Re: My First Computer (was Computing Editorial)

["Ross Simpson" <yeah_whatever>]

"lisp" <lisa@thecommune.org.uk> wrote in message...

> > Mate, if by any chance you decide to do some DOS or CP/M-86 programming
one
> > day, you will see that accessing the hardware directly comes in very
handy.
>
> You seem to be stuck in the 80s. CP/M-86 and DOS are obsolete. Dead. Gone.

Okay, then why all the CP/M-86, DOS websites. You know you can always learn
an old dog new tricks & these two operating systems aren't even half way
there.

> > Doing stuff with Interrupts in a Real Mode OS has allowed me to write
more
> > functions & procedures, without them I'd be writing the kinds of
programs
> > which look & feel 20 years old.
>
> It's not our fault if you can't program.

On the Contrary. I've done very well.

Ross.