CSTROM@simtel20.ARPA (09/27/84)
I have heard that the Radio Shack implementation of CP/M Plus is a real nightmare. It seems that Radio Shack contracted with DRI to write Plus for the Mod 4, and that we are now seeing the old finger pointing game - DRI says Radio Shack screwed up on the specs., and Radio Shack says DRI blew the implementation! Check out Montezuma Micro's Plus for the Mod 4 - I have heard it works much better. (Note the above is heresay garnered from listening into the conversations of many Model 4 owners on CP-MIG on Compuserve.)
towson@Amsaa.ARPA (09/27/84)
From: David Towson (SECAD) <towson@Amsaa.ARPA> Charlie - Something sounds fishy about that TRS/DRI finger-pointing story. If Tandy contracted with DRI to write CP/M+ for the Model 4, and didn't provide DRI with a bunch of Model 4's to try it out on (with a contractual obligation to do so), it's truly amazing. But then, Radio Shack has certainly done some spectacularly stupid things - like trying to make the Model-I a closed system while Apple was doing just the opposite with their Apple-II. I doubt whether RS will ever recover from that blunder. Dave towson@amsaa.arpa