bakemono wrote on 2025-12-29, 19:35:

Following in the footsteps of llama98, someone has released an AI doohicky for CP/M. https://github.com/HarryR/z80ai

I downloaded GUESS.COM to my Z280 board and ran it there. I asked some questions, but ultimately lost interest before guessing the object. It takes a while for each response.

I wonder if I can get this running on my homebrew Z80-MBC2 build.... it meets the criteria. CP/M 3, 128K, and I have it running at blazing fast 8MHz. 🤣

I'm always looking for an excuse to play with my Z80. 😀

I heard my name. Who summoned me?

myne wrote on Yesterday, 12:15:

Special server chipsets have existed more or less since day 1.

Iirc there were dual 486s too. Possibly more. NT multiprocessor x86 had to be developed on something after all.
Probably managed that similarly to the way someone like serverworks got more than 4 ppros running.

Micronics did a dual 486 as far as I found, so likely those were used for creating the NT multiprocessor kernel for x86.

Windows NT 3.0/3.1 must have felt like a time warp compared to what was contemporary at the time. The only thing comparable would have been high-end UNIX workstations and mini computers, I believe.

Imagine using Windows 3.1 and the coming home to your budget Compaq DOS PC.

Kahenraz wrote on Yesterday, 18:27:

Windows NT 3.0/3.1 must have felt like a time warp compared to what was contemporary at the time. The only thing comparable would have been high-end UNIX workstations and mini computers, I believe.

Imagine using Windows 3.1 and the coming home to your budget Compaq DOS PC.

There was no Windows NT 3.0
It started at 3.1, followed by 3.5, 3.51, 4.0, 5.o aka 2000, 5.1 aka XP, 5.2 aka 2003 (Server) and XP 64 bit, 6.0 aka Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10 and 11.

But, yes, there were some HALs for early multiprocessing systems.

PcBytes wrote on Yesterday, 17:24:

Micronics did a dual 486 as far as I found, so likely those were used for creating the NT multiprocessor kernel for x86. […]
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myne wrote on Yesterday, 12:15:

Special server chipsets have existed more or less since day 1.

Iirc there were dual 486s too. Possibly more. NT multiprocessor x86 had to be developed on something after all.
Probably managed that similarly to the way someone like serverworks got more than 4 ppros running.

Micronics did a dual 486 as far as I found, so likely those were used for creating the NT multiprocessor kernel for x86.

Well, I've looked at that board and I got doubts but was uncertain whether it was a fake.
I've edited that post.
I've edited it again. It IS a FAKE.

It is NOT a dual 486 motherboard.
It is this board:
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/micron … 86v-09-00169-xx
https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/micron … bus-09-00144-xx
It has a 486 (PGA-168) and a 487SX (PGA-169) socket.