Date   : Mon, 04 May 1987 00:46:02 GMT
From   : umnd-cs!ub.D.UMN.EDU!rhealey@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU (Rob Healey)
Subject: Re: CP/M for Model IV

In article <889@wjvax.wjvax.UUCP> jeffs@wjvax.UUCP (Jeffery Siou) writes:
>I presently own a Radio Shack Model 4. I'm looking for CP/M for it.
>Is anyone familiar with Motezuma Micro's CP/M that sells for $169. Is it the
>best available? Is there any other CP/M for my model 4. I was told to stay
>away from Radio Shack's version of CP/M(I think it's called CP/M Plus).
>Comments? Also what about this CP/M called Rose's CP/M that sells for $69.
>Is the Montezuma Micro version worth the extra $100. Advice and comments
>greatly appreciated.
>

       I own a Model 4, gate array version i.e. newest, with 2 DS DD
   40 track drives. I have Monte's CP/M and it IS THE CP/M for model 4's
   BAR NONE. Rose's CP/M is a very old, very striped down, version
   of Monte's CP/M, the extra $100.00 you pay for Monte's current version
   gives you some excellent utilitys plus the ability to automatically use
   the top 64K in a 128K machine as a RAM disk. I felt the $169.00 is worth
   it because the current version allows alot of flexibility with disk
   drives and peripherals. You would be a fool to even contemplate Tandy's
   CP/M, it is a piece of SH*T plain and simple. Your choice is whether
   you want a newer or VERY older version of Monte's CP/M. I think the $100
   bucks you spend on the newest version would save you alot of grief down
   the road. By the way, simtel20 has a huge PD library, almost 98% of the
   CP/M programs I've grabbed off of simtel20 have worked first shot on
   the Model 4 using Monte's CP/M, version 2.31. 

               Hope this helps,

               -Rob Healey
               rhealey@ub.d.umn.edu