john@moncol.UUCP (John Ruschmeyer) (09/16/85)
I am still awaiting delivery of my V20, but I have been following the discussions and was wondering..... Does anyone have any more information on the 8080 emulation mode of the V20? Specifically, would it be possible to use it to run CP/M programs (or even CP/M itself) without the use of a "Baby Blue" card? (Those programs which only use 8080 instructions, anyway.) If so, what would be involved to make it work? Thanks in advance. -- Name: John Ruschmeyer US Mail: Monmouth College, W. Long Branch, NJ 07764 Phone: (201) 222-6600 x366 UUCP: ...!vax135!petsd!moncol!john ...!princeton!moncol!john ...!pesnta!moncol!john Disclaimer: Monmouth College is a mecca for diverse opinions. It is, therefore, highly unlikely that the above opinions are those of anyone but me. "Are we gonna be starcrossed lovers or just good friends?"
CSTROM@SIMTEL20.ARPA (09/23/85)
A firm by the name of Intersecting Concepts, the author of Media Master, is currently bundling a CP/M emulator with their latest MM version. I am told that they are hard at work on a V20 version which rather than an emulator will allow direct execution of 8 bit code. This should become available in a matter of weeks. Look in the back of Infoworld if you are interested - the price is right. It will be interesting to see how fast 8 bit code is executed on a V20 at 4.77Mhz.