XYBASIC on the IMSAI 8080
SHARE |
|
XYBASIC on the IMSAI 8080 |
by Bill Degnan - 07/24/2023 23:56 |
 XYBASIC initialization screen. 44K available, better than an IBM PC.
You can load and run XYBASIC for the IMSAI 8080 with SIO set for 9600b, assuming you have a ROM monitor can can accept binary HEX files or you have toggled in the bootstrap loader into RAM first. Also assuming you have a PC running a terminal program such as TeraTerm on the other end: 1. Prepare your PC terminal to transmit with a 10ms delay, 8N1. 2. Prepare the IMSAI to receive a HEX file. For most ROM monitor programs, the command L (load tape) should work. 3. From your PC terminal program send xybasic.hex as a binary file. 4. You should see the binary file contents stream line by line as the file downloads into your IMSAI from the PC. The 10ms delay is necessary (or more depending on your RAM) to allow your IMSAI to keep up with the incoming data stream without error. 5. It will take a while. The file is 39K. Obviously you'll need enough RAM in your IMSAI, but the actual BASIC does not take up all of this space. It may be possible to trim your hex file, not sure. 6. When the download completes, stop your IMSAI and examine address 0000. It may be necessary to set your terminal to 7N1, but try 8N1 first, RUN from 0000 If all goes well you'll be greeted by the screen above. Here's the manual https://www.nesssoftware...doc/xybasic/xybasic.php Reply |
|
Resources:
Popular Topics and FAQs
Past Issues:
Before we switched over to a blog format, past page archives here:
Vintage Computer Festival East 3.0 June 2006
Commodore B Series Prototypes July 2006
VOLSCAN - The first desktop computer with a GUI? Oct 2006
ROBOTS! - Will Robots Take Over? Nov 2006
Magnavox Mystery - a Computer, or? Jan 2007
The 1973 Williams Paddle Ball Arcade Computer Game Feb 2007
The Sperry UNIVAC 1219 Military Computer May 2007
VCF East 2007 - PET 30th Anniversary June/July 2007
The Electronic Brain August 2007
Community Memory and The People's Computer Company October 2007
Charles Babbage's Calculating Machine December 2007
Vintage Computing - A 1983 Perspective February 2008
Laptops and Portables May 2008
From Giant Brains to Hobby Computers - 1957 to 1977 August 2008
Historic Computer Magazines November 2008
World's Smallest Electronic Brain - Simon (1950) December 2008 - Feb 2009
Free Program Listings Spring 2009
Computer Music Summer 2009
Popular Electronics Jan/Feb 1975 - Altair 8800 Fall 2009
Early Microcomputer Mass Storage Summer 2010
vintage computer books
This image was selected at random from the archive. Click image for more photos and files from this set.