cp/m favorite?

From: Feldman, Robert <Robert_Feldman_at_jdedwards.com>
Date: Tue Oct 22 08:17:01 2002

I remember hearing the Osborne likened to a VW, the Kaypro to a Chevy, and
the Otrona to a BMW. I had an Osborne and Otrona, while a friend had a
Kaypro. Between the Osborne and Kaypro, I'd probably go with the Kaypro now
-- larger screen, slightly better graphics (IIRC), but it has a strange disk
format that makes copying to other formats more difficult. The Otrona's
still the coolest of the three, and if you can get an 8:16, you can easily
use it to copy disks to/from IBM PC 360KB format.

Desktop CP/M machines (as opposed to luggables) are a different subject, of
which I have little knowledge. Always heard good things about Epsons, except
that they often went down strange proprietary paths and never got much
market share.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: J.C. Wren [mailto:jcwren_at_jcwren.com]
Sent: Monday, October 21, 2002 8:44 PM
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: cp/m favorite?


        And the ever popular Otrona, which I personally consider a little
nicer
than the Kaypros. However, for sheer cool, nothing beat the IMSAI. One
day, I will have space to light mine up again. Living on a houseboat is
great, but sometimes the space issue is a little frusterating. Like there's
no room for a PDP/11 here...

        --John

gil smith wrote:
> 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,
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