To: Signalman
MS-DOS was not “based” on CP/M. There are similarities, just as there’s similarities between DEC and IBM systems.
If you wanted CP/M on an Intel 8086/8088 you got CPM-86, and some people did.
I ran my CP/M on an Osborne 1 and a Coleco Adam. dBase II used with Adam’s Digital Data Pack is NOT recommended.
10 posted on
12/02/2023 10:54:14 AM PST by
Dr. Sivana
("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
To: Dr. Sivana
"MS-DOS was not “based” on CP/M...." Neither did Bill Gates write it. He bought it from Tim Patterson, owner of Seattle Computer Products.
Which doesn't change the fact that Bill Gates is the greatest plagiarist since Shakespeare.
To: Dr. Sivana
dBase II. I preferred Paradox.
To: Dr. Sivana
MS-DOS was not “based” on CP/M. There are similarities, just as there’s similarities between DEC and IBM systems. If you wanted CP/M on an Intel 8086/8088 you got CPM-86, and some people did. I ran my CP/M on an Osborne 1 and a Coleco Adam. dBase II used with Adam’s Digital Data Pack is NOT recommended. Right on man. I had the Kaypro II with CP/M and all that wonderful software. So many bashed the Kaypro because it could not be expanded hardware wise but it was already maxxed out. Anyway the next year, 1984 I think, an 8088 daughterboard came out that allowed me to run MS-DOS on the Kaypro II. Truly useful stuff that allowed me to excel at work.
46 posted on
12/02/2023 2:17:02 PM PST by
jdt1138
(Where ever you go, there you are.)
To: Dr. Sivana
dBase II - another blast from the past
63 posted on
12/02/2023 3:13:07 PM PST by
ducttape45
(Proverbs 14:34, "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people.")
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