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Jeff wrote:Two words: PLOT BASIC. It is a later version of BASIC that supported hi-res graphics.

I have plot basic, but afaik it only used psuedo block-character graphics. I will be sending plotbasic to phil to archive when i get a chance to pack my disks up.

steve

Welcome! Nice OSI stuff.

Steve

Very busy lately. Sorry, I've been meaning to send my tapes to Dave but just haven't found the time yet. I'm also sending some disks to Philip...

Steve

GitHub is free

Steve

Bill, Have you considered using something like GitHub to host the code? You can then setup things so people can help out. That way everyone works on the latest up-to-date code. When people make changes they are submitted and you can incorporate their changes into the code if you wish. It also means ...

Thanks all. Im thinking that maybe, if there is interest, I would plot out a new 540 keyboard board that uses new key switches, but our original key caps onto a new PBC. Then buy some new keyboard switches and populate it with them (like the SB ///). That way we could just build it up and replace t...

Dave, thanks for posting my scan! I have more newsletters and stuff still to share when I get the time to do more scanning. I must say, it's been a while since I looked through the files section and it's quite impressive. For a small group such as us it's quite amazing to have gathered all these res...

I have scanned the information manual and uploaded it to dave for posting.
I will work on the sams manual next.

Steve

Hi, Paul Chidley sent me two manuals with lots of info. Some of it I haven't seen before. The manuals are: 1) OSI "Comprehensive Information Package II", Fall '77, 63 pages Includes the following boards: 400, 420, 430B, 455, 475, 480, 495, 498, 500, 510, 520, 525, 560Z Not complete schematics, but l...

Just rambling... My very first computer was the OSI C4P, so of course anything that is C4P compatible would interest me. If you look on www.6502.org you will see many 6502 SBC projects and I find it interesting that when they choose to implement BASIC most of them use the OSI BASIC variant I suppose...