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Re: 6:30 a.m.

By: Zimbler0 in POPE 5 | Recommend this post (0)
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Decomposed > I'll have to see tomorrow if we can get the CP/M operating system to run on it.


I remember CP/M . . .
Closely related to DOS. Everything was text based.
There were some pretty interesting games written for
it though. BASIC. But not much in the way of fancy
graphics.

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6:30 a.m.
By: Decomposed in POPE 5
Tue, 12 Feb 19 1:43 PM 		Msg. 24182 of 62138

I'm going to sleep soon. This is the first all-nighter I've pulled in a LONG time. My son took an interest in a Raspberry Pi computer kit that I've had stored away ever since getting it for Christmas 2 or 3 years ago. If you aren't familiar with the Pi, it's a bare bones system that actually works. Here's a link to a kit that includes a Pi and most of the accessories you're likely to need, selling for $74.99:
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https://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Complete-Starter-Kit/dp/B01C6Q2GSY/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1549970666&sr=8-7&keywords=raspberry+pi
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Mine is a couple of years old and isn't as good as this.
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So, my son and I tinkered around with it, hooked it up to our TV, installed a better operating system, installed an Apple II emulator (do you remember the Apple II?? It was a $2,500 computer!), and finally installed Apple Panic, a game for the Apple that I used to play when I was a kid. It took a while and we had a few setbacks, but it now works quite well. Lots of fun! Hey, not bad for under 75 bucks, eh?
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I'll have to see tomorrow if we can get the CP/M operating system to run on it.

http://www.amazon.com/CanaKit-Raspberry-Complete-Starter-Kit/dp/B01C6Q2GSY/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1549970666&sr=8-7&keywords=raspberry+pi

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