From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from washdc3-ar8-4-62-074-077.washdc3.dsl-verizon.net ([4.62.74.77] helo=kb5elv ident=mail) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18PTU6-0002Ws-00 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:11:02 -0500 Received: from davros by kb5elv with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18PTU3-0000xd-00 for ; Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:10:59 -0500 Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 15:10:59 -0500 To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca Subject: Re: a bit of trivia I found interesting Message-ID: <20021220201059.GA3683@dalek.ddts.net> References: <000401c2a7cf$615f4e60$be00a8c0@default> <20021219024936.GA697@romuald.net.eu.org> <003401c2a7c5$521810e0$be00a8c0@default> <20021220014258.GB323@romuald.net.eu.org> <000401c2a7cf$615f4e60$be00a8c0@default> <3.0.5.32.20021219223914.010ddee0@pop-server.tampabay.rr.com> <003701c2a81b$22218280$6401a8c0@nt.charterne.com> <20021220172626.GA1242@romuald.net.eu.org> <002601c2a85d$c3c9c380$6401a8c0@nt.charterne.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <002601c2a85d$c3c9c380$6401a8c0@nt.charterne.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i From: Buddy Brannan Sender: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca Errors-To: speakup-admin@braille.uwo.ca X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: speakup@braille.uwo.ca List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 02:26:57PM -0500, Alex Snow wrote: > I guess taht's better than the bns which uses the cp/m processor I've herd. The things people hear (and worse) say, astounds me. There is no such thing as a CP/M processor. CP/M was an operating system, something like (though not the same as) DOS. It ran quite a lot of Z80-based machines and was also available for 8088/8086 processors as well, and gods know what else. It did quite a lot with 64K. I have a friend who still owns several machines that run CP/M (including, I believe, at least one with eight-inch floppy drives). Whether or not the BNS runs CP/M is sort-of irrelevant though. No reason it isn't, like DOS, a useful tool for certain tasks, even in our modern massive computing environments. But of course, if you need more, you'll likely also need more processor. (I don't recall what Kirk told me the BNS runs on though.) -- Buddy Brannan, KB5ELV/3 | And if the ground yawned, Phone: (814) 455-7333 | I'd step to the side and say, Email: davros@ycardz.com | "Hey ground! I'm nobody's lunch!" | --Eddie From Ohio