Why is it that ...

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Thu Nov 30 18:11:46 2000

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>


>There was certainly a PDP11 version. And I remember reading about a


I know, the first time I'd seen it was early '78 on a Heath H-11. It
convinced me to get the NS* configured version (not cpm based)
as it was cheap.

In 1978 what UCSD got me...

    I had NS DOS and their BASIC, no compiler, no asembler.

    I has CP/M 1.4 with all the 8080 tools and 8k MSbasic, still no HLL

    UCSD got me a compiled language that was vogue and a real
    screen based editor that beat the tar out of CP/Ms ED.

By 1978 standards 50US dollars was cheap for UCSD and far cheaper
than CP/M or even the MSbasic for CP/M.

Allison
Received on Thu Nov 30 2000 - 18:11:46 GMT

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