floppy disc

@nikbarton7169

3 жыл бұрын

Well yeah, there is a little sandwich compartment right below the drives.

Saw you on LinusTechTips!!😃😃😃

@allan.n.7227

7 жыл бұрын

Lost Night me too

@arthur2305

7 жыл бұрын

Really ?? What video ?

@cameronlowry3265

7 жыл бұрын

Arthur Gtx SLI vid. I think 2 days ago

@allan.n.7227

7 жыл бұрын

Arthur answered below.. Referencing an old iBookguy video

@Linerax

7 жыл бұрын

Does Linus have a video with 8 bit guy included?

One of the first three computers I ever touched. My friend and I stayed up many nights playing Colossal Cave text adventure! Thanks for the great videos!!!

This is my favorite channel on KZread by far, really top notch content

"it won't run crysis so don't ask". you made me laugh real loud lol

@bulldozer9744

7 жыл бұрын

Rein F *You made me laugh real loud laughing out loud*

You didn't mention the most sold CP/M computer ever: the Microsoft CP/M Softcard for the Apple II :) At 3:00 you say that it has a "LCD screen" :)

@vwestlife

7 жыл бұрын

Commodore made a CP/M cartridge for the C64. And the C128 has a built-in Z80 CPU, so it can run CP/M with no extra hardware needed.

@bulldozer9744

7 жыл бұрын

VWestlife What are you doing here Mr Westlife? Haha nice to see you here!

@zoneb609

7 жыл бұрын

Yes! Nice to "read" you VWestlife

@darran311

7 жыл бұрын

0:56 CP/m first relase 1974

@NemanjaVuj

7 жыл бұрын

Commodore 128 and Amstrad CPC line of computers were all CP/M compatible, provided you had a floppy drive. Many other computer had CP/M as an expansion option (C64, Acorn BBC, MSX computers etc.). So, Apple II with CP/M card was hardly "the most sold CP/M computer ever"...

Great video . . . . I really like your problem-solving approach. Somewhere in my garage CP/M archives, I have translation software that will enable writing the formats for most of the CP/M computers that were made in the early 1980's. I'll let you know when I find it.

Great little series of videos.

2:40 "The guy on the left doesn't stand a chance."

Still more ports than the MacBook...

@lsswappedcessna

6 жыл бұрын

The average human dick has more ports than a MacBook, and dicks only have one hole, so...

@NehanPlays

6 жыл бұрын

maccollectorZ but can it carry video, audio, data and power at once without a adapter

@thetechconspiracy2

6 жыл бұрын

NehanPlays Yes. There is even a monitor sold by LG that does all four with just the USB type C cable

@NehanPlays

6 жыл бұрын

I meant like connecting hard drives, headphones and other stuff which are not usb - c like the old ones not the new ones which have usb-c

@lsswappedcessna

5 жыл бұрын

@_ eel now that's funny as shit. You took my analogy and made it even better!

Great detailed series of videos. Thanks.

Woo! I've been waiting for this!

"release" is misspelled at 0:55 (I looked for comments saying this already and didn't see any, so I thought I'd point it out, heh)

@brunor.1127

5 жыл бұрын

Grammar Nazi...

@DeactivatedCharcoal

5 жыл бұрын

Wordstar didn't have spell check?

"It won't run Crysis, so don't ask" lmao

Dude it does not matter how parts this needs , the most important thing how useful and entertaining is!

enjoyed all 3 parts. thanks for uploading

The kaypro did have a program called uniform, that allowed it to read other format disks

5:39 - "And no, it won't run Crysis, so don't ask." I just busted out laughing! 🤣

An awesome machine. Great series, 8 bit guy!

Man I love this freaking channel. I remember reading compute magazine as a kid and seeing adds for this computer and always wondering what they were like. I am off to check out videos on the IMSAI 8080....I had never heard of that machine till this video so thanks for the info.

I think it's Control-H in Wordstar... but it's been 25 years so I could be wrong!

new intro is fire.

@Hithere-ek4qt

3 жыл бұрын

not

I loved this 3 video series. A big thanks!!!

This was great, thank you 8bitguy

I think that the IBM 5100, was the first portable computer. It was introduced in 1975.

@arthur_p_dent

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, but the IBM 5100 weighed 24 kg / 50 pounds, about twice the weight of the Osbourne. "Portable" compared to a normal desktop computer of the era for sure, but otherwise a very liberal usage of the term - I doubt most executives would have been excited about carrying a 40 pounds device with them on a daily basis. Also it was a little pricey - anywhere between $9,000 and $20,000, compared to less than $2,000 for the Osborne.

Jeez, there are as many Pac-Pac-Pac-Man clones out there, if not more than grains of sand in the desert... That ladder game reminded me very much of that Namco game, Mappy. I'd take the marbled plastic over gross yellowed any day, no offense Clint.

I love this new intro! :)

This may be one of the coolest looking computers I’ve ever seen. I always loved the Apple II, the original Titanium MacBook Pro, etc. But I had never heard of the Osborne until this series. The “ease of use” for 1981 is amazing. Dual disk drives, even storage for extra discs, full size keyboard, etc. and even the design of the front of the computer: I love it all. I need to look into trying to buy one just to play around with, although I don’t know the programming language (started with MS-DOS). Looks simple enough though. Thanks for this series David!

is there a longer version of the intro song? i love it haha

@The8BitGuy

7 жыл бұрын

Yes, Anders Jensen made a longer version called Morning Dew. soundcloud.com/eox-studios/morning-dew

7:36 It is right there in front: ^G deletes character to right. Backspace should be ^H.

I love your videos! Thanks for all your efforts to bring us these vintage machines. :-)

Awesome! Can't wait for the Commodore history

Hi there, Paulo from Brazil 😃 Never done any retrobright restorations, but I came with an idea. You could use glass instead of plastic wrapping, and between the glass and the parts, some kind of spacer. Don't know, maybe a rubber band or some washers. Just a little bit of my thoughts.

@SoBloxRetroDS-UA

Жыл бұрын

hmmm. 1 mil channel and no replies

@maeborowski1315

Жыл бұрын

@@SoBloxRetroDS-UA probably because he's brazilian with a brazilian audience, while this channel's demographic is made up of mostly people from english speaking countries? ever thought of that?

@SoBloxRetroDS-UA

Жыл бұрын

@@maeborowski1315 .

“And no it won’t even run Cyris” Omega 3000: hold my beer

I loved using my OS1 - and my Vixen. Great PCs for their day. Thanks for the video!

This is great. This was the first computer I worked with. I was a Supercalc wizard. The syntax to PIP always struck me as backwards. I can’t believe how small the screen was. Thanks for this.

11:23 "R..... the reset butt" 😂

Nice videos! Keep it up!

In the old days, I use to have one of these, I used it so much I think I could still find my way around WordStar. Wow, what a blast for the past, thank you.

@vchslv13

4 жыл бұрын

Have you used it with external display or the built-in one was enough?

Thank you very much! It was very interesting to watch all three videos =)

0:58 'First Relase' Pobodys Neftect. Disclaimer: I spelled it wrong on porpoise.

@cyruscuckler3495

4 жыл бұрын

O:56

@cyruscuckler3495

4 жыл бұрын

0:56

But... _Will it run Crysis?_

@Lively_1185

7 жыл бұрын

Henriko Magnifico IT CAN'T! 5:39

@brettk.1398

6 жыл бұрын

Obviously it can

@Lively_1185

6 жыл бұрын

Bdgt 0076 "And no, it won't run Crysis, so don't ask!" - David The 8-Bit Guy

@nageekgamer

6 жыл бұрын

Henriko Magnifico It won't run crysis but it will run crysis 2.

@Lively_1185

6 жыл бұрын

Nageek Gamer Don't you understand?!? This can't play any fucking game, PERIOD.

Man what a great video. I'm 46 and this video took me back to the days of my Tandy 1000 from radio shack. The old days of computing where fun but compared to today it's like starting a fire with two sticks vs a lighter.

Great coverage as usual! Thanks for the vid! :D

Oh boy, the last part of something AND an 8-Bit Guy video, my day is saved :D

@air_preep

7 жыл бұрын

EpicLPer man you always get top comment 👌

@heythatsprettygood6492

7 жыл бұрын

EpicLPer seen you on the ltt video

@air_preep

7 жыл бұрын

hey that's pretty good the 3D keyboard one?

@EpicLPer

7 жыл бұрын

I think it's something like a tradition on this channel already haha :D

@heythatsprettygood6492

7 жыл бұрын

Adrian Caban no the smallest sli one where 8bit guys video was shown

but can it run Doom? (I'm sure some lunatic is going to try that)

@markpenrice6253

4 жыл бұрын

You could probably get a reasonable game of 3D Monster Maze running on it, and from there it's a relatively small step to something that looks like a blocky, monochrome, low framerate version of Wolfenstein and/or Doom. The main limit is memory and character printing rate.

@mrz80

3 жыл бұрын

I came across a website that had a remarkably exhaustive catalog of machines that run Doom. Given how low-resource some were compared to the average CP/M box, and given that there are "Text mode" and "ASCII graphics" versions floating around, a CP/M Doom port should not be beyond the realm of possibility.

@fyfrrez

3 жыл бұрын

@@mrz80 but what about doom eternal?

@mrz80

3 жыл бұрын

@@fyfrrez Ok, that might be a bit much :D

your channel cheers me up more than any other

The advancement in tech is amazing. We made computers so user friendly today! You had to study and use the older computers a lot to navigate or accomplish anything. Absolutely amazing. I love it

3:06 lcd screen? thought it was a cathode ray tube

@pettttson

4 жыл бұрын

Probably just a mistake, because it has a 5" crt

But can it run Doom?

@amshermansen

7 жыл бұрын

Behave.

@Chaos89P

7 жыл бұрын

+TheRetroGamest I think +LaggyJuice64 meant that it only plays in text mode. At least, that's the impression I got.

@zookatone

7 жыл бұрын

_Hangar Entrance_ _A dark squarish room. You are just inside the entry bay, which has closed behind you. There's no way out that way. Pillars obscure your view, and the viewport on the right lets in but little light. The center of the room, to the north, is depressed. a couple of steps lead down to it. A pillar prevents you moving to the northwest but your movement towards your left, to the west, is unhindered._ _You see a health bonus here._ >

@amshermansen

7 жыл бұрын

bash kakodemon with fist

@subg9165

7 жыл бұрын

zookatone Go west Eat health bonus Go north Go west Go up stairs Eat armour bonus Eat armour bonus Eat armour

I have fond memories of growing up with a Kaypro IIx in the house. Your model is in fabulous condition cosmetically. I wish I still had mine.

I'm not sure why, but of all the audio that comes through my phone (music, pokemon go and clash of clans, and all the KZread I watch) your intro music just blows everything away and I'm not sure why. Sounds more full than anything else that comes through my phone speakers.

I wonder how many thousands of diskettes would it take to even transfer Crysis on it... and how many hard drives would it take to fit it... and how many internal upgrades would it take to actually make it run Windows.... basically you can fit a normal mini PC and an Nvidia Titan in there, then scare your friends by running a recent AAA game on it... wouldn't that be a fun project?

@spagamoto

7 жыл бұрын

Since it's a Turing-complete machine it would _technically_ be able to run any possible program (even Crysis), given enough memory and suitable emulation software (that's always the catch). However, I wouldn't want to write an x86_64 and modern GPU emulator in CP/M assembly.....

0:55 first relase 1974

Keep these videos coming!!

Its incredible to see the spreadsheet, i would love to see other business applications from 70s 80s.

Ladder looks like a Lode Runner clone.

@MarbledPaladin

5 жыл бұрын

I am not sure you could actually jump in Lode Runner (at least the Apple ][ version which I played) so this "feels" more like Donkey Kong...

Will it run MS Paint?

@SATOTEHDOOD

5 жыл бұрын

No

@compactcow

5 жыл бұрын

It did before they shut down the Microsoft store.

What a blast from the past! We bought an OS1 in Houston in 1983. Included a 2 hr how to class in which the instructor basically explained in detail how info was put into sectors on a floppy and how to format said floppy. Its encyclopedic manual was written in geek speak that sounded like it was poorly translated from Japanese. We moved to NY and I joined a Kaypro user group. Thank God for user groups where engineers explained to the rest of us how to use computers and printers. There were all sorts of tips and tricks, like getting twice the storage from the less than 100K floppy by formatting the back side, computer bulletin boards that offered free non graphical games and utilities (I think there was a translator utility that allowed me to read kaypro disks, all pre internet), and a magazine. Osborne briefly published a magazine with a cover pic of a guy sitting on a mountaintop and running the OS1 off a battery! It was either Arthur C Clarke or Stanley Kubrick that supposedly wrote part of the 2001 Space Odyssey screenplay on an Osborne while in...Cyprus? And sent it via modem to Hollywood. No doubt at 8 bps over a landline. And all of the operating system ran in a compact but classy 64k of ram! It may seem spartan by today's standards, but it was elegant and ordered and not as prone to the glitches of today's bloated operating systems. I loved that 30lb "sewing machine." It opened up a whole new world to me.

This was a great series.

But can it run Oregon Trail?

@lsswappedcessna

6 жыл бұрын

with modification, probably. Oregon trail is listed as available for DOS, so with some clever reprogramming, it could probably run on CPM with the cursors visible, but better than nothing. I would legit take one of these to college and play Zork during class, when I finish everything, idgaf. Professors really don't care either way, especially if you're doing the work.

There goes another 15 minutes of sleep

CP/M was designed for the Intel 8080 initially as well as the Zilog Z80. There were a number of programs that could be be used to reformat disks in the various compute formats, the most well known being Uniform. Great videos, by the way!

A Great documentary about a great period of computer hardware. It's fun to see it work and how "portable" it was.

your gonna wanna blur out that liscense plate friend

@The8BitGuy

7 жыл бұрын

Why? Hundreds of people see it every day when I drive through town.

@michaelburns8073

7 жыл бұрын

The 8-Bit Guy Hey, you might have a Restoration stalker who might kidnap you and force you to rub hair bleaching cream, then wrap him in plastic wrap, then massage him in the hot sun. You never know....

@elmoelmerson172

6 жыл бұрын

James Roy You think he shaves his hair like that? :v

“No, it won’t run Crysis” 😂😂😂

My dad had an Osborne. I remember playing Invaders and Catch'm. Don't think we had the ladder game. Thanks for the video. Well put together.

I really love your intro song. I want it as a ringtone sooo bad