Oscar
Experienced Member
Hi,
Ever since I got a Cromemco System III in the mid 80s, I've wanted to experience Cromix. Something of a high point in Z80 development: multi-user, multi-tasking, all seriously functional on a Z80. Alas, I never got the Cromemco's hard drive to work and after some years, the PerSci 8 inch drives became tricky too.
So Cromix remained out of reach for almost 30 years... aww.
Maybe I'm just late finding this out, but there finally is an emulator which boots Cromix!
http://www.z80.info/zip/zemu.zip
http://www.z80.info/sample_disks/Cromemco.zip
Only thing that needed figuring out was that you need to select Disks->Tools and Options->Select Disk Clock Compare->Don't Care. And follow the Cromix.txt instructions. There it is! 3 terminal screens with a Cromix prompt!
Just in case there's others who care but didn't know either.
Cheers,
Oscar (now very busy going through the Cromix manuals I stored back in 1986).
Ever since I got a Cromemco System III in the mid 80s, I've wanted to experience Cromix. Something of a high point in Z80 development: multi-user, multi-tasking, all seriously functional on a Z80. Alas, I never got the Cromemco's hard drive to work and after some years, the PerSci 8 inch drives became tricky too.
So Cromix remained out of reach for almost 30 years... aww.
Maybe I'm just late finding this out, but there finally is an emulator which boots Cromix!
http://www.z80.info/zip/zemu.zip
http://www.z80.info/sample_disks/Cromemco.zip
Only thing that needed figuring out was that you need to select Disks->Tools and Options->Select Disk Clock Compare->Don't Care. And follow the Cromix.txt instructions. There it is! 3 terminal screens with a Cromix prompt!
Just in case there's others who care but didn't know either.
Cheers,
Oscar (now very busy going through the Cromix manuals I stored back in 1986).