On Sep 19, 19:03, Ward Donald Griffiths III wrote:
> Subject: Re: CP/M definition
> Sam Ismail wrote:
> >
> > This is from the CP/M FAQ:
> >
> > Q3: Does CP/M stand for anything?
> >
> > A: (Don Kirkpatrick)
> >
> > There are at least three popular answers - Control Program for
> > Microcomputers, Control Program for Microprocessors, and Control
> > Program/Monitor. The issue is clouded by authors of popular CP/M
> > books giving different answers. According to Gary Kildall (the
> > author of CP/M), in response to a direct question on the PBS show
> > "The Computer Chronicles" following Computer Bowl I, the answer is:
> > Control Program for Microcomputers. This is also consistent with
> > DRI documentation. See, for example, p. 4 of the DRI TEX manual.
> >
> > If this is true then someone is lying (perhaps even Kildall himself).
>
> "Control Program for Microcomputers" is what I recall from magazine
> articles in the 70s and it's what's used in my CP/M 3.0 manuals.
The first line on page 1 of my CP/M 2.2 manual says "CP/M? is a
monitor/control program ..."
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Received on Sun Sep 20 1998 - 04:10:58 BST