Date : Sat, 09 Mar 1985 02:18:32 GMT
From : Jeff Hull <jhull%spp2.uucp@BRL-TGR.ARPA>
Subject: CP/M & MS-DOS on S-100 Bus???
Last month (I think) in BYTE there was a letter that claimed that
someone is now producing an S-100 bus CPU board that will plug into
any Compupro system & will let you run both CPM-86 & MS-DOS. The
letter implied (or seemed to) that with this board, I could run IBM PC
programs. Does anyone out there know any more about this?
I am very sceptical because the IBM PC & programs written for it
involve a lot more than just the CPU. Specifically, the keyboard &
screen interfaces are very well defined. I am very interested because
I have over $2K worth of PC SW I acquired during a consulting contract
that I can't presently use because I have a CP/M system. I don't want
to throw away all of my CP/M stuff & I don't want 2 completely
incompatible systems. Does anybody have any ideas (other than the
board mentioned above)?
--
Blessed Be,
Jeff Hull {decvax,hplabs,ihnp4,scdrdcf,ucbvax}
13817 Yukon Ave. trwrb!trwspp!spp2!jhull
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