acw (02/07/83)
I called Digital Research last week and received the following info:
CP/M (TM) 68K will not be released until 3/15/83. The price will be
$350.00. The package consists of 5 8" single density floppy disks,
and contains a C compiler, an assembler, a loader/linker/library manager,
a debugger (DDT), a line editor, and several familiar utilities such
as PIP, STAT, etc.
CP/M 68K is a single tasking, single user system a la CP/M 2.2 for
the 8080 and Z80. Most of the system is written in C. Digital Research
has not announced or committed to releasing Concurrent CP/M, CP/M+, or
MP/M for the 68K. I assume such follow-on products will be made available
if market response warrents.
CP/M 68K in its initial release is certainly not a UN*X substitute, but
it does seem to offer a reasonable set of tools for a reasonable price
to let us home hackers start making some use of the 68K.
Art Willis
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