cp/m favorite?

From: Dwight K. Elvey <dwightk.elvey_at_amd.com>
Date: Mon Oct 21 19:55:01 2002

>From: "gil smith" <gil_at_vauxelectronics.com>
>
>Hi folks:
>
>I am curious what your favorite cp/m system might be. I am getting an itch
>for some late-70/early-80/pre-msdos kind of box. Of the transportables, I
>recall working with a kaypro years ago that seemed decent, but I've also
>been thinking about an osborne. I'm not sure whether there is anything in
>an s-100 design that I should look at.
>
>I'd like to get something that is reasonably priced, yet still collectible.
> With enough decent apps around, and a modest user base (nothing too
>obscure, that is).
>
>Any thoughts appreciated -- thanks,
>
>gil smith
>

Hi
 I of course like my Olivetti M20 running CP/M-8000 but
for CP/M-80, I like the simplicity of my IMSAI. I have a
couple of Kaypro's but they tend to sit unused most of the time.
 For anyone else that has a Z8000 processor in a machine
without an OS, I can now assemble ( or compile C ) a BIOS
and link it with a working BDOS/CCP. This is quite a step
from where I was a few weeks ago.
 I haven't fiddle with the Kaypro's enough to get to liking
them. I don't even know where the serial ports are in it.
I move a lot of data around through serial. It seems to
be the easiest way to move things when the disk systems
them selves are not compatible.
 Kaypro II's often go for less than $50 on eBay. They just
don't seem to command the same kind of price that others
do. I don't know why. They really are nice machines. I
guess they just don't have the same appeal as those with front
panel lights.
Dwight
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