Date   : Thu, 21 Jul 1983 07:09:00 EDT
From   : Charlie Strom <CSTROM@mit-mc>
Subject: CPM-816

CPM-816 is now available for the Compupro system running an 8085/88
board. The minimum requirement is the CPU, a System Support 1, and
128K or 192K of memory (I cannot recall that one) and of course a
disk-1 controller. There are two ways to obtain this, one being
directly through Compupro, the other (cheaper) way is directly from
the author at Proper Software, 1024 Center Street, Berkley, Ca. 94704.
You must send your original CP/M-86 disk along with a $50 payment.
They will add the modified loader, CCP and SW!.CMD file to your disk.

Oh yes, an brief explanation of CPM-816 is in order - it allows you to
run 8-bit or 16-bit applications under the same operating system. If a
.CMD file cannot be found, it looks for a .COM file. If found, it will
re-parse the command line into the form

               SW! FOO ZOT

SW! is the switch command that sets up the 8-bit environment; the
operator originally typed FOO ZOT and there was no FOO.CMD present,
but there was a FOO.COM file. A bonus is that the 8088 does all
operating system calls and you have a 62K TPA. I have yet to run
across a .COM file that would not run properly, though I have not
really been beating on it for too long.

-Charlie