Why is CP/M faster than DOS

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_intellistar.net>
Date: Thu Sep 2 10:51:40 1999

Phil,

  The code is a lot smaller for one thing. I can run CPM, a menu program
and an editor in 64K on my HP 125. Try that in a DOS machine! Also many of
the old CPM machines had drives that ran continously. Good for access time
but bad for life span of the drive and disks.

   Joe

At 09:51 AM 9/2/99 -0400, you wrote:
>After reading all the comments on CP/M computers a comment was made that CP/M
>is a faster OS that DOS.. I have found this to be very true.
>My Kaypro 1X boots up in 5 seconds, and loads MBASIC in about another 5
>seconds, also
>executes the same BASIC code faster than on my XT.
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>Now on my old Compaq XT, it takes about 30 seconds just for the hardware to
>powerup,
>then another 20 seconds to boot to a DOS prompt, then another 15 seconds to
>boot BASIC.
>
>So can some of the experts here tell me why CP/M is so much faster ?
>
>Phil...
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Received on Thu Sep 02 1999 - 10:51:40 BST