Why is CP/M faster than DOS

From: John Foust <jfoust_at_threedee.com>
Date: Thu Sep 2 09:53:36 1999

At 10:35 AM 9/2/99 -0400, allisonp_at_world.std.com wrote:
>> I'm sure CP/M eventually added those dynamic features, but DOS was
>> much more I/O bound at boot time. You can get DOS in ROM, too.
>
>Don't tell my Epson PX-8, CPM in rom. Theres not much to romming cpm.

I know, I didn't say you couldn't put CP/M in ROM. My point was that
CP/M was more easily put into a small, quickly loaded memory image
than the early DOS.

- John
Received on Thu Sep 02 1999 - 09:53:36 BST