Posts by Crabro

50 years ago, CP/M started the microcomputer revolution

CP/M on a Superbrain

I was very lucky to have the opportunity to develop some comms software on a CP/M 8 bit Superbrain to capture the output from a PDP 11 (running a traffic control system) and save the output to floppy for later analysis. As my knowledge of CP/M grew I discovered there were a few bytes of the memory map unused. So I pranked a colleague's machine by inserting some interrupt driven code that inverted the colours on his (monochrome) screen once every minute. His reaction? Just carry on as though nothing had happened!

I suspect that would be frowned upon nowadays...

User secures floppies to a filing cabinet with a magnet, but at least they backed up daily... right?

Déjà vu

This article gave me Déjà vu. I had a colleague take a fifty mile round trip to fix a PC problem. After fixing the PC he was directed to the daily backup copies. He, too, was shown a drawer full of floppy photocopies...

Hipsters ahoy! Top Ten BOARD games for festive family fun

Re: Can anyone recommend a starter gamer for 9yr old?

All of these questions, and many more, can be answered by browsing www.boardgamegeek.com

It has a database of over 74000 games, and a huge knowledgebase of information There are forums for every game, strategies, photos galore, a marketplace and a thriving community. There are plenty of good games to be had for £20 or less, so don't think the above examples are exhaustive.

Health warning: a high percentage of board gamers are in the IT industry so visit the site at your own risk...