Date   : Sat, 02 Jun 1984 02:28:00-EDT
From   : Jerry E. Pournelle <POURNE@Mit-Mc.ARPA>
Subject: Wnat is a good CP/M computer to buy?

       Good machines:
       Kaypro, as entry level and cheapest.
       Compupro S-100 as experimental, state of art development
system, as well as darned good "just use it".  They will have
3rd quarter ths year an s-100 IBM Video board, and concurrent
Cp/M alrady runs  IBM PC DOS within it (the whole mess was
working at COMDEX, and with a 2-86 yet, which board will be
available now and useful in about a year.)
       Portable 8-bit Otrona is nice.  The New IBM Otrona is
not bad either.
       We are very happy with the Z-100
       The Z-150 is VERy IBM Compatible; Peter set ours up
today and booted it with an IBM disk right out of the box.
       The TI Professional is a bit nicer than the IBM PC but
not so compatible as the Z-150 (but more so than the TI
Professional.)
       All are pretty good machines.  In part what you get
shuld depend on your service capabilities: who gonna maintain it
and what does the maintainer like?

JEP