On 06/07/2011 09:25 AM, Sean Fahey wrote:
Well, this is off and on topic... I'm curious about what the draw is with CP/M on the Apple II. The library (afaik) isn't very large and interoperability with other Z80 machines of the era is severely limited if not crippling because the Apple II's disk format. Yet, there is seemingly no lack of Z80 cards out there, and at least a dozen companies made their own card(s) back in the day. So... it was a popular accessory -- but was it over-hyped?
All I can say is that a hot-rodded Applicard (8Mhz. Z80H) running in an accelerated IIe was the fastest CP/M experience available "back in the day". Obviously, emulation on a 2.8Ghz. Intel box is faster nowadays :-)