Walnut Creek CP/M CDROM Discontinued

From: David C. Jenner <djenner_at_halcyon.com>
Date: Fri Feb 27 21:14:24 1998

If you look around at retail stores, you may still find a CP/M CD-ROM in
stock. I just did at Tower Books in Bellevue, WA.
Dave

Tim Shoppa wrote:
>
> > The CD-ROM carries Walnut Creek's copyright. However, in view of
> > the fact that the vast majority of the files are public domain
> > selections from various contributors, I would have to conclude that
> > the copyright covered only the arrangement of the collection rather
> > than the content. This is much the same approach that SIMTEL took
> > with their stuff.
>
> I would tend to agree with you here. Personally, I've always felt
> that the good folks who spent many years assembling the CPMUG files
> were slighted whenever their collections were referred to as being
> part of the "Walnut Creek" collection when in fact the CPMUG people did
> all the hard work.
>
> > Tim, I am unable to find the Ampro Little Board BIOS source. There
> > are some utilities, patches, and such in source form and a text
> > reference to a file 38BIOS.LBR (in the JSAGE area), but I cannot
> > locate the file itself. Can you cite directory pointers, please.
>
> I don't actually own the Walnut Creek CP/M CD-ROM - but a while back
> Allison Parent sent me some segments of the Ampro BIOS sources which
> I assumed came from the CD-ROM. Allison is the person who should
> know where the actually came from, independent of what I assumed!
>
> Tim.
Received on Fri Feb 27 1998 - 21:14:24 GMT