Re: Computing Editorial (please read)

["Sam Gillett" <samgillett@msn.com>]

Exegete wrote ...


>I was fully aware of CP/M-86, just as I am aware of CP/M-68K. But
>neither ran the thousands of CP/M-80 programs.
>
>So I repeat, you wouldn't run out and spend $3,000 for an IBM PC/XT,
>just so you could then buy a card that gave you a Z-80 so you could run
>CP/M.

You would want to do exactly that if you were small business and wanted the
ability to run both MS-DOS applications and your legacy CP/M apps on the
same machine.

>If you wanted to run CP/M, you ran out and spent c. $1,500 on a Kaypro
>II, and got a library of top notch CP/M software thrown in for free.

If you were really pinching pennies you could get a Commodore 128 for $400
and run most Kaypro CP/M software on it.

Best regards,

Sam Gillett aka Mars Probe @ Starship Intrepid 1-972-221-4088
     Last 8-bit BBS in the Dallas area.  Commodore lives!