MMOON.ES@PARC-MAXC.ARPA@sri-unix.UUCP (10/03/83)
I am considering taking the plunge into the "16" bit world by trading in my old reliable Cromemco ZPU for the 8088/85 board from Compupro. I sprung for the manual at Priority 1 & found out the initial conversion will cause no real shock waves from the hardware standpoint. The 8085 will become the main processor in the short run, meaning I have to give up my ZCPR2 implementation. For long term, am I tied to the Compupro and/or G&G CP/M-86 or MP/M-816 software? My disk controller is a Morrow DJ2DIO which is out of production, I believe, but has been quite reliable. I don't want to spring for a Disk-1 while I have a perfectly good floppy controller, but this poses some obvious problems with a roll-your-own BIOS for either of the above OS's. Anybody been through this before I re-invent the wheel? Thanks in advance for *any* info. -- MMoon.es