Any Chance of running CP/M?

PicoCalc
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So I’m getting my PicoCalc tomorrow according to DHL. Any chance CP/M will be ported to this since it is almost like a vintage computer?

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You could try to port it, maybe it works?

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I read that article. I’m not sure what needs to be done to use the additional PicoCalc hardware.

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You would need to implement the display and keyboard. There’s an arduino library for the TFT (TFT_eSPI, though you’ll need the updated), and another arduino library for the keyboard.

The CP/M link above doesn’t use Arduino, I just use these as examples for you to look at.

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Also implementing the SD for storage would probably help since the internal flash is not very large.

I wonder if the creator of that CP/M emulator for Pico knows about the PicoCalc? The article indicates he’s interested in running it on appropriately retro hardware, and the PicoCalc might be ideal. Might be worth contacting him and letting him know the PicoCalc exists and that there are interested owners who are following his efforts. It’s also the sort of thing where a free or discounted device from Clockwork might encourage him to port it as well, but I don’t think that really happens. Still, it might be worth someone sending an email to Alex and suggesting it. (Not that he doesn’t have enough email from us to deal with, ha!)

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there is an email on his website :+1:

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Go for it!

While I think it’s cool to see anything ported to the PicoCalc (I like more options!), I don’t really have a personal interest or background in the CP/M stuff, so it would probably be better if someone else (who better knows what they were promoting) contacted him. :slight_smile:

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so you didn’t wonder, you lied to us :cry: :crying_cat:

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I just think the first email he gets might be better received if it came from someone who is also a fan of the CP/M and can explain why the PicoCalc is a good fit, rather than a random person like me just pointing him to a thing called the PicoCalc that he may or may not be interested in. Someone else could tell him why it would be awesome, and presumably their excitement would also come through in their message, which would encourage him to look into it.

Plus, I’ve got enough to keep track of with just the PicoMite stuff, and I don’t want to attempt to take on another project of adapting something to the PicoCalc myself. If I was the only point of contact for this, it might get forgotten or lost in the shuffle.

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