crm@duke.UUCP (Charlie Martin) (12/03/84)
My wife and I are about to buy a micro; we've decided on either a Morrow
(CP/M) machine or a Sanyo PClone...
We like the Morrow for the terminal and keyboard, we like the Sanyo for
the IBM-ness and the price. What can people tell me about CP/M in the
world today (like, I looked through Byte and didn't see much mention of
it -- can software still be found for it?).
The particular things we need to do are:
- terminal stuff for BOTH unix and VM/CMS; ideally we would like to
have a 327x emulator and a vt100, but could manage with only
vt100.
- word processing. I'm writing SF and a dissertation coming up,
along with occasional tech writing etc. What experiences can
people tell me about either Morrow or IBM in this (especially in
non-WordStar?)
IN addition, we're concerned about service, especially since we have not
seen much advertizing about the Sanyo yet. Can anyone tell us about
Sanyo's support?
Thank a lot, in advance as the saying goes. Please mail responses to:
Charlie Martin
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Charlie Martin
(...mcnc!duke!crm)Jeffrey Edelheit <edelheit@Mitre.ARPA> (12/06/84)
Charlie - With respect to word processors, I feel that there are several good ones available under MS/PC-DOS. (At the moment, I think I prefer Samna.) I can't address the Sanyo, but can say that I am somewhat sorry I bought a Fujitsu Micro16s. The Fujitsu is a really nice machine, really fast and quiet; but it is not graphics compatible. Thus a lot of PC oriented software won't work on it. (As I got it really cheap, I can't complain too much though). Jeff Edelheit (edelheit@mitre)