CCP/M July 1992 Meeting Notes
by Gary J. Stagliano, Secretary Ex Officio
OLD BUSINESS:
The previous months' minutes were accepted with changes specified on BBS.
TREASURER'S REPORT:
The present balance is $649.83. The balance seems to be holding steady.
$9.00 was spent on stamps by Lee Bradley for SIB (not included in the
balance.) Prudent fiscal management has enabled us to maintain a steady
balance. There will be a lot of September renewals, a leftover from the old
system of membership.
ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Pink Rose BBS is open to CCP/M members. Phone: 203 738-3065. First time
callers will get 120 minutes of time on the board with a 4:1 upload to
download ratio.
NEWS:
Several Heath systems have been donated to CCP/M. See Lee Bradley for more
information.
Reno Franconi has switched from CP/M to a MacIntosh LC. He is selling his
Televideo system for $300.00. Call 529-5670. It is a CP/M-80 system, had a
monochrome monitor, two 5 1/4 drives and an Epson nine pin printer.
Lee suggested that we put the information we are getting on donated
equipment in Smaller Is Better. Tom Mannion suggested that we tell people
we think might be interested in these donations of them.
TCJ scoop from Lee: No longer being edited by Chris McEwen. Bill Kibler has
taken over the magazine. Z-Node 32 has been shut down by Chris. Lee will
provide a synopsis of the new publishers' ideas.
The final issue of Eight Bits & Change will be sent out at months' end. New
subscribers will have the balance of their subscriptions filled by back
issues.
We need a topic of discussion for the August meeting. Perhaps we will have
an open meeting. The formation of a nominating committee should occur in
August too.
Heath is going out of the home kit electronic business and going into the
electric education business.
Al Hathway was the featured speaker. He talked about ZMAC, ZML, the DSD
debugger and BDS C for Z-System development systems.
BDS-C/Z:
Was one of the original development tools. It was one of the first
functional C compilers for 8080-based computers. BDS was rumored to stand
for 'Brain Damaged Software'. The program has been maintained over the
years and version 1.6 is the latest. You get 400 K of files, including
source code and a detailed manual. Sometime in 1990 Z-awareness was added
and BDS-C/Z was born. Named directories, system segments etc. are
recognized. The compiler leaves messages for any installed error handler.
The compiler costs $60. The Z-version and the CP/M version together cost
$90. A PD editor (RED) is included as well as two linkers. This is a
package for hobbyists. Supports integer and character fields. A floating
point package is also provided. Is K&R standard. 200+page manual 8.5 x 11.
Supports assembler coding.
ZMAC/ZML are an assembler and a linker from Al Hawley who continues to
support them. They are tailored to Z-System. The linker will create type 4
programs. Supports z80 and 64180 opcodes.
The DSD screen-oriented debugger for z80-code now costs $50.00.
