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Sharp PC-5000 and MS-DOS 2.0 Usage Demonstration (EDLIN, CTTY, MASM, BASIC, Pascal, WordStar, more!)
With the help of outstanding folks within the VCF community, I was able to collect together a working Sharp PC-5000 system. The thermal printer, 80x8 LCD screen, disk drive, and bubble memory cassette cartridges all still work.
00:08 Introduction (8088)
01:01 MS-DOS 2.0 Intro
01:32 80x8 LCD Intro / Tandy Model 100 Compare
02:00 Magnetic Bubble Memory Intro
02:31 MS-DOS 2.0 Boot Up
02:45 Non-System Disk Start Up
03:34 CTTY Command Intro
04:31 MS-Kermit Intro and Setup
05:38 Microsoft Macro Assembler Usage (hello.asm)
06:09 EDLIN Usage #1
07:30 MASM Usage (initial compile)
08:28 EDLIN Usage #2
09:35 MAKE Usage (recompile)
10:55 EDLIN Usage #3 / DEBUG for Binary
11:45 WordStar Usage
12:58 WordStar Opening Sample File
13:54 WordStar Adjust Help Level
14:14 WordStar Long Sample Story
15:19 CTTY CON Transfer Control Back
16:34 BASIC Usage (PIANO.BAS)
16:48 Volume Control
17:58 PIANO.BAS Listing (Slow LCD)
18:05 QBASIC Usage (Transfer to '386)
18:50 INTERMISSION BREAK
19:00 Sharp PC-5000 Top Overview (Compartment)
19:50 Sharp PC-5000 Bottom Overview (Expansions)
20:45 Sharp PC-5000 Back Overview (Ports)
22:25 Battery Replacement
23:18 Printer Removal
23:52 Printer Cassette Notes (EA-822R or GRC T550-TTB)
24:08 Sharp PC-5000 User Guide (manual) Overview
24:45 Printer Install Notes
24:55 Printer Paper Notes (Heat Sensitive vs Thermotransfer)
25:28 The DOS Circle
26:06 List of BASIC Commands
26:23 Sharp PC-5000 SuperTools Book #1 (SuperCalc2, SuperComm)
26:33 ScratchPad Feature
27:02 5.25 Disk Sleeves (original media)
27:12 10 Minute Guides Intro
28:07 Dow Jones Reference
28:50 Sharp PC-5000 SuperTools book #2 (SuperWrite, SuperPlanner)
30:22 SuperPlanner vs Rolodex
30:57 BASIC COMM.BAS Program (WiModem Usage)
31:22 bbs.retrocampus.com:23 Connection
32:10 Streamed ASCII Art (Apple Themed)
33:10 Bubble Memory Weight and Details
33:42 Bubble Memory MS-DOS "ROM" Content
34:27 Bubble Memory Transfer Speed Review
35:00 WordStar Non-Document File Usage
36:07 Turbo Pascal 4.0 Command Line Compiler Demo
36:57 DiskTest Run on 5.25 Inch Disk
39:12 Trying to Delete MS-DOS (but it's ROM!)
39:32 DiskTest Run on Bubble Memory
40:45 Easter Egg: Built-In Demo
41:36 SHARP PC-5000 GRX Printing Demo
41:48 Sharp PC-5000 Keyboard Overview
42:38 Keyboard "Graphics Mode" CTRL+1
42:58 Contemporary Systems Comparison
44:20 Ending Wrap-Up
44:32 Final Printing Demo: COMM.BAS Code
Huge Thanks goes out to the cctalk and VCF community to their help in various aspects of this presentation which made it possible.
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