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Article #622150Re: Has Microsoft commited suicide ...
From: Charles Richmond
Date: Mon, 07 May 2018 18:54
Date: Mon, 07 May 2018 18:54
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On 5/6/2018 11:35 AM, Quadibloc wrote: > On Sunday, May 6, 2018 at 7:00:14 AM UTC-6, Ahem A Rivet's Shot wrote: >> On Sat, 5 May 2018 21:30:56 -0700 (PDT) >> Quadibloc <jsa...@ecn.ab.ca> wrote: >> >>> On Saturday, May 5, 2018 at 2:11:02 PM UTC-6, J. Clarke wrote: >>> >>>> The Altair and IMSAI, the quintessential CP/M machines, were boxes >>>> with front-panel switches and blinkenlights. >>> >>> It is true that CP/M was originally developed for Altair and IMSAI >>> systems with 8" floppy disk drives attached. The quintessential CP/M >>> machine, however, might arguably be the Kaypro. >> >> The quintessential CP/M machine was a box that looked a lot like a >> terminal (possibly with detached keyboard) with a pair of 5 1/4" floppy >> drives or a floppy and a hard disc, inside was a Z80A (later Z80B) with 64K >> of RAM. They were made by a variety of manufacturers most of whom used >> their own disc format. > > I am inclined to agree. I worked with two such machines: the Superbrain and the > Toshiba T200. But I felt the Kaypro was similar enough, and it also had more > name recognition, to be an example. > > Looking around, though, perhaps it is the NorthStar Advantage that should be put > forwards as the type specimen of this genus. > This makes me think of the Heath/Zenith H89 computer with dual floppy disk drives... -- numerist at aquaporin4 dot com
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