Re: Groups for CP/M on Apple systems started

[Robert Smits <bob@rsmits.ca>]

A2Pro wrote:

> Hi, y'all!
>
>     This afternoon I decided to start an Apple CP/M group.  I started
> with Yahoo! groups because I've had some experience running a Yahoo!
> group.  So the Yahoo! group "Apple CPM" now exists.  But the automated
> system at Yahoo! objected to the use of "CP/M" because "the use of
> 'CP' is not allowed".  So I went to Google groups.  They did allow the
> use of "Apple CP/M" so there is now an "Apple CP/M" Google group.
>
>     However, Google groups apparently doesn't allow for a directory
> structure in its file area.  Yahoo! Groups does.  I was planning on
> having a directory for Macintosh and Apple II and subdirectories for
> software for the various Apple II CPU cards within the Apple II
> directory.
>
>     I'm not happy that Yahoo! doesn't allow "CP/M" to appear in the
> group's name.  But I apparently can't build the directory structure I
> was hoping for in the Google group.  So, I'm undecided about which
> group to spend my time on.  Gentle reader, your input would be
> appreciated.
>
>     Access to either group is restricted, primarily to foil spammers.
>
> Willi

I remember using Apple CP/M on an Apple 2 clone back in the early '80s. It
had 2 126K 5 1/4 inch floppies and 48 K of ram. I used to use dbaseII,
Wordstar, and CalcStar on it. Liked it way better than Apple II software,
and the screen had an 80 character display, compared to 40 for Apple.

I think I still have copies of some of that early stuff on floppy...

Bob
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