Re: Z80 card

[Robert Presswood <rpressw@ix.netcom.com>]

These comments reflect what must be a vast collection of misinformation.
Attempting corrections would seem to be such a daunting task, that it would be
better to say that Mr. Mates should be taken with a grain or two of salt.

Nathan Mates wrote:

> In article <6hu577$jkk$1@nnrp1.crl.com>,
> Louis Cornelio  <cornelio@crl5.crl.com> wrote:
> >What does this card do besides provide extra RAM?
>
>    Run CP/M and CP/M programs. CP/M was the OS that MS-DOG is based
> on, and in my opinion, manages to stink more than at least later
> versions of MS-DOG. [File copy command is 'PIP', and many other highly
> "intuitive" crud.] The famous CP/M programs are mostly limited to a
> few old 'classics' like WordStar and some old Turbo Pascal and the
> like-- Appleworks makes Wordstar look like a joke, and most other
> stuff.
>
>    CP/M got run over by MS-DOG, Apple IIs, Macs, Commiedore 64s, and
> just about everything else, so the amount of new stuff for that OS has
> really not been that great in the past decade or more.
>
> Nathan Mates
>
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