brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com (Brandon Lovested) (09/11/90)
I have been vaguely considering buying a Portfolio on the assumption it needs good software. ;-) It's a 80C88, isn't it? Therefore, a PC-compiled application, assuming DOS 2.11 copatible, will run...right? It looks like a fun little machine, but I am not willing to buy it unless I can easily give some functionality similar to the Sharp Wizard, which is a nice toy, too. ============================================================================== BRANDON G. LOVESTED ::::=:::==::===:==== FOR EVERY VISION, Software Design Engineer ::::=:::==::===:==== THERE IS AN Grass Valley Group ::::=:::==::===:==== EQUAL AND OPPOSITE brandonl@gold.gvg.tek.com ::::=:::==::===:==== REVISION. ==============================================================================
stan@hprpcd.HP.COM (Stan Witherspoon) (10/17/90)
I have had a Portfolio for several months now and would be hard pressed to go without it. As for programming it, the Portfolio ROM has all of the IBM-PC BIOS calls and MS-DOS 2.11 calls built in though some parts of the hardware are different. For software development, Atari sells a kit for $60 that includes a manual describing the DIFFERENCES (mostly extensions) between the Portfolio and a IBM-PC. The kit also contains a disk (5.25" 360K) that has a memory resident program to run on your PC to emulate a Portfolio, and several example program sources. The languages used are 8088 assembly and Borland Turbo C. Send me email if you need more specifics. Stan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Stan Witherspoon ~ Disclaimer ~ ~ Systems Technology Division ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Hewlett Packard Company ~ These are my ~ ~ 8010 Foothills Blvd. ~ personal opinions ~ ~ Roseville Ca. 95678 ~ and do not represent ~ ~ Phone: (916) 785-5071 ~ the views of anyone ~ ~ RF: N6SCE ~ or anything else ~ ~ Email: ucbvax!hplabs!hprpcd!stan ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~