Date   : Mon, 20 Sep 1982 18:46:00-EDT
From   : Charlie Strom <CSTROM@Mit-Mc>
Subject: CP/M 3.0 and such

My contact at D.R. told us that CP/M 3.0 would be released initially
to OEM's only. The date as of a couple of weeks ago was Sept. 26
(since that is a Sunday, obviously it is close but no cigar!) Version
3 will NOT be 100% compatible with 2.2 on the application level; the
BDOS rather than the BIOS will be responsible for deblocking; programs
such as DU that do disk diddling through the BIOS will surely not
operate properly.
Incidentally, there is no real release date to us poor mortals; my
friend told me the documentation is sketchy at best; this coupled with
the desire by DR not to end up doing a lot of hand-holding to end
users trying to do the BIOS conversion will certainly make them drag
their feet a while. I bet the comment re documentation will cause more
than a few chuckles by those reading this!
                                               Charlie Strom