Re: Z80 card

[kfergason@aol.com (KFergason)]

Hmm, I would say that other than the opinions, the comments were mostly
correct.  Though I probably wouldn't claim that the C64's or Apple II's ran 
over CP/M.  MSDOS obviously did.

Kelly


In article <35455EA2.D12E2B16@ix.netcom.com>, Robert Presswood
<rpressw@ix.netcom.com> writes:

>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.