cjl@tucc.UUCP (07/07/83)
Why CP/M? The Apple is not a serious business computer without it.
(hold your flames for a minute folks!)
Until the IIe came out, it was a kluge to interface 80-col upper
and lower case into Apple DOS software (commercial variety), and
in many respects it still is. Although Wordstar and Superscribe will
both accomplish the same results, the ease of use of Wordstar (which
*automatically* utilizes 80-col u/lc) is almost uncomparable. Pascal
with its operating system IS nice, but the amount of software available
is pitiful compared to CP/M. It is also nice to have compatability
(somewhat- mind you) with other machines.
In all fairness- Why CP/M with an Apple?
The answer is obvious: you get the best of both worlds by having the two
largest software databases available for your machine. After buying an
Apple, the extra cost of a Z-80 card is not that much.
Charles J. Lord
Engineer-at-large, NCrehmi@umcp-cs.UUCP (07/09/83)
Why not take this a step farther and ask "Why Cp/m"? Why are there
still billyuns and billyuns of people out there who insist it is an
operating system? For god's sake, why does everybody want to keep the
z80 around for another umpteen years?
Don't give me that garbage that it would be too costly to upgrade a
business to a 16-bit system, for the new system running a real OS (read
Unix) would pay for itself quite quickly in being far faster and more
usable.
How many people out there actually realize what the origins of cp/m are?
Watching micros and their users getting left in the dust,
-Rehmi-
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