CP/M-86 (was Re: Heath/Zenith Z-100 Software)

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Tue Oct 15 19:03:00 2002

>From: "Glen Goodwin" <acme_ent_at_bellsouth.net>
>
>> From: Will Jennings <xds_sigma7_at_hotmail.com>
>
>> Hey all,
>> I'm trying to get rid of some of the vast quantities of misc. random crud
>I
>> have piled on every flat surface, and one those items is a stack o' Z-100
>
>> software.>
>
>[snip list of software and *really* generous offer]
>
>> Will J
>
>Will, I'd love to take you up on this but for the following two Really Good
>Reasons:
>
>1 -- I've already got the diskettes you mentioned.
>2 -- Although I have a lot of MS-DOS software for the Z100, I have no
>intention of polluting yet another machine with MS products.
>
>To the group: as the proud owner of two really pristine Z100s (one with
>hard drive), I am amazed at the paucity of CP/M-86 software available for
>this system. Most of the CP/M-86 stuff on the 'net is of the "CP/M-86 for
>the IBM PC" flavor.
>
>And *forget* about CP/M-85! It seems as if nobody ever used the 8085 MPU
>in the Z100 . . .

Why would one have a CP/M-85. There are only a couple of instructions
that are different than a 8080.
 Well written CP/M code shouldn't care what machine it was on, only
the processor. Most general purpose CP/M-86 code should run on
a Z100 under CP/M-86. What am I missing??
Dwight


>
>Anybody care to 'splain me why this is? Am I the only person on the planet
>who has/had any interest in running CP/M on the Z100?????? To me, running
>MS-DOS on a Z100 turns it into just another kinda-PC-clone.
>
>Later --
>
>Glen
>0/0
>
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