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Thanks for continuing to develop and enhance this great software.

@mfro - many thanks - your solution has worked. :) Appending CTRL-Z to the file on my Mac using: printf "\x1a" >> HELLO2.BAS Seems to correctly add the control character. After sending it over to the MBC, it compiles and links correctly: B>hello2 HELLO CPM-68K WORLD! B>

Thanks for the info - the sample files did have some padding at the end, which makes sense now.

Will investigate further.

I wonder whether anyone with CP/M knowledge could help out. I have now successfully managed to transfer files to and from the 68K-MBC using Kermit. When I list the programs, they seem to have transferred fine (e.g. simplest test file I could think of): B>a:more hello.bas 10 PRINT "HELLO" B...

Got Kermit working - line endings need work as I'm getting extra whitespace characters at the CP/M end. OK, I actually cheated and used my Mac as there is an app on that that has both the USB to serial driver and Kermit (plus XModem etc) already baked in. But still, a step forward into making these ...

Yep, I've used Emacs too, and not a huge fan. Mind you that was years ago. But I'll take whatever I can lay my hands on as a useable editor. I think Wordstar has a raw text mode, hence why I am looking for that. Actually, I may actually be able to use the Pascal/MT editor to write CBASIC code. Or, y...

So there is also, in another sublink, instructions for installing an 8080 emulator so that you can run software for 8080 based CP/M. So now I have a bunch of text adventures too. All of which I canplay on my Mac, Linux or Windows machines, or on a QL/C68 for that matter. But... it's CP/M on the QL's...

I've just installed Pascal - thanks to one of the sub-links on the page I linked in previous post. Fun, fun, fun!!!

So last week was tough at work, long hours, not much joy to be had. In a moment of weakness, needing a pick me up, I hit Buy on eBay... 68K-MBC.jpg Apologies for the reflection - my Windows laptop has a very glossy screen. I've taken a screen grab of the serial session, below: 68K-MBC-session.png Wi...

NormanDunbar wrote: Meet Wesley.

Ahah! The dread puppy Wesley!

Way too cute.