Hardware Specs

• Z80 @ 4Mhz
• MC6845 video chip
• 32k VRAM
• 16k/24k ROM
• 16k/64k user RAM

(About 30000 units were sold).

Quick start

zcc +lynx -lm -create-app adv_a.c

This will create "a.tap", ready for the use on an emulator.

Limitations of the Lynx console

The ROM printer does not support scrolling - it will wrap around to the top of the screen when you normally expect it to scroll. The generic console (compile with -pragma-redirect:fputc_cons=fputc_cons_generic does support scrolling though it is painfully slow.

CP/M on the Lynx 128

The +cpm target supports -subtype=lynx to generate discs in the correct format. Insert the CP/M disc into the first floppy drive, the disc generated by z88dk into the second drive.

When the Lynx boots enter the following commands to start CP/M:

XROM
EXT BOOT

The compiled program can then be launched from the B: drive.

Links

• Jynx Emulator
• Pale Emulator
• Documentation
• Lynx User Group Issue 1 - good hardware information
• Lynx User Group Issue 2 - and the errata for Issue 1