CP/M

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Sat Dec 13 11:33:37 1997

<From: Zeus334_at_aol.com

<Is there any way that CP/M is better than MS-DOS? i.e. does it provide
<anything that DOS doesn't?

CP/M is a generic but there are distinct flavors so...

First off it's not a MS product and sources can be had. For the
8080/z80 crowd there is literally a mountain of free software out there.

For the 8088/6 and 80x86 family MS managed to snuff it out before much
was developed. CPM-86 uses a different directory than MSDOS.

Now... there are CPM for PC products like CCPM, DRdos7 and OpenDOS
and they are dos replacements based off the outgrowth of CP/M-86.
Caldara is one source. They offer things dos didn't do and most are
available as sources.


Allison
Received on Sat Dec 13 1997 - 11:33:37 GMT

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