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From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Fri Sep 18 08:08:05 1998

< CP/M actually stands for Control Program/Monitor.
 
Yes. Taken from the first paragraph of An Introduction to CPM features
and facilities version 1.4 1976. (my V1.4 manual!)

QUOTE:

CP/M is a monitor control program for microcomputer system development
which uses IBM-compatable flexible disks for backup storage. Using a
mainframe based upon Intel's 8080 microcomputer, CP/M provides a general
enviornment for program construction, storage, and editing, along with
assembly and program check-out facilities.

It goes on from there.

< While I don't know for sure, I suspected PL/M stands for Programming
< Language/Monitor and not Programming Language/Microprocessor.

No, PL/M is Programming Language/Microprocessor It derives it's
structure from PL/1 and can be viewd as an integer version of it
like smallc is to full C.

< By 1978, Sharp and Zenith had yet to even create computer divisions, le
< alone have computers running CP/M.

Zenith at the time was doing TVs and would later aquire Heathkit who
did already have products (H8 and H11). generally speaking the japanese
companies like Sharp, NEC, Epson and other would be a bit later.

Allison
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