ken@CSUFRES.CSUFRESNO.EDU (dot) (04/08/90)
Subject: Re: CP/M sofware for packet radio and TCP/IP Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm From article <21863@bellcore.bellcore.com>, by karn@jupiter..bellcore.com (Phil R. Karn): > In article <1798@aurora.AthabascaU.CA> tech@cs.AthabascaU.CA (Richard Loken) writes: >>This question has been asked, and I wasn't interested at the time. >> >>Is there any software around? I know that there is a version of tcp/ip some >>where and I understand Phil Karn wrote his eary stuff on CP/M. Does somebody >>have the early Karn package? Assuming it exists of course. >> >>I sort of hope there isn't any, then I will have to write some. Build an >>interface and shoot for 56k :) > > Yes, my code did indeed begin life on CP/M, specifically the Xerox 820. > But this was five years ago, and much has happened in the meantime to PC > clone pricing and availability to make me wonder why anybody would still > be interested in CP/M. With XT clone boards having bottomed out at $60 > or so, and with a well-established and highly competitive supplier network > supporting PC technology, why bother with Z-80s and CP/M? I just don't see > the point. > > Phil There are a whole lot of CP/M users out in the world who don't want to go to different systems. I for one am very happy with my machine and all the software that goes with it. I would like to see new software developed but I know in this "throwaway" society that isn't going to happen. The cost of "new" systems isn't the point. When something works as well as CP/M does, why just toss it away? Dorothy (Dot) |`````````````````````````````| | Dorothy (Dot) | | ken@csufres.csufresno.edu | ```````````````````````````````