Hello, world! sais the IBM Personal Computer 5150 - Part 2: Starting with the BASICs
Hello, world!
In this series of videos, I'm putting myself in the place of a computer programmer in 1981, starting out on the brand new IBM Personal Computer, model 5150. This iconic computer is the very first "PC" in the modern sense of the word. As such, its operation and programming environment were brand new to a 1981 software developer.
In this episode, I'm starting up the computer in its simplest configuration, loading "Cassette BASIC" from the onboard ROM.
Resources used in this episode are:
The "Guide to Operations" manual, available here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!ArcO_mFRe1Z9gqEHl...
The "BASIC" manual, available here: https://1drv.ms/b/s!ArcO_mFRe1Z9gqEki...
My "primes" program, written in the BASIC described in the manual, is available here: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jam...
The "Diagnostics" diskette, available here: https://winworldpc.com/product/ibm-pc...
https://pcem-emulator.co.uk/ - the PCem emulator I will use throughout this series. To emulate the IBM PC 5150, you'll also need:
the ROM BIOS files, available here https://github.com/BaRRaKudaRain/PCem...
the MDA resident fonts ROM, available here https://github.com/BaRRaKudaRain/PCem...