Investigate and document OEM MINCE customizations

[johnsonjh]

• What changes were made by the various OEM distributions?

  • Examples would include the MINCE distributions by SAGE, Kaypro, Actrix, etc.
  • Any others?

[johnsonjh]

Found one...

[johnsonjh]

Added as https://github.com/johnsonjh/pmince/blob/master/3rdparty/media/SAGE68K.png

[johnsonjh]

So far:

• OEM versions:
  • SAGE ► This version is the CP/M-68K release in the repo.
    • Lightly customized
  • Kaypro ► Appears to be stock CP/M-80 release.
    • Preconfigured, distributed without source or configuration tool
  • Actrix
  • Morrow
  • ATARI, Inc. ► Now included in the repo.
    • Ported by MOTU, included in (early) ATARI ST Development Kits
      • Runs on the Apple Lisa also, which was used for TOS development, with appropriate environment, but was not an official product or port
      • Likely ran on the Motorola VME/10 development systems as well.
  • LMI (Lisp Machine, Inc.) ► Documentated in early (2.0 pre-release) documentation
    • Not sure (yet!) if this was actually distributed to users
    • ZETA-C, Lisp Machine C Compiler, was written by Scott Layson-Burson

[johnsonjh]

Still need to find Actrix and Morrow OEM versions and more details on possible LMI version.

[johnsonjh]

Additional LMI details:

• LMI distributed MINCE with UNIX for the LMI-LAMBDA, preconfigured to emulate ZMACS.
  • MINCE was present in at least 2.0 and 3.0.
• Author of ZETA-C is Scott W. Layson-Burson (one of the MINCE developers).

• Tracked down at least one LMI MINCE release which will be added to the repo.

[johnsonjh]

LMI info "project" underway

[johnsonjh]

LMI used VAX/VMS port as well - documentation sorted and going in tomorrow.

[johnsonjh]

Yay rendering BoTeX