Re: Z80 card

["Tom Zuchowski" <tzuchow@ibm.net>]

FWIW, the Peripheral Interchange Program (PIP) was a not uncommon name for
the filecopy utility in the early days. DEC used it for its minicomputers,
for example. I was very comportable learning CP/M because it was in many
ways similar to DEC's RSX without the multi-user aspects.

Having stuck my neck out that far, I might was well add that S100-based
CP/M machines were =the= serious workhorses in the era around 1980,
supporting high-end hardware like 8-inch floppies and such. It's too bad
that the PC killed off the S100 bus; I always liked the idea of "rolling my
own" computer. But I guess we still have that now, as anyone who has
visited "Tom's Hardware Guide" can attest.

TomZ

Nathan Mates <nathan@visi.com> wrote in article
<r2y01.71$p_.594827@ptah.visi.com>...
> In article <6hu577$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.