Date   : Wed, 14 Aug 1991 14:33:18 GMT
From   : cis.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!cleveland.Freenet.Edu!ah190@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Stuart Pearl)
Subject: cp/m machine help

I need information on a Televidio 803 which I believe is some sort of 
machine (circa 1982-1984) that uses the cp/m operating system.  My 
brother-in-law just inherited this beast and has begun exploring its
manuals and floppies.

The unit has a monochrome monitor, two floppy drives and for operating
software it has B-DOS (Before DOS?).  I believe it was previously used
in an office environment for wordprocessing, spreadsheet and probably 
some "desktop" functions.

I know nothing about cp/m but would like to know if it's possible to load
any of the versions of DOS onto this machine, or if its operation archi-
tecture is something that's BIOS dependant, or whatever.  Is there any 
hardware restriction as to what kind of operating system such a machine
can use?

Not having seen the unit, I don't know what its guts look like.  Do these
things have expansion slots like compatibles that would allow for the
addition of modem card?  And if so, are there communciations packages for
cp/m.  Please post any info here or send me email direct.

Thanks in advance

-sp
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