2021-06-21 01:10:44 <lispmacs    > hi
2021-06-21 10:19:33 <veltas      > crc: BASIC is pretty much like the BIOS of a lot of older systems
2021-06-21 10:21:12 <neuro_      > At least on Amstrad, there's a separate Firmware, and BASIC in two different ROMs.
2021-06-21 10:21:19 <neuro_      > (Amstrad CPC 464/6128)
2021-06-21 10:21:51 <neuro_      > The later model with the disk drive also comes with a , some CP/M compatible firmware.
2021-06-21 10:21:57 <crc         > my first machine was an 80386 running MS-DOS 5 & QBasic. I didn't get to experience 8-bit computers until a few years later.
2021-06-21 10:22:50 <neuro_      > My understanding they were crunching out the designs for those computers sometimes less than a year. Lots of Z80 based computers with similar off the shelf chips.
2021-06-21 10:23:16 <neuro_      > Amstrad CPC is extremely cheap and simple in design.
2021-06-21 14:59:10 <dave0       > maw
2021-06-21 15:01:49 <crc         > maw dave0
2021-06-21 15:02:19 <dave0       > maw crc