Assembler Editor and Dos I, was there an earlier release?

[tschak909]

Yup, the Microtec assembler was used early on to build the OS ROMs, and it ran on the PDP-11.

 

As for AMAC, it came from a software firm called Sorcim, who started out by making language products for 8080 and Z80 systems, and eventually branched out into making application programs for CP/M, their most famous product being SuperCalc, which was bundled with many CP/M business systems. SuperCalc lives on as a Computer Associates (CA) acquisition.

 

-Thom

 

[luckybuck]

:-)))) Thank you soooo much Thom, did not know about Sorcim, will try to find them for the source code. :-)))

 

Yeah, SuperCalc I herad from, I mean, I have a version for the CP/M emulator running. ?

 

Besides this, there is group in reverse engineering VisiCalc or SynCalc, so we can rebuild the source code here, too.

 

After one coffee my brain starts slowly to work: what about asking Kathleen O'Brien about the DOS I case? I can write her an e-mail?

[tschak909]

go for it, but I am starting to get a clearer picture of what happened. I really don't think there was an assembler editor that emitted DOS 1 object files.

 

-Thom